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Guzel Garipova
Zuhra. The Girl from The Moon
based on a Tatar folklore
Comissioned
Zuhra. The Girl from The Moon
book based on ancient tatar and turkic legend.
The story is about a girl, who was treated by her stepmother, but The Moon and The Star saved her.

Written by Ioldyz Minnullina.
Illustrated and designed by Guzel Garipova.
Published by "Yulbasma" publishing house
Kazan/ 2018


Guzel Garipova

Having a background in architecture,
I chose to follow my childhood love for drawing.
Since then I’ve illustrated 11 books, Shortlisted The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 4 (2022) by dPictus, won Hiii Illustration Awards 2020, Carpetvista 2019 and was shortlisted at WIA 2019.



Alongside with supporting female communities one of my main professional interests is investing in further development of local Tatar culture and language.
As an art teacher I’m interested in projects encouraging curiosity and creative thinking in kids.