Bahram Rahman

Bahram Rahman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and grew up during the civil war and the Taliban regime of 1996–2001. He earned a medical degree at Kabul Medical University and a master’s degree in public policy at the University o Erfurt, Germany, while also working as an activist in Afghanistan in the areas of gender equality and youth political participation. Bahram came to Canada as a refugee in 2012, and today he is a senior policy advisor at the Ministry of Health in Ontario. His first picture book, The Library Bus, won the Middle East Book Award and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and a RISE: A Feminist Project List selection. His second, A Sky-Blue Bench, was an Honor Winner for the ALA Schneider Family Book Award. Both books draw attention to the barriers that still exist for millions of children, especially girls, living in war-torn countries today.