Baraa Awoor

@baraa_awoor2

Pronouns: she/her
Location: Palestine, Gaza. Based in Cairo, Egypt
Occupation: Award-winning children’s book illustrator and visual storyteller
Media: Digital illustration, ink
Dream Projects: To create an art brand rooted in my illustrations, sharing emotional, meaningful stories with the world.

Baraa Awoor is a Palestinian award-winning illustrator of over 40 children’s books, published across the Arab world and beyond. Her work has appeared in major international exhibitions like the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and has been featured in magazines in the UK and Italy and has been translated into more than 6 languages. Through poetic visuals and symbolic narratives, she tells stories of identity, memory, and freedom.

My Bed
Mixed media, on paper

What motivates you to keep drawing?

For now, to my friends in Gaza who wait each day to see a new drawing that helps them endure one more day, and to every child who escapes the dark through colors and pages.

I Will Run Away
Mixed media on paper

My Bed, Night
Mixed media on paper

Bahjah, Part 1
Mixed media on paper