QissassTonight, the hero of the story is Adam.
Qissass tells short bedtime stories in French and Arabic where your child is the main character. Each story helps with a real feeling, like anger, fear or jealousy, and shows a value that helps them through it.
The same story in French and in Arabic
Every story exists in both languages. Children hear Arabic words in context, fully vowelled so they are pronounced correctly, and can switch language whenever they want. In French stories, key Arabic terms such as sabr (patience) or rahma (mercy) are kept and explained.
Yasmine prend une grande respiration. Elle se souvient du mot que lui a appris sa grand-mère : sabr, la patience.
تَأْخُذُ يَاسْمِين نَفَسًا عَمِيقًا، وَتَتَذَكَّرُ الكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي عَلَّمَتْهَا جَدَّتُهَا: الصَّبْر.
A warm voice, words that light up, gentle pictures
An expressive narrator reads each story aloud. Every word lights up as it is spoken, so early readers can follow along. Each page has an original watercolour illustration, drawn without faces, in keeping with Islamic artistic tradition.
Ten everyday feelings, each with a value to grow
Children pick how they feel tonight. Qissass chooses a story that names the feeling and shows a value from the Islamic tradition that helps with it, backed by a hadith or a Quran verse for parents.
From a first name to a whole library
Create a profile
Enter your child's first name and age.
Get a personal library
Within a couple of minutes, your child has their own stories in French and Arabic, with their name in every one.
Pick a feeling, press play
Your child chooses how they feel, listens, reads along, then answers a short quiz.
Ask for a new story
Record a request like "a story about sharing with my little sister" and a new story arrives in under a minute.
Built with care for families
Qissass only asks for your child's first name, age and whether they are a boy or a girl, so the stories fit them. There are no public profiles. Every story follows strict content guidelines and comes with its references, a hadith or a Quran verse, for parents. You can delete your account and all of its data from the app at any time.
Made by DREYSSA, an independent studio in France. Qissass is in beta on Android and iOS, with a free plan and optional subscriptions.
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Every child deserves to be the hero of a good story
Want to try Qissass with your family? Write to us and we will add you to the beta.
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