BISMIILLAH AL-RAHMAN AL-RAHIM
Reviewing Children & YA Islamic Fiction, Books by Muslim Authors, & Books Featuring Muslim Characters
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The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui
This 336 page adult gothic horror book frustrated me. When I got stuck reading the electronic arc, I waited until publication and checked out the physical copy, when I got stuck reading that I switched to an audio version. It had so much positioning and build up and details that I really was hoping I’d be rewarded with some fantastical imagining and historical fan fic bringing to life a period of history among real notable writers and a mysterious summer they spent together in 1816. Told from a “Mohammedan” house maid, Mehrunissa Begam’s experience working for the Shelleys, shows us…
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Counting Up the Olive Tree: A Palestine Number Book by Golbarg Bashi illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
I love the idea of this book: kids saving a tree by working together, set in Palestine and calling for freedom, homage to “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” the girls’ soccer/football team providing reinforcements, but alas the words are muddled, the rhyme painfully forced, and the counting of players in positions, a little awkward. I think the point is fun with numbers, but a little plot of why the woodcutter is called to cut the tree, or who hired him, and thus why he feels the burden of apologizing, would have really gone a long way to make the book cohesive.…
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My Name is Samim by Fidan Meikle
It has been a minute since I have read a refugee story, and was glad to see a new middle grade title published as the timeliness of immigrants and empathy is as critical as ever. I will admit though I was skeptical upon starting when I saw it is not OWN voice, and while grateful that a photojournalist source is named in the backmatter, through the lens of an Muslim book reviewer though, I can’t help but feel like the richness of having lived experiences reflected in the narrative or child immigrants researched to draw upon, left the Islam nonexistent…
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