16 January 2024
A 3-year-old Muslim girl, Almaha Rashid has created history as her name was registered in Guinness World Records as the youngest author for writing two books named ‘The Flower’ and ‘Honeybee’ explaining the importance of environmental protection.
Almaha has explained the importance of environmental protection in both of her books. The names of Almaha’s sister and brother are also recorded in Guinness World Records.
Skill doesn’t depend on age and Almaha has proved it beyond doubt. Almaha hit the headlines because of her extraordinary skills and surprised one and all. More than 1000 copies of her books were sold in the first 24 hours.
Almaha’s painting and storytelling style is remarkable and her passion and commitment are exemplary. She learned to write creative stories for children with the help of beautiful and vibrant pictures.
According to Almaha’s mother, her daughter wants to teach environmental protection to children of her age. She said that last year she had visited COP28 in Dubai, during which she saw that Almaha had a lot of understanding about environment-themed stories, after which she realized the importance of educating children about environmental protection. She said Almaha’s will power, talent and self-confidence made her to the Guinness World Record.
However, Almaha is not the only one in the family who has talent. Her elder sister Aldhabi is also a Guinness World Record holder. Aldhabi had earlier published a bilingual book at the age of eight years. While her brother holds the record of being the youngest (male) to publish a book.
In 2023, Saeed Rashed Aimheiri of Abu Dhabi was registered in the Guinness World Record for being the youngest author in history to have a book published on kindness called “The Elephant Saeed and the Bear,” at the age of 4 years and 218 days.
