Nour Altouba

Nour Altouba is a Palestinian children’s book illustrator and author from the Returnees Camp in Homs. He began his artistic career at the age of seventeen and is regarded as the first Arab-Palestinian children’s book illustrator in Germany. He has illustrated and designed more than 170 illustrated children’s books in print, read-aloud, and audio formats in Arabic, English, and German. He developed his artistic skills through self-directed learning, alongside formal courses in academic drawing and graphic design. Many of his German-language books are available in German national libraries, including the Wuppertal City Library. His work has been nominated for several awards, including the German Children’s Book Award (Nuremberg, 2023) and the Buntspecht Competition (Berlin, 2024), and he received a certificate of recognition within the Luxembourg Prize (2025). He lives in Wuppertal, where he works in the field of children’s book creation, and has collaborated in Germany with Carlsen, Thienemann, and Don Bosco.