Muslim Family Blog | Ruqaya's Bookshelf

Hoda Elmasry, author of Idrees and the New Old Shoes, is an Egyptian-American mother of two who was bitten by the writing bug back in second grade....

S.V.K. Jungle, author of The Enormous Apple, loves a good story regardless of packaging. “I still watch cartoons even though I’m so old!” she says....

Laura El Alam, author of Made from the Same Dough, always had her nose in a book as a child. “I remember asking God to enable me to become a writer...

Humour can break up a tense moment, solve a dispute, or drive a point home in a lighthearted way. Our beloved prophet himself used humour to connec...

Shifa Saltagi Safadi is a woman who wears many hats! She’s a middle-school language arts teacher, book reviewer, and writer. The Syrian-American mo...

Laylatul Qadr is a night that we all look forward to. It’s a time to make the du’aas that are most dear to us, and to exert ourselves in extra wors...

Our kids love Ramadan! The decorating, the special foods, and the extra time with family and friends build happy childhood memories and nourish the...

The absolute funniest of our five Ramadan titles is Asmaa Hussein’s There Was an Old Auntie Who Swallowed a Samosa! Auntie Sophia is making her spe...

One of our newest Ramadan titles is Made from the Same Dough by Laura El Alam. What’s unique about this Ramadan story is that it centres the experi...

One of our cutest Ramadan titles is Robyn Thomas’ Rami the Ramadan Cat. It’s a story about kindness to animals, Ramadan spirit, and new friends! Sa...

The newest of our five Ramadan titles is Rosalind Noor’s Trouble at Taraweeh. It’s a funny story that carries an important message. Umama is the im...

Ramadan is around the corner, and Ruqaya’s Bookshelf has five titles centred around this special month. Who Will Help Me Make Iftar? Trouble at Ta...