Non Fiction Catalog

Author: Carla Power

ISBN: 9780805098198

If the Oceans Were Ink follows journalist Carla Power as she studies the Quran with a Muslim scholar, exploring faith, gender, and culture, and discovering friendship while bridging divides through thoughtful dialogue.

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memoir, middle East, peace, family, India, America, community

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Author: Eknath Easwaran

ISBN: 9781888314007

Nonviolent Warrior of Islam is Easwaran’s biography of Khan, a 1984 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, highlighting his leadership, courage, and commitment to nonviolence, showing how standing unarmed against injustice can inspire solutions to modern struggles.

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peace, spirituality, faith, social justice

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Author: Ayaz Virji and Alan Eisenstock

ISBN: 9780525577201

Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America follows Dr. Ayaz Virji, a Muslim physician in rural Minnesota who fights post-2016 Islamophobia by partnering with a pastor to educate the community, challenge prejudice, and build bridges.

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social justice, faith

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Author: Yusuf al-Nabhani

ISBN: 9780990002680

Muhammad: His Character and Beauty by Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabahani offers a heartfelt, scholarly portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad, blending love and traditional scholarship to inspire deeper admiration for his life, character, and enduring legacy.

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Islam, spirituality, faith, biography, translation

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Author: Omar Suleiman

ISBN: 9781847741776

Meeting Muhammad offers 30 vivid chapters exploring the life and character of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ through his companions’ narrations, inviting readers to truly know, love, and learn from him, experiencing his presence and aspiring to follow his example.

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biography, Islam, faith

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Author: Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri

ISBN: 9780593134580

They Called Me a Lioness is Ahed Tamimi’s memoir of growing up under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, detailing her activism, imprisonment at sixteen, and a powerful account of resistance, family, and life in a village shaped by struggle.

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Palestine, community, resistance

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Author: Diana Allan

ISBN: 9780745342924

Voices of the Nakba collects stories of first-generation Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, capturing a pivotal moment in modern Middle Eastern history through the firsthand experiences of those who lived it.

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narrative, Palestine, Arab, politics, migration

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Author: Malcolm X

ISBN: 9780345350688

The Autobiography of Malcolm X traces his journey from hardship and incarceration to transformation through Islam and leadership in Black pride and self-determination, offering a defining account of race, identity, and justice in America.

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Black history, Nonviolence, resistance, activism, America, United States, race

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Author: Fida Jiryis

ISBN: 9781787387812

Stranger in My Own Land chronicles a searching journey across the Galilee, West Bank, and diaspora, grappling with identity, exile, and the meaning of the right of return for millions of Palestinians longing for home.

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Palestine, community, conflict, memoir, war, identity, migration

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Author: Hoda Katebi

ISBN: 9781682224106

Tehran Streetstyles is a photography book capturing the bold fashion of young Iranians. Defying Western stereotypes and local dress codes, it highlights underground style as resistance and a powerful act of self-expression.

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politics, identity, language

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Author: Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst

ISBN: 9781469674674

I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said's America presents the first autobiography written by an enslaved Muslim in Arabic, offering a rare perspective on Islam and slavery in early American history.

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Black history, faith, spirituality, religion, identity, narrative, translation

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Author: Cate Malek and Mateo Hoke

ISBN: 9781940450247

Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation shares oral histories from Palestinians—a fisherman, a settlement administrator, a marathon runner—capturing how daily life is shaped by decades of occupation and struggle.

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conflict, war, narrative, history, politics, human rights, social justice

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Author: Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

ISBN: 9781591440710

The Sealed Nectar is an award-winning biography of the Prophet Muhammad (S), offering a detailed and faithful account of his life and legacy, recognized for its historical depth and spiritual insight.

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Muslim, Islam, history

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Author: Sara Saedi

ISBN: 9781524717827

Americanized is a funny, heartfelt memoir of growing up undocumented in the U.S. while navigating teen life, balancing fears of deportation with prom, acne, and the search for belonging in a sharp coming-of-age story.

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immigration, Iran

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Author: Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada

ISBN: 9788194969143

The Frontier Gandhi: My Life and Struggle is the autobiography of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, tracing his journey from childhood in the North-West Frontier to leading fellow Pashtuns in the Khudai Khidmatgar movement for Indian independence.

