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What are your fave books my Muslim writers?
I have a list but I know things are missing.
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I have a list but I know things are missing.
Alright twitter you seem to not know many recent books published by Muslims so let me shout out books by Muslims you all don’t seem to know about!
I give publishing grief but there are a far few recently. This doesn’t mean we want less, we obvs want more publishing.
I give publishing grief but there are a far few recently. This doesn’t mean we want less, we obvs want more publishing.
The Greator Freedom by @alyamooro (a fantastic memoir)
My Past is a Foreign Country by @ZebaTalk (a memoir on being a Muslim feminist, mothers and the patriarchy)
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by @monaeltahawy (this is phenomenal, reads like a manifesto and call to arms for women not taking any shit. #fuckthepatriarchy as always)
Follow Me Akhi by @HKesvani (just been shortlisted for the Orwell longlist - congrats Hussein!)
You Must Be Layla by @yassmin_a (a coming of age children’s book with a wonderful protagonist!)
Planet Omar series by @Zendibble (genuinely one of my fave heartening lower MG series! Great for young kids!)
I read fairly broadly so I jump between fiction and non fiction easily and I read across the spectrum of middle grade / young adult and adult.
So this list will have a bit of everything I’ve read! Lets continue!
So this list will have a bit of everything I’ve read! Lets continue!
Our Women on the Ground by @ZahraHankir
Natural Tan by @tanfrance (a wonderful memoir from my fave Queer Eye presenter https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Eyes">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">)
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Ms. Marvel comic book series by @GWillowWilson (I love this series with all my heart and soul)
No True Believers by @RabiahLumbard
Internment by @sam_aye_ahm
All The Things We Never Said by @YasminwithanE (I loved this book - but dark - but the concept and writing are phenomenal)
Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by @Ayisha_Malik (one of my long standing fave reads! And I rec all of Ayisha’a other books too!)
Secrets of the Henna Girl by @sufiyaahmed (and all her other books! Including her latest kids picture book!)
The Boy at the Back of the Class by @OnjaliRauf (also The Star Outside by Window - everything by this wonderful author - I love everything! Buy it all) Wonderful kids books with topical themes, but the writing is - it just sits in your heart.
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