Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: A powerful contemporary young adult novel, All My Rage is rife with anger and grief on the ongoing price of the American dream for immigrant families. This narrative is an homage to the predecessors who painstakingly worked to carve out a smoother pathway for their […]
Abdul’s Story
Reviewed by Brad Manker Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Young Abdul loves storytelling, and his tales are inspired by the people who live in his neighborhood. But when it comes to writing those stories, Abdul feels his handwriting is messy and he has difficulty forming letters and spelling words. He questions the value of […]
One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: One Wish is a powerful narrative about a Muslim woman whose faith, passion, and determination led to something greater than herself. Fatima was born in a time and place where boys went to school and girls were tutored at home. Fatima wished that she could […]
If They Come for Us: Poems
Reviewed by @mariaelenag96 Review Source: Brown Girl Bookshelf Book Author: “Poems of vulnerability, of anger, of love,” reflects guest reviewer @mariaelenag96 on Fatimah Asghar’s work. Asghar, a queer South Asian American Muslim writer and filmmaker, crosses the borders of countries, identities, communities, and histories in her beautiful and dynamic poems. Asghar’s “Land Where My Father Died” sat […]
Hannah and the Ramadan Gift
Reviewed by Ariana Sani Hussain Review Source: Hijabi Librarians Book Author: At eight years old, Hannah’s family says she is too young to fast from dawn to sunset through the month of Ramadan, but Dada Jaan has an idea of how Hannah can help. He says that Ramadan is a reminder to Muslims to help those […]
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq
Reviewed by Rethinking Schools Book Author: “The trouble with world history is it started so long ago,” I complained to anyone who would listen as I wrestled with the best way to start the year for my 10th-grade World History students. In their first journal entries, many of my students had already told me they thought […]