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'''Ibtisam Barakat''' ({{lang-ar|ابتسام بركات}}) is a [[Palestinian-American]] bilingual author, poet, artist, translator, and educator. She was born in [[Beit Hanina]]-[[East Jerusalem]].
'''Ibtisam Barakat''' ({{langx|ar|ابتسام بركات}}) is a [[Palestinian-American]] bilingual author, poet, artist, translator, and educator. She was born in [[Beit Hanina]]-[[East Jerusalem]]. Barakat received her [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Bir Zeit University]], near [[Ramallah]] in the [[West Bank]]. In 1986, she moved to [[New York City]], where she interned with ''[[The Nation]]'' magazine. She went on to earn a [[master's degree]] in journalism and another master's degree in human development and family studies from the [[University of Missouri]].{{fact|date=November 2023}}

Barakat received her [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Bir Zeit University]], near [[Ramallah]] in the [[West Bank]]. In 1986, she moved to [[New York City]], where she interned with ''[[The Nation]]'' magazine. She went on to earn a [[master's degree]] in [[journalism]] and another master's degree in human development and family studies from the [[University of Missouri]].


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==


=== What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music (2004) ===
=== ''What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music'' (2004) ===
Barakat contributed to this anthology that "explores the powerful impact that music has in our lives."<ref>{{Cite web|title=What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/294421-what-a-song-can-do-12-riffs-on-the-power-of-music|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Goodreads}}</ref> The anthology was published June 8, 2004 by Knopf Books for Young Readers.
Barakat contributed to this anthology that "explores the powerful impact that music has in our lives."<ref>{{Cite web|title=What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/294421-what-a-song-can-do-12-riffs-on-the-power-of-music|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Goodreads}}</ref> The anthology was published June 8, 2004, by Knopf Books for Young Readers. Other contributors include [[Jennifer Armstrong]], Ron Koertge, [[Joseph Bruchac]], [[David Levithan]], Jude Mandell, J. Alison James, and [[Sarah Ellis (author)|Sarah Ellis]].{{fact|date=November 2023}}

Other contributors include [[Jennifer Armstrong]], Ron Koertge, [[Joseph Bruchac]], [[David Levithan]], Jude Mandell, J. Alison James, and [[Sarah Ellis (author)|Sarah Ellis]].


=== Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood (2007) ===
=== ''Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood'' (2007) ===
''[[Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood]]'' was published February 20, 2007 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
''[[Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood]]'' was published February 20, 2007, by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.


The memoir is about growing up under [[Israeli occupation]] following the 1967 [[Six-Day War]] and the persistence and resistance of the Palestinian struggle for liberation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Priyadarshini|first=Arya|last2=Sigroha|first2=Suman|date=2020-07-03|title=Recovering the Palestinian History of Dispossession through Graphics in Leila Abdelrazaq’s Baddawi|url=https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/EIKO/article/view/73329|journal=Eikón / Imago|language=en|volume=9|pages=395–418|doi=10.5209/eiko.73329|issn=2254-8718|doi-access=free}}</ref>
The memoir is about growing up under [[Israeli occupation]] following the 1967 [[Six-Day War]] and the persistence and resistance of the Palestinian struggle for liberation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Priyadarshini|first1=Arya|last2=Sigroha|first2=Suman|date=2020-07-03|title=Recovering the Palestinian History of Dispossession through Graphics in Leila Abdelrazaq's Baddawi|url=https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/EIKO/article/view/73329|journal=Eikón / Imago|language=en|volume=9|pages=395–418|doi=10.5209/eiko.73329|issn=2254-8718|doi-access=free}}</ref>


''Tasting the Sky'' received the following accolades:
''Tasting the Sky'' received the following accolades:


