Samar Samir Mezghanni

Samar Samir Mezghanni (

Mezghanni was born in 1988 to the Tunisian lawyer Samir Mezghanni and an Iraqi mother named Sahar. She has two brothers, Samer and Sirar, and one sister, Siwar.[1]

Mezghanni earned a BA in psychology from Tunis El Manar University and a Master's from the University of Birmingham and is currently undertaking a doctorate in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge.^{[1][year needed]}

Mezghanni has written over a hundred children stories and is a member of numerous Arabic and international organizations.^[2] Her first child story was published in September 1997.^[3] She holds the Guinness records for youngest published writer and the most prolific. Mezghanni has appeared on British media speaking out against extremism in the Middle East.^[4]

• One of the BBC's 100 Women 2013^[5]
• One of the 100 most powerful Arab women 2013 Link
• 'The Youngest Writer in the World' in 2000 by the
  Guinness Book of World Records
• 'Youngest Most Prolific Writer in the World' in 2002 by the
  Guinness Book of World Records
• Appeared in the Arabian Business list of 30 Under 30 in 2009^[6]
• 2000 Child Book Award given by then-Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during the National Day of Culture^[1]
• Creativity Collar by the Iraqi Story House in 2002^[1]
• Honorary Member of the Tunisian Writers Union^{[citation needed]}

• Mohakamatou Dhi'ib (Trial of a Wolf)
• Holm Fi Hadeekat Al-Hayawanet (A Dream in the Zoo)

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