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Book Description Not everyone in Rose's family is happy about the two Saudi Arabian police officers staying at Grandma's house. Nine-year-old Rose and grandma help the officers with English lessons and the officers share their culture and Islamic religion. The officers' kind ways and good manners soon win the hearts of Rose and her grandparents. Rose becomes confused and worried by her dad's continued... (more)

Hijab-ez Friends

by Linda D. Delgado

Book Description I don't want to go to public school! I don't need diversity! Ten-year-old Rose protests to Dad and Grandma. What is diversity, anyway? she wonders crossly. Rose's dad wants her to meet kids of different races, cultures and religions. He says the new school will be an adventure. No way! Only a grown-up would tell a kid that going to a new school is an adventure. But, could he be right? It... (more)

Stories

by Linda D. Delgado

Book Description Stories is a treasure chest of wonderful stories about Islam and the lives of Rose, her family members and Hijab-Ez friends. Readers join Rose and the Hijab-Ez as they delight in stories Fahd and Abdul tell them about famous Muslims from Islam's history. Rose and her friends apply the wisdom they learn from these stories to problems they face at school and home: Islam's famous Woman... (more)

Girls of Riyadh: A Novel

by Rajaa Alsanea

A bold new voice from Saudi Arabia spins a fascinating tale of four young women attempting to navigate the narrow straits between love, desire, fulfillment, and Islamic tradition In her debut novel Rajaa Alsanea reveals the social, romantic, and sexual tribulations of four young women from the elite classes of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Originally released in Arabic in 2005, it was immediately banned in Saudi... (more)

Sophia's Journal: Time Warp 1857

by Najiyah Diana Helwani

Sophia is an American Muslim teenager whose father is Arab and whose mother is an American convert. Sophia is a high school sophomore who's on the verge of getting her driver's permit and embarking on a summer of mall visits and evenings at Café Rumi with her friends. Intelligent, feisty, determined and normal. those are most definitely the words that describe Sophia Ahmed, the young Muslim heroine of Sophia's... (more)

Muslim Teens in Pitfalls and Pranks

by Maryam Mahmoodian

Imagine...that you are an average fifteen-year old boy in an American public high school. You study hard, play soccer, and look forward to getting your driver's license next year along with your first job. One typical day, a blonde-haired popular cheerleader approaches you at school and wants to go on a date. Everyone's dream, right? Except suddenly you realize that you're not an average boy--you're Muslim and... (more)

Silence

by Jamilah Kolocotronis

Life is a struggle. But when does struggle become extremism? Luqman Adams has been the perpetual scholar, but he's decided to leave the university and take his theories to the street. He joins a Muslim street gang and skirmishes to gain control over the powerful New Pilgrims. Dissatisfied with insignificant victories, he forms an explosive plot to shake the city of Chicago, persuading other gang members to... (more)

The Runaway Scarf

by Corey Habbas

In The Runaway Scarf, Ibsitu, a young slave from Habbasha who has built a friendship with her slave master's daughter, Noora, is accused of stealing one of her expensive, jewel-embroidered scarves. After being attacked and violently searched, Ibsitu embarks on a journey of freedom. The light of faith has been lit in Ibsitu's heart and she uses it as a guide along the path to Prophet Mohammed's (pbuh) town in... (more)

Girls of Riyadh

by Rajaa Alsanea

The Size of a Mustard Seed

by Maryam Sullivan

It's a new era of fiction; Urban Islamic Fiction that is! Stepping up out into the spotlight is Jameelah Salih. Jameelah is a 27-year-old Muslim woman born to what appears to be one of the inner-city's stronger blended American Muslim families. She works as a hair stylist with her two best friends in the city's only Muslim women's owned and operated hair salon, Covered Pearls. On appearance and material... (more)

The Gift

by Zaipah Ibrahim

The Gift is a love story set in exotic Asian Malaysia. The Gift is a story about a mother's last wish for her son - a gift of a new life. Her gift opens up buried unresolved pasts, hurts and wounds of two young people. Accepting the gift leads them to finally come to terms and resolve their past lives. The gift that comes from a mother's heart brings two people's hearts together while their memories of a mother's... (more)

Between Love, Hope & Fear

by An-Najm Publishers

Master of The Jinn: A Sufi Novel

by Irving Karchmar

Here is a tale set on the Path of the Heart, a beautifully written mystical adventure wherein a modern-day Sufi Master sends seven companions on a perilous quest for the greatest treasure of the ancient world - King Solomon's ring. The legendary seal ring is said to control the Jinn, those terrifying demons of living fire, and in seeking it the companions discover not only the truth of the Jinn, but also the path... (more)

My Feudal Lord

by Tehmina Durrani, etc.

Born into one of Pakistan's most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society and educated at the same school as Benazir Bhutto. Like all women of her rank, she was expected to marry a wealthy Muslim, bear him many children and lead a sheltered life of air-conditioned leisure. When she married Mustafa Khar, one of Pakistan's most eminent political figures, she... (more)

Innocent PeopleLinda-Jamilah Kolocotronis

Innocent People

by Linda-Jamilah Kolocotronis

Set in the days following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, "Innocent People" provides a look into the daily activities of several Muslim families living in the United States where fear ran rampant. The book takes an honest look at an average American family placed under suspicion for their religious beliefs.

Saying Goodbye

by Linda D. Delgado

Book Description Saying Goodbye is often more than the wave of a hand, a cheery "See you tomorrow," or an As Salaam'Alaykum. Sometimes these everyday words and gestures are taken for granted. Rose is about to learn there are many reasons for saying goodbye. As the school year ends, a kaleidoscope of unexpected events throws Rose into a tailspin! The Hijab-Ez Summer Plan is wrecked and the Hijab-Ez must... (more)

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Tags: islamic fiction

The Visitors

by Linda D. Delgado

Hijab-ez Friends

by Linda D. Delgado

Stories

by Linda D. Delgado

Girls of Riyadh: A Novel

by Rajaa Alsanea

Sophia's Journal: Time Warp 1857

by Najiyah Diana Helwani

Muslim Teens in Pitfalls and Pranks

by Maryam Mahmoodian

Silence

by Jamilah Kolocotronis

The Runaway Scarf

by Corey Habbas

Girls of Riyadh

by Rajaa Alsanea

The Size of a Mustard Seed

by Maryam Sullivan

The Gift

by Zaipah Ibrahim

Between Love, Hope & Fear

by An-Najm Publishers

Master of The Jinn: A Sufi Novel

by Irving Karchmar

My Feudal Lord

by Tehmina Durrani, etc.

Innocent People

by Linda-Jamilah Kolocotronis

Saying Goodbye

by Linda D. Delgado