* [[Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award|Dorothy Canfield Fischer Children's Book]] Nominee (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tasting the Sky|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/811230-tasting-the-sky-a-palestinian-childhood|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Goodreads}}</ref>
* [[Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award|Dorothy Canfield Fischer Children's Book]] Nominee (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tasting the Sky|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/811230-tasting-the-sky-a-palestinian-childhood|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Goodreads}}</ref>
* [[International Reading Association|International Reading Association's]] Best Nonfiction for Young Adults (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants/childrens_ira.aspx |title=IRA Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards |work=reading.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804195444/http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants/childrens_ira.aspx |archive-date=2013-08-04 |df=}}</ref>
* [[International Reading Association|International Reading Association's]] Best Nonfiction for Young Adults (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants/childrens_ira.aspx |title=IRA Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards |work=reading.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804195444/http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants/childrens_ira.aspx |archive-date=2013-08-04 }}</ref>
* [[Arab American Book Award]] in the Children/ Young Adult Category (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/2008bookawardwinners.html |title=2008 Book Award Winners |work=arabamericanmuseum.org}}</ref>
* [[Arab American Book Award]] in the Children/ Young Adult Category (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/2008bookawardwinners.html |title=2008 Book Award Winners |work=arabamericanmuseum.org |access-date=2009-09-25 |archive-date=2018-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019175415/http://arabamericanmuseum.org/2008bookawardwinners.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Middle East Council Best Literature Book Award (2007)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://socialscience.tjc.edu/mkho/MEOC/middle_east_book_award.htm |title=Middle East Council Book Award Winner page |access-date=2010-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918082539/http://socialscience.tjc.edu/mkho/MEOC/middle_east_book_award.htm |archive-date=2006-09-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Middle East Council Best Literature Book Award (2007)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://socialscience.tjc.edu/mkho/MEOC/middle_east_book_award.htm |title=Middle East Council Book Award Winner page |access-date=2010-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918082539/http://socialscience.tjc.edu/mkho/MEOC/middle_east_book_award.htm |archive-date=2006-09-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


=== Free?: Stories About Human Rights (2010) ===
=== ''Free?: Stories About Human Rights'' (2010) ===
Barakat contributed to this anthology that explores the concept of freedom. ''Free?'' was published April 27, 2020 by [[Candlewick Press|Candlewick]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Free?: Stories About Human Rights|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/10783664-free-stories-about-human-rights|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Goodreads}}</ref>
Barakat contributed to this anthology that explores the concept of freedom. ''Free?'' was published April 27, 2020, by [[Candlewick Press|Candlewick]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Free?: Stories About Human Rights|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/10783664-free-stories-about-human-rights|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Goodreads}}</ref> Other contributors include [[David Almond]], [[Margaret Mahy]], [[Meja Mwangi]], [[Jamila Gavin]], [[Eoin Colfer]], [[Michael Morpurgo]], [[Theresa Breslin]], and Sarah Mussi.{{fact|date=November 2023}}


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=== ''Al Ta' Al Marbouta Tateer'' (2011) ===
Other contributors include [[David Almond]], [[Margaret Mahy]], [[Meja Mwangi]], [[Jamila Gavin]], [[Eoin Colfer]], [[Michael Morpurgo]], [[Theresa Breslin]], and Sarah Mussi.
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''Al Ta' Al Marbouta Tateer'', التاء المربوطة تطير, translated as ''The Letter Ta Escapes'' or ''The Taa' That Flies'', is about a letter in the Arabic alphabet that refuses to do what it is supposed to do in a word.{{fact|date=November 2023}}


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The book won the [[Anna Lindh]] Foundation award for Best Literature for Arabic children.<ref>[http://www.annalindhfoundation.org/news/winners-arab-children-s-literature-award-announced Winners of the Arab Children’s Literature Award announced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911024437/http://www.annalindhfoundation.org/news/winners-arab-children-s-literature-award-announced |date=2017-09-11 }}, 17/01/2011, Anna Lindh Foundation</ref>
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=== Al Ta' Al Marbouta Tateer (2011) ===
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''Al Ta' Al Marbouta Tateer'', التاء المربوطة تطير, translated as ''The Letter Ta Escapes'' or ''The Taa' That Flies'', is about a letter in the Arabic alphabet that refuses to do what it is supposed to do in a word.


