Ruqaya's Bookshelf: From our Hearts to yours

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...

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...