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Racha Mourtada is the author of '55 slightly sinister stories', a book of deliciously dark tiny tales, published in June 2020 (Andrews McMeel Universal). She has also written the children's book, 'Swingers, Clingers and Other Amazing Animals in Motion', and 'I'll Love You from Afar", which is being translated into several languages.

An alumnus of Faber Academy's 'Novel Writing Course' and the inaugural 'Columbia Publishing Course' at Oxford University, Racha decided to leave her corporate life in Dubai and move back to her native Beirut to set up Luqoom, a boutique publishing house for children's books, and focus on her writing.

Prior to that, she had a varied career-working as a biomedical engineer, a UN researcher, and a public policy ana ...more

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	55 slightly sinister stories 3.42 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I’ll Love You from Afar by Racha Mourtada (Goodreads Author), Sasha Haddad (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 59 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Ob nah, ob fern, ich hab dich gern!: Mutmachbuch für die Corona-Zeit, Geschenk für Erwachsene und Kinder, Liebhaben, Vermissen 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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