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Tag: Islamophobia

September 7, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi

Publisher’s description At a time when we are all asking questions about identity, grief, and how to stand up for what is right, this book by the author of A Thousand Questions will hit home with young readers who love Hena Khan and Varian Johnson—or anyone struggling to understand recent U.S. history and how it still affects […]

May 2, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali

Easily in the top five books I've read so far in 2019. This is a beautiful, complex, and important book that centers the Muslim experience and shows the power of anger, peace, and connection.

January 23, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

Publisher’s description In this unforgettable debut novel, an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape.  American-born seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their […]

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The first time I saw myself, I got scared. I was twelve and I’d brought my plate of lentils and rice into the living room in order to sit beside my dad as he watched the news. And there she was: a girl like me. On television. The girl had on a blue hijab exactly […]

Book Review: The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah

May 4, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description Michael likes to hang out with his friends and play with the latest graphic design software. His parents drag him to rallies held by their anti-immigrant group, which rails against the tide of refugees flooding the country. And it all makes sense to Michael. Until Mina, a beautiful girl from the other side […]

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