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social justice, resistance, Nonviolence, translation, asia

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Author: Linda Sarsour

ISBN: 9781982105167

We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders is Linda Sarsour’s memoir of growing from a Brooklyn teen into a leading Muslim American activist, reflecting on how 9/11 shaped her identity and her journey organizing for justice while balancing faith and family.

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social justice, politics, Palestine, intersectionality, community, activism, united states

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Author: Mikaeel Ahmed Smith

ISBN: 9781733625609

With the Heart in Mind explores how classical Islamic scholars understood intellect, presenting an alternative view of intelligence where the mind’s highest purpose is to know God and guide others toward Him.

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faith, spirituality, religion, healing

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Author: Teresa Aranguren and Sandra Barrilaro

ISBN: 9781642599800

Against Erasure is a bilingual English-Arabic book preserving memories of Palestinian life before 1948 and the Nakba. Through photos and reflections, it captures life, loss, and resistance, with a foreword by Mohammed El-Kurd.

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community, identity, faith, healing, middle east

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Author: David Chaffetz

ISBN: 9780226100647

A Journey through Afghanistan by David Chaffetz recounts his travels by car and horseback in northwest Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion, offering vivid observations and rare insight into Afghan culture and daily life.

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middle east, narrative, human rights, community

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Author: Mourid Barghouti

ISBN: 9780802779977

I Was Born There, I Was Born Here by Mourid Barghouti reflects on exile and belonging as he returns to Palestine with his son, tracing the generational toll of displacement and offering a poignant portrait of identity and resilience.

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memoir, family, immigration, identity

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Author: Mansur Ahmad Saad al-Dayfi

ISBN: 9780306923869

Don’t Forget Us Here is Mansoor Adayfi’s memoir of being kidnapped at 18 and held for 14 years at Guantánamo Bay. With resilience and candor, he shares a rare human look inside the prison, revealing both brutality and unexpected bonds.

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afghanistan, coming-of-age, resistance, narrative, activism, war, conflict, middle east

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Author: Karim Shamsi-Basha and Irene Latham

ISBN: 9781984813787

The Cat Man of Aleppo tells the true story of Alaa, who remained in war-torn Aleppo to help others and care for abandoned cats. What began with a few strays grew into a community effort, celebrating compassion and the impact of one person’s care.

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middle East, activism, healing, peace,

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Author: Mustafa Umar

ISBN: 9781461104773

Welcome to Islam: A Step-by-Step Guide to Islam is a practical handbook for new Muslims, outlining key practices to learn in the first month and offering clear guidance, support, and advice for navigating early challenges of faith.

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spirituality, Muslim, identity, religion, education

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Author: Tariq Ramadan

ISBN: 9780199715855

Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation calls for rethinking Islamic thought to meet today’s challenges, blending spiritual roots with modern knowledge and expanding scholarly voices to foster critical, creative engagement.

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social justice, faith, spirituality, activism, politics, education, religion

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Author: Tamim Ansary

ISBN: 9781586488130

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes traces world history from the Prophet Muhammad to post-9/11 through an Islamic perspective, challenging Western-centric views and offering vital context for today’s conflicts.

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community, faith, Muslim, global, MENA, middle east, asia,

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Author: Fazlur Rahman

ISBN: 9780226702841

Islam and Modernity critiques rigid literalism in Islamic thought and its clash with modern life, calling for a flexible, ethical approach to reforming theology, law, and education so Islam remains both faithful and relevant today.

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Muslim, faith, education, conflict, politics, Quran, history, theology,

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Author: Jehad Abusalim

ISBN: 9781642596991

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire is an anthology of Palestinian essays, poetry, and art imagining a future beyond occupation. Centering Gaza’s voices, it highlights resilience and offers a hopeful vision amid ongoing colonial violence.

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Palestine, resistance, conflict, history, collection, peace, politics

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Author: Ghassan Kanafani

ISBN: 9781736850046

The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine analyzes the major uprising against British colonialism and Zionist expansion, exploring the social, political, and economic forces behind it and offering key insight into the roots of Palestinian resistance.

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resistance, middle east, translation, liberation,

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Author: Reza Aslan

ISBN: 9780812971897

No god but God offers an accessible history of Islam, from its origins to sectarian divisions, showing how Muslims have continually reinterpreted their faith and presenting Islam as a dynamic religion shaped by ongoing reform.

