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Muslim Family Blog | Ruqaya's Bookshelf
Author Highlight: Sarah Musa
by Sumayyah Hussein
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...
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Extra, Extra! Read All About It!
by Sumayyah Hussein
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...
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Author Highlight: Sumayyah Hussein
by Sumayyah Hussein
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...
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Hang on to Hope
by Sumayyah Hussein
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...
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Author Highlight: Mariam Hussein
by Sumayyah Hussein
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...
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Our Kids Got Talent!
by Sumayyah Hussein
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...
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Author Highlight: Amina Banawan
by Sumayyah Hussein
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 ...
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Say No to Gatekeeping
by Sumayyah Hussein
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...
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No Good Too Small
by Sumayyah Hussein
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...
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Story Competition Winners
by Asmaa Hussein
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 ...
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What's in a Story?
by Sumayyah Hussein
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....
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Use Your Words
by Sumayyah Hussein
You know what? Your words matter. We all know this hadith: “Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able t...
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