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Not Too Little To Make a Difference

A STORY OF PERSEVERANCE, HEART, AND BELIEVING THAT GOD WILL NEVER ALLOW GOOD WORK TO GO TO WASTE! Sofia is eager to start the new school year because she will finally be able to enter the Junior Journalist competition. Just as she finishes writing her...

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Nusaiba and the 5th Grade Bullies

An exciting Islamic story about self-acceptance and standing up to bullying. Nusaiba is excited about school – especially show and tell! But after hearing a mean comment in the school hallway about what her mother is wearing, Nusaiba slumps at her...

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Snatched

An Islamic children's book all about making amends whenever you make mistakes! Omar has taken something that doesn’t belong to him - a sticky piece of baklava! His mistake is following him around, even into his dreams. How will he make...

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Bismillah Soup

Bismillah Soup is a bestselling Islamic story for kids! A spinoff of the classic “Stone Soup” folktale, Bismillah Soup is a story about Hasan, a young Somali boy who ventures out to gather his community together for a great feast at the local...

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Who Will Help Me Make Iftar?

A wonderful Islamic story for kids about selflessness and generosity in Ramadan! Mustafa Amca and his wife have a yearly tradition: They cook iftar for their friends and neighbours on the first day of Ramadan.But this year, Mustafa Amca's wife is sick...

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The Green Dinosaur Umbrella

A beautiful Hajj story about kindness, diversity, and love that will touch your heart In this beautifully illustrated, whimsical story, a green dinosaur umbrella travels to Makkah and exchanges hands, helping pilgrims along their journey of Hajj.

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Bilal's Second Surprise

This imaginative new baby story for little Muslims will have your kids laughing out loud! When Bilal wakes up to find his parents missing and Grandma sleeping in their bed, he knows it might not be an ordinary day. But when Dad walks into the house in a...

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There Was an Old Auntie who Swallowed a Samosa

A colourful, hilarious iftar story that will leave your child in stitches!Auntie Sophia is making her special out-of-this-world samosas for the mosque iftar. But what this samosa pro doesn't know is that her kitty, Serrano, has some sneaky plans to alter...

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Bibi's Blessing

Mwana lives in Lamu with her grandmother, Bibi. Bibi makes the best mofa bread on the island, and Mwana sells them at the market.After she trips on a stone and drops all the mofas that Bibi made, Mwana is sad and disappointed. She can't sell them...

Scout Comics

Yasmeen

Yasmeen is a coming-of-age graphic novel that explores the struggles of an immigrant family escaping violence and their attempts to adjust to life in America. Written by Saif A. Ahmed, Illustrated by Fabiana Mascolo, and published by Scout Comics. Split...

Oneworld Publications

The Crucifixion and the Qur'an: A Study in the History of Muslim Thought

The first book to examine the controversial Qur'anic phrase which divides Christianity and Islam. According to the majority of modern Muslims and Christians, the Qur'an denies the crucifixion of Jesus, and with it, one of the most sacred beliefs of...

Oneworld Publications

Jesus in the Qur'an

An essential introduction to the influence of Jesus in contemporary Qur’anic teachings In Jesus in the Qur'an, written for both Christians and Muslims, for specialists as well as general readers, Parrinder offers a study of Qur'anic teachings about...

Oneworld Publications

Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern Practices (The Foundations of Islam)

It is not only the holy cities of Mecca and Karbala to which Muslim pilgrims travel, but a wide variety of sacred sites around the world. Journeys are undertaken to visit graves of important historical and religious individuals, the tombs of saints, and...

Interlink Books

Baladi Palestine: A Celebration of Food from Land and Sea

Joudie Kalla, author of the bestselling Palestine on a Plate, introduces readers to more of the Middle East’s best kept secret—Palestinian cuisine. “Baladi” means “my home, my land, my country,” and Joudie once again...

Crocodile Books

The Mouse Who Saved Egypt

In his second work for children – following the successful 2000 picture book The Girl Who Lost Her Smile – Vancouver’s Karim Alrawi plucks a story from the rich history of his native Egypt and renders it appealing to a young and diverse...

Oneworld Publications

A History of Islam in 21 Women

The story of Islam as never presented before Khadija رضي الله عنها was the first believer, to whom the Prophet Muhammadﷺ often turned for advice. At a time when strongmen quickly seized power from any female Muslim ruler, Arwa of Yemen reigned alone for...

Interlink Books

The Dispersal

Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, The Dispersal is a timely and insightful novel about displacement, loss, poetry, war, and migration from a leading Arab voice. Tashari, the title of the novel in Arabic, is an Iraqi word for a...

Interlink Books

Oh, Salaam!

ACCLAIMED NOVEL WITH COMPELLING TREATMENT OF GENDER ROLES, AND THE EFFECTS OF CIVIL WAR, Najwa Barakat’s Oh, Salaam! (Yaa Salaam!, Arabic, 1999) tells the story of three friends whose lives are transformed by their participation in the inhuman...

Interlink Books

That Untravel'd World

Nicholas Dylan Ray grew up next to a US national park, whose mountains and forests he explored to escape his troubled home. As a young man, he left the United States, and aged twenty-two set out on a six-month journey from France to Tibet, traveling...

Oneworld Publications

Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence

Whether exploring the thorny issues of wives' sexual duties, divorce, homosexuality, or sex outside marriage, discussions of sexual ethics and Islam often spark heated conflict rather than reasoned argument. In this updated and expanded edition of her...