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middle east, global, theology, conflict, tradition, spirituality,

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Author: Mariam Khan

ISBN: 9781509886388

It’s Not About the Burqa is a collection of 17 essays by Muslim women challenging stereotypes in the West. Covering faith, feminism, love, and culture, it highlights the diversity of Muslim women’s lives with urgency and insight.

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collection, gender, intersectionality, resistance, tradition, politics, America, United States, identity

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Author: Firas Alkhateeb

ISBN: 9781849043977

Lost Islamic History offers an accessible overview of Islam’s global impact, tracing empires from the Umayyads to the Mughals and highlighting the scholars, rulers, and societies that shaped science, politics, and culture across continents.

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history, politics, education, religion, Muslim, middle east, asia, global, Africa, intersectionality

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Author: Salim Al-Hassani

ISBN: 9781426209345

1001 Inventions highlights centuries of Muslim contributions to science and technology. Organized by themes like home, school, and world, it showcases innovations that shaped modern life and offers insight into a transformative era in global history.

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history, collection, education

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Author: Asma Barlas

ISBN: 9780292709041

“Believing Women” in Islam challenges the view that Islam oppresses women, offering a Qur’anic reading that highlights egalitarian teachings and argues gender equality is rooted in scripture, beyond patriarchal history and cultural bias.

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translation, identity, gender, intersectionality, religion, education, social justice, theology, social justice, tradition

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Author: Jonathan Brown

ISBN: 9780861544844

Islam and Blackness examines claims that Islam is inherently anti-Black, showing through scripture, law, and history that racism in Muslim contexts stems from culture and politics, while highlighting Islamic voices that reject racial prejudice.

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black history, race, social justice, theology, Quran, Africa, intersectionality

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Author: Norman G. Finkelstein

ISBN: 9780520318335

Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom details the humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s blockade and assaults, exposing violations of international law and global institutions’ failures while calling for remembrance and resistance to erasure.

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Palestine, middle east, conflict, war, human rights, Muslim, Islam, politics, resistance, history, social justice

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Author: Abdul Ghaffar Hasan

ISBN: 9789960897516

The Rights and Duties of Women in Islam examines gender through the Qur’an and Sunnah, exploring creation, roles, and equality. Emphasizing complementary partnership, it offers a clear perspective on women’s place in Islam rooted in scripture.

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Quran, gender, tradition, theology, religion, history, identity, family

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Author: Maha Hilal

ISBN: 9781506470467

Innocent Until Proven Muslim shows how post-9/11 policies fueled Islamophobia and state violence against Muslim Americans, highlighting struggles with collective blame and calling for justice and an inclusive future through stories and analysis.

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history, conflict, America, United States, identity, war, community, resistance, identity, peace, activism, social justice

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Author: Alija Izetbegović

ISBN: 9780860373674

Inescapable Questions is an autobiography recounting personal struggles, the rise of the SDA, and the breakup of Yugoslavia, offering insight into political maneuvers around the Dayton Agreement and the challenges of refugee return.

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immigration, Islam, narrative, history, europe

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Author: Alija Izetbegović

ISBN: 9780892591398

Islam Between East and West argues that Europe long benefited from Islam without recognition, presenting Islam as a worldview that unites faith and material life while envisioning renewal to spark a golden age of science and intellect.

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history, religion, politics, education, Europe

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Author: Ahmad Mubarak and Dawud Walid

ISBN: 9780998278193

Centering Black Narrative: Black Muslim Nobles Among the Early Pious Muslims highlights the lives of early Black Muslim figures revered for their piety, showing how their legacy challenges Eurocentric erasures of Islam’s diverse heritage.

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Black history, Arab, tradition, language, africa, identity, intersectionality,

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Author: Ilan Pappé

ISBN: 9780861549719

A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict traces the struggle back to 1882, exploring Zionism’s origins, Palestinian resistance, and political dynamics while offering clear insight into the histories of both peoples.

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politics, conflict, muslim, human rights, social justice, middle east, activism,

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Author: Ilan Pappé

ISBN: 9781786630193

Ten Myths About Israel challenges dominant narratives of the conflict, dismantling claims such as Palestine being empty before Zionist settlement or Israel as the lone democracy, revealing deeper truths about occupation and resistance.

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history, religion, conflict, war, middle east, activism, immigration, migration, identity

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Author: Ilan Pappé

ISBN: 9781851685554

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine argues the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians was a deliberate Zionist plan, not collateral of war. Drawing on archives and testimonies, it documents the destruction of 400+ villages and the forced removal of 750,000 people.

