Jekar Khourchid

Jekar Khourchid is a Syrian children's author. He studied Arabic literature at Al-Baath University in Homs. His first story collection "The Jackal and The Lion" won the 2006 Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in children's literature. Khourchid stopped writing for a while due to his father's illness and death, and then returned to writing in 2012. He has published more than 120 books and nearly 100 books in print. In 2015, Khourchid left Syria and immigrated to the Netherlands. His story "I Am Not You" was shortlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for the Children's literature category for the year 2019. In 2020, his book Al-himar w al-bulbul (The Donkey and the Nightingale) illustrated by Ghazaleh Bigdelou was recommended for the International Youth Library’s White Ravens list.

Works Some of his works include:

What do I say to my mother, Asala Publishers, 2015. The Mask, Asala Publishers, 2015. I am a bird I am a fish I am a cat, Asala Publishers, 2016. A Race in the Kingdom of Dreams, Dar Al Banan, 2016. House of Houses, Rabie Publishing House, 2016. Nizar is the Referee, Rabie Publishing House, 2016. Don't Leave Me Alone, Asala Publishers, 2017. I Am Not You, Al-Hadaek Group, 2018. The Seller of Joy, Asala Publishers, 2018. I see, Kalimat Group, 2019.