=== ''Hadeyyah Lel-Hamzah'' (2014) ===
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The book won the [[Anna Lindh]] Foundation award for Best Literature for Arabic children.<ref>[http://www.annalindhfoundation.org/news/winners-arab-children-s-literature-award-announced Winners of the Arab Children’s Literature Award announced], 17/01/2011, Anna Lindh Foundation</ref>
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''Hadeyyah Lel-Hamzah'', هدية للهمزة, translated as ''A Present for the Letter Hamzah'', which Barakat wrote and illustrated, was published by The National Library of the United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi.{{fact|date=November 2023}}


=== Hadeyyah Lel-Hamzah (2014) ===
=== ''Balcony on the Moon'' (2016) ===
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''[[Balcony on the Moon|Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine]]'' was published October 15, 2016, by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]. In 2017, the book was nominated for the [[Arab American Book Award]] for Children's/Young Adult Literature.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2017 |title=2017 Arab American Book Award Winners |url=https://arabamericanmuseum.org/2017-ba-winners/ |website=Arab American Museum}}</ref>
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Hadeyyah Lel-Hamzah, هدية للهمزة, translated as ''A Present for the Letter Hamzah'', which Barakat wrote and illustrated, was published by The National Library of the United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi.


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The book also received the following accolades:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barakat|first=Ibtisam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iPvhCwAAQBAJ|title=Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine|date=2016-10-25|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)|isbn=978-0-374-30253-5|language=en}}</ref>
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=== Balcony on the Moon (2016) ===
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''Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine'' was published October 15, 2016 by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]. In 2017, the book was nominated for the [[Arab American Book Award]] for Children's/Young Adult Literature.

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The book also received the following accolades:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barakat|first=Ibtisam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iPvhCwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine|date=2016-10-25|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)|isbn=978-0-374-30253-5|language=en}}</ref>


* [[Junior Library Guild]] Selection
* [[Junior Library Guild]] Selection
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* Notable Book for a Global Society
* Notable Book for a Global Society
* News & Observer Newspaper's Wilde Best Book Award Winner
* News & Observer Newspaper's Wilde Best Book Award Winner
* Middle East Book Award Honorable Mention
* Middle East Book Award Honorable Mention{{fact|date=November 2023}}


=== The Jar that Became a Galaxy (2019) ===
=== ''The Jar that Became a Galaxy'' (2019) ===
''The Jar that Became a Galaxy'' الجرة التي صارت مجرة was published by [[Tamer Institute for Community Education|Tamer Institute]] in [[Ramallah]], Palestine, and illustrated by [[Walid Taher]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Jar that Became a Galaxy|url=https://www.tamerinst.org/en/products/145|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Tamer Inst}}</ref>
''The Jar that Became a Galaxy'' الجرة التي صارت مجرة was published by [[Tamer Institute for Community Education|Tamer Institute]] in [[Ramallah]], Palestine, and illustrated by [[Walid Taher]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Jar that Became a Galaxy|url=https://www.tamerinst.org/en/products/145|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Tamer Inst}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The book gave the national reading campaign in Palestine its title.{{fact|date=November 2023}}


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=== ''The Lilac Girl'' ===
The book gave the national reading campaign in Palestine its title.
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''The Lilac Girl,'' published by Tamer Institute, won the prestigious [[Sheikh Zayed Book Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-08|title=Here are the winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards, one of the Arab world's major literary prizes.|url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-sheikh-zayed-book-awards-one-of-the-arab-worlds-biggest-literary-prizes/|first=Aaron|last=Robertson|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US}}</ref>


'''Books'''
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=== The Lilac Girl ===

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''The Lilac Girl,'' published by Tamer Institute, won the prestigious [[Sheikh Zayed Book Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-08|title=Here are the winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards, one of the Arab world’s major literary prizes.|url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-sheikh-zayed-book-awards-one-of-the-arab-worlds-biggest-literary-prizes/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Tasting The Sky'' (2007)
* ''Savoring the sky'' (2010)
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* ''Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine'' (2016)
* ''Two Homes in Omar's Heart - Spanish'' (2022){{fact|date=November 2023}}