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human rights, conflict, narratives, migration, middle east, activism, history,

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Author: Rosemary Pennington and Hilary E. Khan

ISBN: 9780253032553

On Islam: Muslims and the Media challenges narrow portrayals of Muslims, featuring voices from journalists, scholars, and everyday people. It offers tools and insights for more accurate coverage and deeper public understanding of Islam.

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identity, narrative, faith, social justice, history, tradition

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Author: Edward Said

ISBN: 9780679739883

The Question of Palestine combines personal reflection and scholarship to trace how Western powers shaped the conflict, exposing the human cost of occupation and offering a powerful call to confront injustice and pursue a just resolution.

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social justice, human rights, middle east, war, conflict, peace, politics

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Author: Peter Sanders

ISBN: 9780955710605

In the Shade of the Tree: A Photographic Odyssey Through the Muslim World presents Peter Sanders’ 35-year journey capturing saints, mystics, and sacred spaces, pairing evocative images with Qur’anic verses and Sufi wisdom.

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collection, faith, religion, Quran, theology, Islam, culture, spirituality

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Author: Ghulam Sarwar

ISBN: 9780907261384

Islam: Beliefs and Teachings is a widely used introduction to Islam, offering a clear and accessible guide to the faith’s core practices and beliefs. Popular in schools and centers, it serves young Muslims, new Muslims, and curious readers alike.

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religion, young adult, education, faith, tradition, culture, Quran

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Author: Denise Spellberg

ISBN: 9780307388391

Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an reveals how Jefferson’s study of Islam influenced America’s ideals of religious freedom. Spellberg traces how early debates on Muslim inclusion helped expand pluralism—lessons that still resonate amid ongoing Islamophobia.

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history, peace, United States, biography, politics,

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Author: Omar Suleiman

ISBN: 9781847741356

Allah Loves… explores traits and actions that draw Allah’s love. Through 30 short chapters, he offers spiritual guidance rooted in sincerity, generosity, and consistency—reminding readers that divine love grows through small, meaningful deeds.

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faith, religion, Islam, Muslim, identity, spirituality, tradition

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Author: Dawud Walid

ISBN: 9781952306396

Futuwwah, and Raising Males Into Sacred Manhood explores spiritual chivalry as a model for manhood and leadership, outlining Qur’an and Sunnah-based virtues and stressing spaces where boys are raised with purpose, discipline, and prophetic guidance.

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gender, religion, Quran, Islam, Muslim, faith, spirituality, identity, coming-of-age, tradition, language

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Author: Dawud Walid

ISBN: 9781732258815

Towards Sacred Activism offers guidance for Muslims in the West on faith-rooted activism, urging unity between scholars and activists while bridging the sacred and worldly to honor all creation and foster meaningful, lasting change.

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Islam, America, United States, resistance, peace, faith, human rights, social justice, politics, liberation, community

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Author: Hamza Yusuf & Zaid Shakir

ISBN: 9780985565916

Agenda to Change Our Condition presents a clear plan for self and communal reform rooted in taqwa and ikhlas, reminding readers that sincere striving invites divine aid and makes personal and collective transformation both possible and necessary.

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faith, activism, Muslim, Islam, quran, religion, spirituality

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Author: Hamid Algar, Ali Shari’ati

ISBN: 9780933782006

On the Sociology of Islam collects essays and lectures by Iranian thinker Ali Shari‘ati, known as the “ideologue of the Islamic Revolution,” offering his revolutionary insights on Islam and society, translated from Farsi to English by Hamid Algar.

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Iran, Muslim, theology, politics, history, collection, education, middle east

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Author: Edward Said

ISBN: 9780679758907

Covering Islam by Edward Said critiques how Western media distort Islam by linking it to violence and hysteria, showing how both Western powers and Muslim regimes exploit the term for political ends, shaping public perception through biased narratives.

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culture, conflict, identity, America, United States, war, middle east, politics

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Author: Edward Said

ISBN: 9780394740676

Orientalism by Edward Said shows how Western views of the East were shaped by power and prejudice, portraying the “Orient” as inferior and exotic, silencing authentic voices and creating a distorted lens that continues to influence global understanding.

