The Prophet's Birthday through Andersen's Eyes

مولد الرسول في عيون أندرسن

English title translated by this site; the book was published in Arabic.

Year: 2009
Publisher: Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah
Illustrated by: صلاح بيصار
Pages: 88
Awards: IBBY Honour List 2012 (Translation) (2012)

His Arabic rendering of Hans Christian Andersen's account of the Prophet's birthday celebrations in Constantinople. He framed it as a lesson in respecting people of other faiths. It was placed on the 2012 IBBY Honour List for translation. It crowned his lifelong engagement with Andersen, which runs from *The Red Shoes* (1962) to *Five New Tales* (2005), written for the Andersen bicentenary.

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To cite: Youssef, Abdeltawab. The Prophet's Birthday through Andersen's Eyes. Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, 2009.