▫️📩Order through DM / WhatsApp / Shopee / Tokopedia (for free shipping) ▫️English, Hardcover, Dust jacket, 149 pages 🌙 “Like the Moon Loves the Sky” by and #SaffaKhan (Bedtime Picture Book) ☪️ “Lailah’s Lunchbox” by and (Picture Book about Ramadan) 🌙 “Salam Alaikum” by and (Singable Picture Book) ☪️ “Man o’ War” by #CoryMcCarthy (YA Queer coming of age story feat. 🌙 “It’s Not About the Burqa” edited by #MariamKhan (Essay Anthology by Muslim women about being Muslim women in the western world) ☪️ “Other Words for Home” by (MG Novel in Verse about Syrian refugees) 🌙 “Squire” by and (YA Fantasy Graphic Novel) ☪️ “Once Upon an Eid” edited by and (MG short story collection) A few of these are still TBRs (my reading frequency has decreased lately) but I’m still planning to finish this list before moving on!

I tried to reach across genres, reading levels, and additional marginalized representation. The backmatter includes a glossary and bibliography for readers' further research and learning.Over the last few weeks, I’ve been reading books by Muslim and/or Arab-American authors for Ramadan and #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth (April). The authors introduce their book with a personal letter to the reader, setting out their motivations and hopes for the stories they are telling. Give this book to readers who are excited to learn about the great figures and thinkers in history! Throughout history-from the golden age of the empires of Arabia, Iraq, Persia, and India, up to modern day-Muslims have shaped our world in essential ways, with achievements in music, medicine, politics, human rights, literature, sports, technology, and more.

In this biographical collection, with stunning portraits and illustrations by Saffa Khan, authors Saadia Faruqi and Aneesa Mumtaz highlight some of the talented Muslim physicians, musicians, athletes, poets, and more who helped make the world we know today.Ī brilliant surgeon heals patients in the first millennium.Ī female king rules the Indian subcontinent.Ī poet pours his joy and grief into the world's best-selling verses.Īn iconic leader fights for civil rights.

The Wonders We Seek by Saffa Khan