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politics, history, asia, race, culture, identity, conflict, social justice

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Author: Omar El Akkad

ISBN: 9780593804148

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a searing account of disillusionment with the West’s moral failures, from Gaza to Ferguson, blending raw memoir and defiant manifesto in pursuit of truth beyond broken promises.

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history, middle east, religion, liberation, resistance, war, Palestine, Muslim, Islam, human rights, Arab, immigration, United States, america

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Author: Maria Stephan

ISBN: 9780230621411

Civilian Jihad: Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization, and Governance in the Middle East explores how civil resistance challenges tyranny and advances democracy, analyzing the roles of religion, youth, women, technology, and external actors in shaping outcomes.

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Nonviolence, politics, gender, history, peace, identity, conflict

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Author: Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé

ISBN: 9781608460977

Gaza in Crisis by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé confronts the impact of Operation Cast Lead and the realities of occupation in Palestine, offering sharp, unflinching insight into a conflict often distorted or ignored in global discourse.

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politics, America, United States, human rights

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Author: Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé

ISBN: 9781608464708

On Palestine by Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky examines Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza and the broader Palestinian struggle, advocating global solidarity to end occupation and human rights abuses while exploring paths toward liberation.

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resistance, politics, social justice, activism

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Author: Robin Laurance

ISBN: 9780500510988

Portrait of Islam uses photographs to depict the people of the Islamic world from Africa to the Middle East to Asia, highlighting their similarities and differences and providing an explanation of the Islamic religion and culture.

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collection, global, identity, faith, history, geography

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Author: Alexandra Avakian

ISBN: 9781426203206

Windows of the Soul uses fearless reporting and personal storytelling to reveal the complexity of Muslim life across war zones and quiet communities, highlighting resilience, danger, and unexpected intimacy through her lens and experience.

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Gaza, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, migration, photography

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Author: Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh

ISBN: 9780500027158

Breathing Space highlights 23 Iranian women photographers exploring memory, identity, and the tension between tradition and change, using documentary and conceptual images to reveal personal and political stories that resonate far beyond Iran.

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culture, conflict, global, collection, gender

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Author: George Baramki Azar and Ann Mosely Lesch

ISBN: 9780520075443

Palestine: A Photographic Journey documents the early days of the first intifada, capturing Palestinian dignity and resilience through photography, poetry, and testimony, restoring faces and voices often erased from mainstream narratives.

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Arab, collection, conflict, war, human rights, middle east, Gaza

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Author: Ahmad H. Sa'di and Lila Abu-Lughod

ISBN: 9780231135795

Nakba explores how the memory of the 1948 Nakba shapes Palestinian identity, resistance, and demands for justice, using essays on oral histories, poetry, cinema, and legal testimony to reveal the centrality of displacement and loss in the Palestinian experience.

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Palestine, faith, narrative, collection, culture, conflict, war, community, resistance

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Author: Gilbert Achcar

ISBN: 9780805089547

The Arabs and the Holocaust offers a deeply researched examination of how the Holocaust has been understood, debated, and politicized in the Arab world, challenging denial and exploitation while advocating historical honesty and mutual self-criticism for meaningful dialogue.

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human rights, history, war, Israel, global, peace,

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Author: Hafsa Kanjwal

ISBN: 9781503636033

Colonizing Kashmir provides a historical account of Kashmir’s integration into India under Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, exposing repression, corruption, and religious tension while challenging dominant narratives of Indian democracy and postcolonial sovereignty.

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politics, Muslim, Pakistan, asia, history

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Author: Arundhati Roy

ISBN: 9781844677351

Kashmir: The Case for Freedom delivers a forceful critique of India’s military occupation, exposing repression, violence, and global indifference, while urgently calling for justice, self-determination, and attention to one of the world’s most overlooked conflicts.

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asia, human rights, history, politics, resistance, activism, liberation

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Author: Sumantra Bose

ISBN: 9789361139581

Kashmir at the Crossroads traces the Kashmir conflict from its roots to the present, detailing political upheaval, repression, and international entanglements, while examining the 2019 revocation of autonomy and prospects for peace amid rising nationalism.

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India, Pakistan, human rights, politics, conflict, history, global

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Author: Dawud Walid

ISBN: 9781909853195

Blackness and Islam examines discrimination faced by Black Muslims in the West, challenges misuse of Islamic tradition to justify racism, and highlights early Black Muslims, reclaiming their place in Islamic history and calling for the faith’s true egalitarian spirit.

