The main character is a young girl who lives in the City of Hats. Here, all of the people are born with hats that cover their heads and faces. The world inside of their hats is dark, silent, and odourless. She feels trapped in her hat and wants to take it off, but is worried about what the other people in the city will think. She can’t resist the temptation anymore, and decides to take it off and enjoy the world around her. Although people judge her for making herself ‘hatless’, she sympathises with those who are afraid to experience the world outside of their hats. This pushes her to come up with a plan to help those around her take off their hats too…
About the Author
Latifa Butti is a Kuwaiti Author specialized in children’s literature. Her portfolio extends from stand-alone novels, theatrical works, publications in magazines and periodicals, to works in radio and television. She has several independently published works including The Mermaid and My Country, Ininkayo in addition to theatrical acts such as Juha’s Gate and Salma the Princess of the Sea. Butti is also a regular contributor to the well-known magazine Al Arabi Al Sagheer and worked on a number of radio-based programs and series targeting adolescents. He works in television were mainly with Al Jazeera Children Channel and Al Baraem Channel, focusing on the cultural heritage and folklore of the Arab region.
About the Publisher
Darf Publishers is a London-based independent publisher with diversity and inclusion at the heart of its work.
Established in 1981 as an English imprint for the long-standing Arab publisher Dar Fergiani which was established by the late Mohamed Bashir Fergiani in 1952 in Libya- based Arab publisher Dar Fergiani, it focussed for three decades on publishing and reprinting classical history and travel books about Middle East, Africa and Asia in English. Since 2014, Darf shifted focus to establish itself as a leading publisher in translating new emerging writers from around the world into English, including works of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
