Samar Mahfouz Barraj (Arabic:سمر محفوظ براج) is an author, poet, playwright, songwriter, trainer, and children's literature translator.
Red Line was the first of its kind; to raise awareness towards child harassment for children to read in a pleasant and creative way.
[11] Barraj was a member of the administrative faculty at the Lebanese American University since 2013, and the Lebanese Board on Books for Young People since 2007, a member of the founding team for Mubadara, an "Initiative to Develop an Arab Child Reader" in 2015.
[2] Barraj has participated in many exhibitions, lectures, and panels including speaking at the International Middle East Symposium on "the role of children literature and education in making a difference" in 2014.
In 2013, Barraj was a speaker at the First International Board on Books for Young People Conference for the Region of Central Asia and North Africa (CANA) on the "importance of library activities sessions in promoting reading in schools".