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black history, identity, intersectionality, race, religion, culture, faith

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Author: Su'ad Abdul Khabeer

ISBN: 978-1479894505

Muslim Cool explores how American Muslims shape identity through dress, hip-hop, activism, and “Muslim Cool,” examining race, class, gender, and nationality in identity formation among Black and non-Black Muslims in the US.

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intersectionality, America, United States, culture, Islam, activism, community,

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Author: Muhammad Mojlum Khan

ASIN: ‎B00CB5V2X6

Muslim 100 presents 100 concise profiles of influential figures from the Muslim world across fourteen centuries, highlighting their ideas, achievements, and impact to provide an accessible overview of Islamic history and culture.

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collection, identity, education

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Author: Mustafa Briggs

ISBN: 9798413213117

Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam uncovers the overlooked legacy of Black Muslims, from early Islamic figures to African empires, highlighting their vital contributions across centuries and continents and celebrating their enduring impact on Islamic and world history.

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intersectionality, global, race, religion, collection, education, culture

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Author: Zainab Saleh

ISBN: 9781503607026

Return to Ruin shares the stories of Iraqi exiles in London shaped by decades of U.S. involvement in Iraq. Based on 14 years of fieldwork, it explores how displacement, memory, and identity intertwine with hopes for a future beyond loss and upheaval.

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narrative, collection, culture, faith, social justice, human rights, resistance, community, migration, immigration, belonging

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Author: Sumbul Ali-Karamali

ISBN: 9780807002827

Demystifying Shariah offers an accessible guide to the history, principles, and future of shariah, showing its global legal influence and relevance to the US. It challenges misinformation and fear-mongering about a supposed “shariah takeover.”

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United States, America, politics

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Author: Alija Izetbegović

ISBN: 9781905837915

On Religion and Morality collects writings smuggled from prison, reflecting on freedom, politics, history, and faith. Written during five years under Yugoslav Communist rule, these notebooks offer profound spiritual and philosophical insights.

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collection, narrative, spirituality, faith, religion, resistance, liberation, europe

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Author: Layla K. Feghali

ISBN: 9781623179144

The Land in Our Bones explores Lebanon and Cana’an’s healing plants, inviting diasporic readers to reconnect with land and kin through “Plantcestral Re-Membrance,” a practice of healing, belonging, and survival amid displacement and colonization.

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middle east, migration, community, culture, faith, narrative

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Author: Laila Halaby

ISBN: 9781636281346

The Weight of Ghosts is a lyrical exploration of grief after the author’s son’s death, woven with her younger son’s struggles and the nation’s own reckoning. Both immigrant and love story, it is raw yet hopeful, offering a powerful testament to resilience and loss.

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immigration, migration, healing, spirituality, identity

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Author: Heather Alfonso

ISBN: 9798883191984

The Big Book of Muslim Scientists celebrates Muslim contributions to science from the golden age to today. Highlighting figures like Ibn al-Haytham, Ibn Sina, and Fatima al-Fihri, it showcases their groundbreaking work and lasting impact on knowledge and discovery.

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collection, education, science, history

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Author: Ilan Pappé

ISBN: 9781851685875

The Biggest Prison on Earth by Ilan Pappé draws on newly declassified archives to expose how Israel built a legal and military system to control Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, depicting the region as the world’s largest open-air prison.

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war, conflict, Palestine, Gaza, human rights, politics, history

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Author: Mosab Abu Toha

ISBN: 9780872868601

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear is a debut poetry collection from Gaza that contrasts violence with beauty, portraying resilience, hope, and culture under siege. It includes an interview on the poet’s life and vision.

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poetry, identity, conflict, faith, spirituality, culture, Palestine

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Author: Threa Almontaser

ISBN: 9781644450505

The Wild Fox of Yemen is a debut collection weaving faith, ancestry, and identity. Mixing languages and voices, it celebrates Yemen and Muslim womanhood in post-9/11 NYC, confronting imperialism while carving home with raw energy and tenderness.

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culture, gender, politics, resistance, spirituality, narrative, language

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Author: Alise Alousi

ISBN: 9780814350706

What to Count explores growing up Iraqi American during the Gulf War, blending motherhood, memory, and identity. Her lyrical poems weave personal and collective histories, reflecting on legacy, distance, and creative survival.

