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The cause of Palestine runs deep in Sarah Musa, author of My Garden over Gaza. Her father hails from Silwan, near Jerusalem, and her husband’s fami...

Author Sarah Musa grew up in New Mexico, USA, and currently lives in Amman, Jordan. Her mixed ancestry—half Palestinian and half Hispanic—has led t...

Exciting news! Three new books have been added to our collection at Ruqaya’s Bookshelf, and they are now available to pre-order! Here the newest ad...

I’ve loved writing for as long as I can remember. As a child, I was painfully shy, so writing was my way of expressing myself and letting my person...

Sometimes it’s hard to stay hopeful.Even when we ourselves are physically safe, witnessing calamities in our ummah can be so painful it’s immobiliz...

Mariam Hussein, author of Alana’s Bananas, is an elementary school teacher, mother of two boys, and eldest sister of Ruqaya’s Bookshelf founder Asm...

Reading stories written by kids is always a lot of fun! This past October, we received over 1000 entries for our Islamic Heritage Month story compe...

Amina Banawan, author of The Green Dinosaur Umbrella, is an Egyptian American with a passion for writing and education. She was born and raised in ...

It’s never been clearer than at the present how systems of domination seek to shut down people who are deemed unimportant or who speak inconvenient...

Sometimes it feels like the good you bring to the world is just a small flame surrounded by evil winds threatening to snuff it out.  But our religi...

Nani’s Magical Purse by Abdullah Umer (9 years old, Canada)  “Ali! Wake up, we are going shopping with Nani! Yelled Ali's mom from downstairs. Ali ...

Stories are powerful. Hollywood knows it; media moguls know it; book publishers know it. We know it too. It’s in our nature to be drawn to stories....