Samar Samir Mezghanni is a writer and activist in Tunisian. She was classified as one of the most important young leaders in the Arab region by Arabian Business Magazine and was nominated as a member of the consultancy committee of the Arab Thought Foundation. She was also the first Arab young person to attend and speak at the Arab Economic Summit in Kuwait. She has two records in the Guinness Book for World Records as the youngest writer in the world (2000) and the most prolific writer in the world (2002). She has written over a hundred short stories for children and also published 14 books.