NEW! Nashma and Jassem (Best Friends Series) Arabic Book for Kids
Product Description
Arabic Children's Book. "Nashma and Jassem" is a story about a young camel named Jassem who runs away to explore the city he has heard so much about. Jassem gets into all sorts of trouble in the city and ends up in the zoo where Nashma finds him and takes him back home to the desert.
When I wrote this story in the late 80s we were living in Amman in the Shmeisani district next to the Bird Garden which also doubled as Amman's "Zoo". Close to our house was an empty lot of land which was occupied by wandering bedoins who set up their tents and planted the land with okra or tomatoes. One of the bedouin children was a cheeky girl called Shaima. She would regularly visit our house with her two younger siblings to ask for dry bread for their goats. I would also give her food, clothes, toys etc.
Shaima was the inspiration for the Bedoin girl in the story but when I came to name her in my story I mixed up the names (very typical of me as those who know me will attest!) and wrote Nashma instead of Shaima and that is how the seed of the story was planted.
"Nashma and Jassem" is a story about a young camel named Jassem, who runs away to explore the city he has heard so much about. Jassem gets into all sorts of trouble in the city and ends up in the zoo where Nashma finds him and takes him back home to the desert.
We hope that you and your children will enjoy reading the story of two very good friends, Nashma and Jassem.
Written by: Taghreed A. Najjar
Illustrated by: Zainab Faidi
The new illustrations of "Nashma and Jassem" are delightful. They are executed by Iraqi artist Zainab Faidi known to her friends as "Dabby". Zainab's work reflects her empathy with the characters of the story expressively reflected in her illustrations.
ISBN: 9957-04-027-8
Publisher: Al Salwa Books
Series: Best Friend Series
Format: FLEXIcover (a mix of paperback and hardback) 27 Pages
The size of the new book is bigger and the cover is made from Flexi, a material perfect for children books. Flexi has the sturdiness of the hardcover book and the lightness of the soft cover book.
When I wrote this story in the late 80s we were living in Amman in the Shmeisani district next to the Bird Garden which also doubled as Amman's "Zoo". Close to our house was an empty lot of land which was occupied by wandering bedoins who set up their tents and planted the land with okra or tomatoes. One of the bedouin children was a cheeky girl called Shaima. She would regularly visit our house with her two younger siblings to ask for dry bread for their goats. I would also give her food, clothes, toys etc.
Shaima was the inspiration for the Bedoin girl in the story but when I came to name her in my story I mixed up the names (very typical of me as those who know me will attest!) and wrote Nashma instead of Shaima and that is how the seed of the story was planted.
"Nashma and Jassem" is a story about a young camel named Jassem, who runs away to explore the city he has heard so much about. Jassem gets into all sorts of trouble in the city and ends up in the zoo where Nashma finds him and takes him back home to the desert.
We hope that you and your children will enjoy reading the story of two very good friends, Nashma and Jassem.
Written by: Taghreed A. Najjar
Illustrated by: Zainab Faidi
The new illustrations of "Nashma and Jassem" are delightful. They are executed by Iraqi artist Zainab Faidi known to her friends as "Dabby". Zainab's work reflects her empathy with the characters of the story expressively reflected in her illustrations.
ISBN: 9957-04-027-8
Publisher: Al Salwa Books
Series: Best Friend Series
Format: FLEXIcover (a mix of paperback and hardback) 27 Pages
The size of the new book is bigger and the cover is made from Flexi, a material perfect for children books. Flexi has the sturdiness of the hardcover book and the lightness of the soft cover book.
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