Samah Abu Bakr Ezzat Explained

Samah Abu Bakr Ezzat
Nationality:	Egyptian
Occupation:	Author
Mother:	Kawthar Hekal
Father:	Abu Bakr Ezzat

Samah Abu Bakr Ezzat (Arabic: سماح أبو بكر عزت) is an Egyptian author who specialises in children's literature. She has held many writing workshops for children within Egypt and other countries.^[1] She has received several awards, both domestic and international.^[2]

Samah is the daughter of the late Egyptian actor Abu Bakr Ezzat, and her mother was the late author Kawthar Hekal.^[3]

Works

Samah wrote over 40 books in the field of children's literature, and they ranged from fiction to historical books. Her works include:

• :"The Confused Circle" (original title: Al-Da’era al-Ha’ira), 2020^{[4] [5]}
• "The Face of the Moon" (original title: Wajh al-Qamar), 2020^[6]
• "Marwa and the Friends of the Sea" (original title: Marwa wa Asdika al-Bahr), 2020^[7]
• "A Forest Between the Waves" (original title: Ghabat’un Bayn al-Amwaj), 2020^[8]
• "A Pearl in the Sky" (original title: Lo’lo’at’un fi al-Sam’a), 2020^[9]
• "Ali and his smart friend" (original title: A’li wa Sadiquh al-Zaki), 2019^[10]
• "The Secret of the Yellow Hat" (original title: Sir al-Quba’a al-Safra’), 2019^[11]
• "Alone in the Box" (original title: Wahdi fi al-Sanduq), 2017^[12]
• "Things in the Life of Scholars" (original title: Ashya’ fi Hayat al-’Olmaa), 2017
• “Hamada the Maker of Happiness” (original title: Hamada San’i al-Sa’ada), 2017^[13]
• "A Letter to my Friend Omar" (original title: Resala ila Sadiqi ‘Omar). 2017^[14]
• "The Story of Black and White" (original title: Hikayet el-A’byad we el-A’swad), 2017^[15]
• "Jamila and the Three Sisters" (original title: Jamila wa al-Shaqiqat al-Thalath), 2016^[16]
• "The Secret of the Blue Sea" (original title: Sir al-Bahr al-Azraq), 2016^[17]
• "The Amazing Game" (original title: Al-L’oba al-Mudhisha), 2015^[18]
• "Thirty Books and a Book" (original title: Thlathon Kitab’an wa Kitab), 2014^[19]
• "Orchard of Justice" (original title: Bustan al-’Adala), 2014^[20]
• "The Cheapest of Treasures" (original title: A’rkhas al-Kunuz), 2014^[21]
• "The Fox and the Sly Rabbit" (original title: Al-Ta'lab wa al-A'rnab al-Mohtal)
• “The Mountain’s Gift” (original title: Hadiyat al-Jabal), 2014^[22]
• "A Whinny of Gold" (original title: Sahel Min Dhahab), 2014^[23]
• "The Accused is a Mouse" (original title: Al-Motaham Fa’r), 2014^[24]
• "Hassan's Horse" (original title: Hissan Hassan), 2013^[25]
• "A Mouse in Tamer’s House" (original title: Fa’r fi Bayt Tamer), 2013^[26]
• "A Castle and a Temple in my Pocket" (original title: Fi Jaybi Qal’at’un wa M’abad), 2011^[27]
• "Once Upon a Time: The story Begins” (original title: Tota Tota Badai’t el-Hadota), 2010^[28]
• "Silent Giving" (original title: Al-’Ataa al-Samit), 2007^[29]
• "The Secret of the Red Sky" (original title: Sir al-Sam’a al-Hamr’a)
• “The Golden House” (original title: Al-Bayt al-Zahabi)
• "Spring's Crown" (original title: Taj Al-Rabi’)
• “The Coward’s Road” (original title: Josor al-Jaban)
• “Suns” (original title: Shomos)
• “Dream Horse” (original title: Jawad al-Hulum)
• “Habiba and the Bag’s Secret” (original title: Habiba wa sir al-Haqiba)
• “Things” (original title: ‘Ashy’a)
• “The Green Bird’s Journey” (original title: Rihalt al-A’sfoor al-Akhdar)
• “Hadeel”

Awards

Samah Abu Bakr Ezzat earned many Arabic and international prizes in the field of children's literature and creative writing, including:

• The Golden Award in the field of screenwriting from the Arab Creativity Festival for the TV series “Aladdin and the treasure of Grandfather Amin”^[30]
• The International Council on Books for Young People award in Switzerland for her story "The Confused Circle", 2020^[31]
• The Khalifa Educational Award for her story the "Orchard of Justice".

