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Joud Al-Mabaydin is the youngest novelist in the Arab world to win the King Abdullah Medal for excellence.
She has also been nominated as one of UNICEF’s Heroes for Education, is an ambassador of Zain Company for Culture, and is winner of the Diamond Prize to Challenge Arabic Reading.
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Celebrating the 2024 Book Festival