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At the age of 4 years… an Emirati child enters the Guinness Book of Records. As the youngest writer in the world

April 2, 2023

Emirati child Saeed Al Muhairi set a world record in an encyclopedia "Guinness"becoming the youngest writer in the world at only 4 years old.

Al-Muhairi authored a book in the name of "Happy elephant and bear"to join his sister, the Emirati girl Al-Dhabi Al-Muhairi, in the record holders record, according to a newspaper "Emirates today".

The book, supported by photographs, tells the story of kindness overcoming anger, and the unexpected friendship between two animals.

And the Emirati media quoted his mother as saying that he wrote the story in simple words, and as usual, the arbitrators from Guinness carefully examined his work to ensure that he wrote it himself. According to the Arabic website.

It is noteworthy that Al-Dhabi Al-Muhairi entered the Guinness Book of Records, as the youngest publisher in the world at the age of 7, after she sold more than a thousand copies of her first book, “I Had an Idea.”

Al-Muhairi had said that "The book talks about a girl’s relationship with her mother and her family, by talking about the family’s trip to the grandmother’s house".

Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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