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Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts
Friday, August 02, 2024

Film: "Eid Mubarak" - Streaming on PBS

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Eid Mubarak "A privileged six-year-old Pakistani girl embarks on a mission to save her beloved pet goat from being eaten on the Muslim ...
Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Children's Books from Ruqaya's Bookshelf: Is It Time to Demand More from Muslim Children's Literature?

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Basirah the Basketballer says Insha'Allah by  Hafsah Dabiri  (more links ) Zaid and the Gigantic Cloud by Helal Musleh The Great Hair ...
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Film: "Bilal: A New Breed of Hero" by Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal

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I watched  Bilal: A New Breed of Hero  by Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal on  Peacock . It is produced by Barajoun Entertainment . Alexan...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Recommendation: "Savvy Yazzy's African Adventure: The Fulani Culture" by Boubacar Cherif Balde and Illustrated by Irina Conde

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  Savvy Yazzy's African Adventure: The Fulani Culture by Boubacar Cherif Balde and illustrated by Irina Conde is a wonderful way to int...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Recommendation: "The Blessed Bananas" by Tayyaba Syed and Illustrated by Melani Putri

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I realized how much I liked The Blessed Bananas , written by Tayyaba Syed and illustrated by Melani Putri, when I started to describe the s...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Recommendation: "In Our Own Hands: Tools for Talking Abolition and Transformative Justice with Little Ones" by Rania El Mugammar

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You can talk to your kids about abolition & transformative (I made a free workbook to help you do it!) Trust they're already getting...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Recommendation: Bahram Rahman, "The Library Bus," Gabrielle Grimard (illustrator)

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  Bahram Rahman 's The Library Bus is an excellent means to introduce to Muslim (and non-Muslim!) children the value of reading and the...
Wednesday, March 02, 2022

Family Event with Author Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Mar 10, 2022

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Join Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow for "Bedtime Story Night!" A virtual event for the whole family. Thu, March 10, 2022, 6 pm EST. Re...
Sunday, July 11, 2021

Are Muslims Going to Join Calls for Censorship in Public School Libraries? I Hope Not

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In Columbia County, Georgia, where I live, the daily newspaper in neighboring Augusta, Georgia reported that a resident has been advocating...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

"Reading Challenge: Centering Muslim Characters" - A Resource Produced by Rabia Khokhar

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Rabia Khokhar ( Twitter ) is a Teacher and Education and Equity Consultant. Check out the resource she produced entitled Reading Challenger...
Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Alif Baa Taa: Learning My Arabic Alphabet by Asma Wahab, designed by Nadia Afghani

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View this post on Instagram Our two books side to side! Both 6 inches x 6 inches, perfec...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Suggested Reading List from "Girls of the Crescent"

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Habeeba Husain profiled Girls of the Crescent in the 2018 November/December issue of Islamic Horizons . Sisters Zena & Mena Nasiri fou...
Saturday, September 02, 2017

Review: Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to His Daughter by Mark Gonzales

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Check out these adorable readers with the new @SalaamReads picture book, Yo Soy Muslim by @markgonzalesco ! pic.twitter.com/AwmwPEH2bm —...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Shabana Mir Tells Story Behind "Umar and the Bully"

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From Shabana Mir's blog : "[Twenty] years later, I assumed [ Umar and the Bully ] was no longer relevant. Imagine my surprise w...
Saturday, June 27, 2015

"We Need Diverse Books" Campaign

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Had a great time on my local NPR station @wabenews chatting about Written in the Stars & @diversebooks ! http://t.co/GrkfIZZUDa — Ai...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Teacher Confronts Islamophobia with "The Garden of My Imaan" by Farhana Zia

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"You mean a Muslim is coming here?!” http://t.co/OBr5Hpqvbu pic.twitter.com/gnIakR3qaf — Teaching Tolerance (@Tolerance_org) March 1...
Sunday, March 08, 2015

Review: Snow White: An Islamic Tale by Fawzia Gilani

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Wood Turtle reviewed Snow White: An Islamic Tale by Fawzia Gilani. I have not read the book, although I have reviewed others she has publi...
Friday, February 06, 2015

Nadia's Ramadan - Film for Use in Public Schools

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Unity Productions Foundation has produced a short film, Nadia's Ramadan , with a professionally made lesson plan , for use in public sc...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

Review: The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond

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I love popular science books . I hope that many would be translated into languages Muslims often speak, particularly Arabic, since many e...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Review: "How Big is Allah?" by Emma Apple

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Reem Faruqi reviewed Emma Apple's illustrated children's book "How Big is Allah? ." I have not read the book.