Notes and References

1. Web site: 8 May 2021. الطفولة في عصر فيس بوك كما تراها الكاتبة المصرية سماح أبو بكر عزت – ثقافة. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210508005220/https://www.france24.com/ar/20180918-%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%B2%D8%AA. 2021-05-08.
2. Web site: 7 June 2021. البوابة نيوز: مكتبة القاهرة الكبرى تكرم الكاتبة سماح أبو بكر عزت. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607013002/https://www.albawabhnews.com/4182406. 2021-06-07.
3. Web site: 22 January 2021. صورة نادرة للكاتبة الراحلة كوثر هيكل أرملة الفنان أبو بكر عزت مع ابنتها – اليوم السابع. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210122120041/https://www.youm7.com/story/2021/1/22/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1/5169698. 2021-01-22.
4. Book: ʻIzzat. Samāḥ Abū Bakr. al-Dāʼirah al-ḥāʼirah. عزت، سماح أبو بكر.. 2018. Sabah Kala, Dāliyā Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, إبراهيم، داليا محمد.. 978-977-14-5660-5. al-Jīzah. 1237664744.
5. Web site: 7 November 2020. سماح أبو بكر عزت تناقش "الدائرة الحائرة" في مكتبة القاهرة الكبرى.. غدا - بوابة الأهرام. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20201107110048/http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2525186.aspx. 2020-11-07.
6. Book: أبو بكر عزت, سماح. وجه القمر. 2020. 9789948396345.
7. Web site: 7 June 2021. مروة و أصدقاء البحر – نهضة مصر. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607134912/https://nahdetmisr.com/ar/?product=%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A9-%D9%88-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1. 2021-06-07.
8. Web site: 7 June 2021. غابة بين الأمواج – نهضة مصر. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607023140/https://nahdetmisr.com/ar/?product=%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC. 2021-06-07.
9. Book: أبو بكر عزت, سماح. لؤلؤة في السماء. 2020. Nahdet Misr Publishing House . 9789771457664.
10. Book: عزت، سماح أبو بكر.. <>.. 2018. دار الهدهد،. شايبي، سندس.. 978-9948-10-181-9. 1158664122.
11. Web site: 18 January 2021. سر القبعة الصفراء – دار أشجار للنشر والتوزيع. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210118173250/https://darashjar.com/products/ser_alqobaa_alsfraa. 2021-01-18.
12. Book: ʻIzzat. Samāḥ Abū Bakr. Waḥdī fī al-ṣundūq. عزت. سماح ابو بكر.. 2017. Suhayr Kharbūṭlī, سهير. الخربوطلي. 978-9953-598-95-6. al-Ṭabʻah al-ūlá. Bayrūt. 1005371840.
13. Book: عزت، سماح أبو بكر.. <>.. 2017. البرج ميديا،. عبد الله، سحر.. 978-9948-438-91-5. 1158769799.
14. Book: عزت, سماح أو بكر. رسالة إلى صديقي عمر. 2017. 9789948438939.
15. Book: عزت, سماح أبو بكر. حكاية الأبيض والأسود. 2017. 9789776503106.
16. Web site: 7 June 2021. جميلة والشقيقات الثلاث - الدار المصرية اللبنانية. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607025118/http://store.almasriah.com/product/%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB-2/. 2021-06-07.
17. Book: عزت, سماح أبو بكر. سر البحر الأزرق. 17 July 2017. دار البستاني للنشر والتوزيع . 9789774500718.
18. Web site: 7 June 2021. Academia International - اللعبة المدهشة. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607001115/https://academiainternational.com/Books/Details/14175. 2021-06-07.
19. Web site: Boustanys. 1 January 2016. Boustanys. 2021-08-29. Boustany's publishing House. en-EN.
20. Web site: 16 January 2021. بستان العدالة(إصعد مع أصالة مرحلة الخامسة) – Asala Publishers. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116045825/https://asalapublishers.com/product/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7/. 2021-01-16.
21. Book: عزت, سماح أبو بكر. أرخص الكنوز. 2014. 9786144029534.
22. Book: عزت, سماح أبو بكر. هدية الجبل. 2014. 9786144420140.
23. Book: ʻIzzat. Samāḥ ʼAbū Bakr. Ṣahīl min Dhahab. عزت، سماح أبو بكر.. 2014. Dār ʼAṣālah. Nabīlah Shishkilī, شيشكلى، نبيلة.. 978-614-402-765-3. al-Ṭabʻah 1. Bayrūt. 883660533.
24. Book: عزت, سماح أبو بكر. المتهم فأر. 2014. 9786144029541.
25. Book: Izzat, Samah Abu Bakr. Hisan Hassan. 2014. Asalah. Hazzar al-Sanqanqi. 978-614-402-764-6. 941217322.
26. Book: ʻIzzat. Samāḥ ʼAbū Bakr. Fāʼr fī bayt Tāmir. عزت، سماح أبو بكر.. 2014. Dār ʼAṣālah. Munā. Yaqẓān, يقظان، منى.. 978-614-402-942-8. al-Ṭabʻah 1. Bayrūt. 883660240.
27. Book: ʻAbd Allāh. ʻUthmān Ḥusayn. al-Zakāh : al-ḍamān al-ijtimāʻī al-Islāmī. عثمان حسين عبد الله.. 1989. Dār al-Wafāʼ. 977-14-2188-3. al-Ṭabʻah 1. al-Manṣūrah [Egypt]. 21520445.
28. Book: عزت, سماح أبو بكر. توتة توتة بدأت الحدوتة. 2010. 978-9770814789.
29. Book: عزت, سماح أبو بكر. العطاء الصامت. 2007. 978-9771441397.
30. Web site: 27 August 2021. مناقشة "قنال لا تعرف المحال" لـ سماح أبو بكر عزت بالمركز الدولى للكتاب.. الثلاثاء. 2021-08-29. اليوم السابع.
31. Web site: 9 June 2020. سماح أبو بكر عزت: سعيدة بترجمة "الدائرة الحائرة" بعد فوزها بجائزة المجلس الدولي لكتب اليافعين صور – بوابة الأهرام. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20200609023215/http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2409143.aspx. 2020-06-09.