Walid Taher (Arabic : وليد طاهر) is an Egyptian author, designer of children's books, plastic artist, and journalist painter.
More than 40 children books were published by Taher including: ‘The Black Spot’ which has won the Etisalat Award in its second edition.
His book ‘Seven Souls’ was longlisted for Sheikh Zayed Award – Children and Young People's Literature Section in 2012.
[4] Taher kicked off his career in the field of children's literature in 2001, when Dar Al Shorouk published his first book ‘My New Friend’.
In 1999, Taher got first place in The Egyptian Board on Books for Young People Competition for Professionals for illustrating ‘The Watermelon’.
[1] With ‘Le Port a Jauni’ Taher has published several books including ‘A country: Voyage without Baggage’, ‘The Dancers’, and ‘My Crazy Ideas’.