Lateefah Boti
Biography
About the author:
Lateefah Boti is an author specializing in children's literature from Kuwait. Her repertoire ranges from short stories to radio and television work to plays and publications in magazines and journals. She has published several modern creative books for children, including stories whose characters have been adapted into cartoon episodes entitled Roo The Kangaroo.
She has won several awards for her work, including the Sheikh Zayed Awards for Children’s Books for her book "Hutlos", which has been translated into English, French, Persian, Greek and now also into German.
Boti rewrote dozens of Kuwaiti folk tales and devised stories for the fictional characters in them. In order to present these to an international audience, she took part in various festivals in Morocco, Tunisia, Oman and the UAE. She is also a writer for a number of children's television channels and programs including Iftah Ya Simsim, the Arabic version of the children's series Sesame Street.
Her latest passion is turning all of her written work into visual works that transcend language and bring joy to children around the world.
Last Released
Hutlos
Hatless is an imaginative and inspiring story of a little girl who must make her way in an environment where those around her have different values than her. The main character is a little girl named Hatless who lives in Hat Town. There people are born with head coverings that hide their heads and faces. The world there is dark, silent and odorless. The little girl feels trapped there and would like to take off her hat. For fear of uncanny events, however, she keeps him on hold for the time being. Then one day she realizes that the scary things stay whether she takes it off or keeps it. She then decides to take off her hat. The world she is now discovering is full of beautiful things and she is happy about it. Even when those around her start to avoid her company, she doesn't get discouraged and tries to find a new way that allows her and those around her to see the beautiful things in their lives and embrace the world. In this way she changes the course of her own life and that of her fellow citizens. The story lets children's imaginations run wild and stimulates their creativity.