==References==
==References==
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Ibtisam Barakat
Barakat at the festival of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2013
Barakat at the festival of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2013
Born (1963-10-02) October 2, 1963 (age 61)
East Jerusalem
OccupationAuthor, poet, artist, translator, Educator
NationalityPalestinian American

Ibtisam Barakat (Arabic: ابتسام بركات) is a Palestinian-American bilingual author, poet, artist, translator, and educator. She was born in Beit Hanina-East Jerusalem. Barakat received her bachelor's degree from Bir Zeit University, near Ramallah in the West Bank. In 1986, she moved to New York City, where she interned with The Nation magazine. She went on to earn a master's degree in journalism and another master's degree in human development and family studies from the University of Missouri.[citation needed]

Bibliography

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What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music (2004)

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Barakat contributed to this anthology that "explores the powerful impact that music has in our lives."[1] The anthology was published June 8, 2004, by Knopf Books for Young Readers. Other contributors include Jennifer Armstrong, Ron Koertge, Joseph Bruchac, David Levithan, Jude Mandell, J. Alison James, and Sarah Ellis.[citation needed]

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood (2007)

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Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood was published February 20, 2007, by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

The memoir is about growing up under Israeli occupation following the 1967 Six-Day War and the persistence and resistance of the Palestinian struggle for liberation.[2]

Tasting the Sky received the following accolades:

Free?: Stories About Human Rights (2010)

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Barakat contributed to this anthology that explores the concept of freedom. Free? was published April 27, 2020, by Candlewick.[7] Other contributors include David Almond, Margaret Mahy, Meja Mwangi, Jamila Gavin, Eoin Colfer, Michael Morpurgo, Theresa Breslin, and Sarah Mussi.[citation needed]

Al Ta' Al Marbouta Tateer (2011)

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Al Ta' Al Marbouta Tateer, التاء المربوطة تطير, translated as The Letter Ta Escapes or The Taa' That Flies, is about a letter in the Arabic alphabet that refuses to do what it is supposed to do in a word.[citation needed]

The book won the Anna Lindh Foundation award for Best Literature for Arabic children.[8]

Hadeyyah Lel-Hamzah (2014)

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Hadeyyah Lel-Hamzah, هدية للهمزة, translated as A Present for the Letter Hamzah, which Barakat wrote and illustrated, was published by The National Library of the United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi.[citation needed]

Balcony on the Moon (2016)

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Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine was published October 15, 2016, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In 2017, the book was nominated for the Arab American Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature.[9]

The book also received the following accolades:[10]

The Jar that Became a Galaxy (2019)

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The Jar that Became a Galaxy الجرة التي صارت مجرة was published by Tamer Institute in Ramallah, Palestine, and illustrated by Walid Taher.[11] The book gave the national reading campaign in Palestine its title.[citation needed]

The Lilac Girl

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The Lilac Girl, published by Tamer Institute, won the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award.[12]

Books

  • Tasting The Sky (2007)
  • Savoring the sky (2010)
  • Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine (2016)
  • Two Homes in Omar's Heart - Spanish (2022)[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  2. ^ Priyadarshini, Arya; Sigroha, Suman (2020-07-03). "Recovering the Palestinian History of Dispossession through Graphics in Leila Abdelrazaq's Baddawi". Eikón / Imago. 9: 395–418. doi:10.5209/eiko.73329. ISSN 2254-8718.
  3. ^ "Tasting the Sky". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ^ "IRA Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards". reading.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-04.
  5. ^ "2008 Book Award Winners". arabamericanmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  6. ^ "Middle East Council Book Award Winner page". Archived from the original on 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  7. ^ "Free?: Stories About Human Rights". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  8. ^ Winners of the Arab Children’s Literature Award announced Archived 2017-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, 17/01/2011, Anna Lindh Foundation
  9. ^ "2017 Arab American Book Award Winners". Arab American Museum. 7 October 2017.
  10. ^ Barakat, Ibtisam (2016-10-25). Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). ISBN 978-0-374-30253-5.
  11. ^ "The Jar that Became a Galaxy". Tamer Inst. Retrieved 2021-04-23.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ Robertson, Aaron (2020-04-08). "Here are the winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards, one of the Arab world's major literary prizes". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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