Hatem Aly illustration
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  • illustration
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    • THE REEDS
    • THREE POUNDS
    • VARIOUS
    • SUMMER WATERMELON
    • ISRA
    • MORCHEDI
    • CHILDREN RULE
    • SHOGHLANA
  • sketchbook
  • Books
  • Publications
  • About
  • contact
Hatem Aly illustration
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About 
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Hatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator who has illustrated many books for young people that earned multiple starred reviews and positions on the New York Times bestseller list including The Proudest Blue with Ibtihaj Muhammad and S. K. Ali, In My Mosque with M. O. Yuksel, the Newbery Honor winner The Inquisitor’s Tale with Adam Gidwitz, The Unicorn Rescue Society series also with Adam Gidwitz and several amazing coauthors, The Yasmin series with Saadia Faruqi, Raj’s Rule (for the Bathroom at School) with Lana Button, How to Feed Your Parents with Ryan Miller, Takshira (Frown) with Naseeba Alozaibi You Are a Star, Jane Goodall with Dean Robbins, Ethan and the Strays by John Sullivan. Egyptian Lullaby with Zeena Pliska, and Salat in Secret with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. He has more upcoming books and projects in the works. Hatem currently lives in New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife, son, and more pets than people. 
You can find him online @metahatem. www.metahatem.com




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BOOKS:
The Boldest White 
with Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali (Little Brown/ USA), September 2024.
The Book That Almost Rhymed with Omar Abed (Dial) March 2024
Ramadan Kareem with M.O. Yuksel (HarperCollins) February 2024
Ethan and the Strays with John Sullivan (Simon and Schuster) October 2023
Salat in Secret with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Penguin Random House) June 2023
Egyptian Lullaby with Zeena Pliska (Roaring Brook(Macmillan)), 2023
You Are a Star, Jane Goodall with Dean Robbins (Scholastic), 2023
The Kindest Red with Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali (Little Brown/ USA), 2023.
In My Mosque with M.O. Yuksel (HarperCollins), 2021
Raj’s Rule (for the bathroom at school) with Lana Button (Owlkids) 2020
The Proudest Blue with Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali (Little Brown/ USA), 2019
The Unicorn Rescue Society series with Adam Gidwitz with several contributing authors
such as Jesse Casey, Joe Bruchac, Hena Khan, David Bowles and Emma
Otheguy (Penguin/USA)
Meet Yasmin series with Saadia Faruqi (Capstone/USA)
Not So Normal Norbert with James Patterson & Joey Green (Jimmy/Little Brown), 2018.
The Story Pirates Series written by Geoff Rodkey and Jaqueline West (Random House, USA), 2018
How to Feed Your Parents by Ryan Miller (Sterling/ USA), 2018
The Inquisitor’s Tale with Adam Gidwitz (Penguin/ USA) 2016

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Worked with:
I worked with a variety of publishers including HarperCollins, Dutton Children's books(Penguin Young Readers), Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Rodale kids, Little Brown and Company, Union Square Publishing, Roaring Brook (Macmillan) Stripes, Oxford university press, MTV world, Highlights magazine, Chirp magazine, Kalimat, HBKU Press, Rubicon publishing, Kadi & Ramadi, Academia, Asala, Hachette-Antoine, Ashjar , Majid magazine. and more!... 

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Questions and Hellos! : [email protected]
For work inquiries , please note I am Represented by Bright Group.  
 +1 506.545.7022
Cell : +1 506.480.1429
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studio: 
430 Tremblay crt., Bathurst, NB E2A 2K2 , Canada


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