Brick Walls written by Saadia Faruqi is a collection of short stories that talks about the everyday struggles a Pakistani goes through and yet remains hopeful about a better tomorrow. The stories in this book highlight those emotions that no media ever attempts to show to the world that exists outside Pakistan.
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How To Be A Happy Muslim written by Sheima Salam is a self-help book for anyone who want to focus on the higher perspective of this life and want to see much more deeper than the simple desires of this world. The title of the book consists of the word ‘happy’ but within the book the author actually focuses on living a meaningful life.
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The story’s main character is Hanifa who is a 19 year old girl and has just being relocated to Brazil. The story is based way ahead in the future when talking about God and the Last Day is considered a crime. A huge army of senators is ruling the people and they believe that the world will never end thus anyone heard talking about the Judgement Day or preaching people about God will be put behind bars. Hanifa’s family is secretly worshipping Allah and has forbidden their children to not mention anything about the Last Day which has already gotten them in trouble before when Hanifa spoke about it in public. Despite all that Hanifa is adamant to fulfill a greater purpose in her life and she wishes to create an army which can be strong enough to beat the senators. Finally putting her plan to action she becomes an undercover by joining the senators and starts making a team of her own to fight the senators while also hiding her whole plan from her family.
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The book Normal Calm revolves around the life of a young girl, Amina who belongs to a conservative Muslim family. For her higher education she is allowed to move away from her family and live in a hostel during which she encounters with a tragic event that makes her feel that her whole life is ruined. She gets raped by her own class fellow who flees away and Amina is left to deal with all the issues. As life passes, Amina faces a lot of problems related to her marriage and this is what made the story more interesting to see how Amina tackles with it all.
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The White Elephant is a book that prepares one for their marriage. The author has used her own experience as well as knowledge from her education and training in public health, crisis intervention and disaster management, and life coaching.
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#Alhumdulilah For Series is a gratitude journal designed exclusively by Ayeina. It is a wonderful journal diary compiled with cute pictures as well as a dedicated spot so that we can fill in our entries. The entire purpose of this gratitude diary is to make you realize the little things in life that are a blessing upon us but we often seem to overlook them.
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Stoori has written poems using Islam as the basic theme. Through her poems she has written about modesty, backbiting, prayers and Allah. I believe this is a must read for adults even if they are not into poems and you should even purchase this book for your children because the poems are easy to grasp and can serve as a way of learning more about Islam. In fact I think that books like these should become a part of school courses in Muslim countries.
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Tight Rope by Sahar Abdulaziz revolves around six characters. Nour Ibrahim is a speaker who is currently receiving hate emails for speaking out for the racism taking place in America. Russell J. Tetler, a patriotic American, believes that America does not belong to anyone comprising of brown and black skin colour. Maryam Quinonez has newly accepted Islam and living with her Catholic parents makes her life no less than a roller coaster ride. Eugene Underwood is a criminal who goes about killing people to earn money. Zaid Ali works in his father’s deli, is secretly planning to join the American army and is attracted to a Muslim nurse who is his regular customer yet knows nothing about her. Doris Tetler is Russell’s wife and is apparently making plans to get rid of her husband.
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