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poetry, collection, narrative, history, culture, identity, Muslim

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Author: Mohammed el-Kurd

ISBN: 9798888903155

Perfect Victims affirms Palestinian resistance and dignity amid settler-colonial violence, blending testimony and history to challenge perceptions, reject deference, and demand honest recognition and justice.

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Palestine, social justice, human rights, war, conflict, history, liberation, activism

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Author: Mohammed el-Kurd

ISBN: 9781642595864

Rifqa is a poetry collection honoring his grandmother, a symbol of Palestinian resilience. Through her story, the poems confront Israeli settler colonialism, the Nakba, and ongoing struggles, affirming Palestinian resistance and the fight for justice.

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Palestine, resistance, liberation. social justice, human rights

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Author: Rami Kanazi

ISBN: 9781608465248

Before the Next Bomb Drops presents raw, honest portraits of Palestinians under occupation and in diaspora, highlighting resilience and liberation, while addressing racism, police brutality, US militarism, and Islamophobia, connecting struggles worldwide.

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narrative, poetry, collection, Gaza, United States, America, Palestine, war, conflict, human rights, social justice

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Author: George Abraham

ISBN: 9781943735679

Birthright is a debut poetry collection exploring “Free Palestine,” inheritance, and existence. Through emotional, striking poems, it confronts generational trauma, questions what is owed, and examines the meaning of birthright and the search for home.

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resistance, human rights, identity, culture, belonging, community, family,

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Author: Noor Hindi

ISBN: 9781642596960

Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. is a bold poetry collection confronting colonialism, religion, and patriarchy. With sharp insight and daring language, it exposes harsh truths about identity and injustice while urging readers toward awareness and change.

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activism, healing, identity, intersectionality, gender, race,

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Author: Mahmoud Darwish

ISBN: 9781556592416

The Butterfly’s Burden captures exile, love, and resistance through lyrical poetry. Blending tradition with innovation, Darwish weaves tenderness and defiance, memory and hope, offering a timeless reflection on the Palestinian experience and the human condition.

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collection, narrative, Arab, activism, memoir, Palestine,

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Author: Mahmoud Darwish

ISBN: 9781935744016

In the Presence of Absence is a luminous self-elegy blending poetry and prose. Written in the shadow of death, it reflects on love, loss, exile, and Palestine, offering a farewell that captures life’s beauty, tension, and continual becoming.

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narrative, spirituality, faith, Palestine, family, history, community

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Author: Refaat Alareer

ISBN: 9781682196212

If I Must Die, published after Refaat Alareer’s killing in a 2023 airstrike, gathers his poetry and prose. A Gazan writer, teacher, and activist, he reflects on literature, loss, and Palestine, affirming his enduring belief in words as resistance against erasure.

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collection, activism, social justice, human rights, education, liberation, Gaza,

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Author: Mosab Abu Toha

ISBN: 9780593803974

Forest of Noise, written amid the rubble of his bombed home, is Mosab Abu Toha’s powerful poetic chronicle of life under siege. Blending horror with fragile beauty, he captures war’s devastation and everyday resilience, affirming art’s survival against erasure.

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poetry, conflict, Gaza, palestine, community, family, collection, faith, resistance, endurance

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Author: Norma Hashim

ISBN: 9789832344933

Dreaming of Freedom: Palestinian Child Prisoners Speak shares firsthand accounts of Palestinian children enduring arrest, detention, and life under military rule. Their voices reveal both deep injustice and remarkable resilience, demanding recognition and empathy.

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Palestine, resistance, conflict, war, israel, Gaza, human rights, narrative, social justice

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Author: Hamid Keshmirshekan

ISBN: 9781784530020

Contemporary Art from the Middle East gathers essays by curators and historians showing how regional artists engage global art discourses, challenging fixed notions of identity and highlighting their role in today’s transnational art world.

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collection, history, resistance, identity, intersectionality, culture, politics

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Author: Rabab Razik

ISBN: 9780860379041

The Wealth of Women explores how Islamic tradition grants women financial independence across marriage, divorce, and widowhood. Highlighting the gap between law and practice, it calls for revisiting rulings to ensure justice and empowerment today.

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gender, culture, Muslim, social justice, intersectionality, history, politics

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Authors: Omar Ibn Said

ISBN: 978-0299249540

Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 1770, Omar Ibn Said was abducted and sold into slavery in the United States. In 1831 he was asked to write his life story, producing the only known surviving American slave narrative written in Arabic.

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memoir, intersectionality, black history, translation, history, United States, America, Arab, collection

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Authors: Al-Ghazali

ISBN: 978-0842523530

Al-Ghazali argues that abstracting God from the world, as he believed theologians did, was not sufficient for understanding. Exploring the boundary between philosophy and theology, The Niche of Lights seeks to understand the role of reality in the perception of the spiritual.

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theology, history, spirituality, faith

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Author: Helen Rebanks

ISBN: 978-1400341702

Helen Rebanks' beautifully written memoir takes place across a single day on her working farm in the Lake District of England. Weaving past and present, through a journey of self-discovery, the book takes us from the farmhouse table of her grandmother and into the home she now shares with her husband, James, their four kids, and an abundance of animals.

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Europe, family, belonging, identity

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Author: Fernando Baez

ISBN: 978-1934633011

A product of ten years of research and support from leading American and European universities, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books traces a tragic story.

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resistance, social justice, education, Iraq, global

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Author: Olafur Eliasson

ISBN: 9789927108860

This volume chronicles Olafur Eliasson’s first solo exhibition in the Gulf and the ongoing engagement with the Qatari desert, showcasing a selection of works that invite reflection about art, perception and the environment. Taking a non-linear approach, the book weaves back and forth between outdoor and indoor locations, focusing first on the Curious Desert installation, an ‘artistic laboratory’ collaborating with the elements to shape evolving works of art.

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collection, history, photography, narrative

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ISBN: 978-0316597456

Author: Plestia Alaqad

In early October 2023, Palestinian Plestia Alaqad was a recent university graduate dreaming of a career as a journalist. But by the end of November, her homeland was unrecognizable, and she was broadcasting videos of violence and destruction to millions online, known across the world as "The Eyes of Gaza." A document of the indomitable Palestinian spirit, told through the voice of one ordinary young woman, a tribute to Alaqad's beloved Gaza, a paean to the courage and endurance of Palestine, and a manifesto of hope for its future.

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Palestine, narrative, collection, human rights, gender, identity, resistance, activism

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ISBN: 978-1849251167

Author: A. M. Elmessiri

Poetry has long been Palestine’s most vital art form, a space where memory is safeguarded and resistance given voice. Spanning a century of upheaval and endurance, The Palestinian Wedding brings together twenty-one major poets in a powerful bilingual anthology. Together, they reveal a tradition in which love of land, grief, defiance and hope are inseparable.

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collection, identity, community, tradition, faith, Muslim, war, belonging, resistance, language

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ISBN: 978-1849250979

Author: Dina Matar

Conflict does more than destroy physical spaces. It extinguishes lives, erases histories and disrupts the collective memory of entire communities. In Gaza, where genocide has wrought catastrophic loss, the destruction of heritage adds another dimension of devastation. Yet amid the rubble, acts of archiving, artmaking and storytelling persist.

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war, history, community, faith, narrative, collection, culture, photography, activism, belonging, identity

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ISBN: 978-1849251228

Author: Aya Mousawi

Love is Resistance is a collection of 77 original posters commissioned from artists, musicians, writers, designers, filmmakers, actors, digital creators, and voices from around the world, united in solidarity with Palestine.

Each poster tells its own story, evoking iconic figures, key moments, poems, and personal acts of remembrance, and bears witness to grief while affirming life, justice, and liberation.

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photography, social justice, liberation, Gaza, human rights, culture, global

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ISBN: 978-1982182588

Author: Hala Alyan

The rich and deeply personal debut memoir by award-winning Palestinian American poet and novelist Hala Alyan, whose experience of motherhood via surrogacy forces her to reckon with her own past, and the legacy of her family’s exile and displacement, all in the name of a new future.

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Palestine, family, migration. memoir, America, United States, community, belonging, conflict, culture, Arab, middle east

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ISBN: 978-1849250818

Author: Joanna Barakat

For centuries, Palestinian women wrote the stories of their lives and land with a needle and thread. Their embroidery, or tatreez, inspired hundreds of artists who reinterpreted and transformed it into a symbol of Palestinian identity, steadfastness and resistance.

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social justice, collection, photography, language, gender

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ISBN: 978-1646222438

Author: Sarah Aziza

A century of family secrets. Sarah Aziza’s searing, genre-bending memoir traces three generations of diasporic Palestinians from Gaza to the Midwest to New York City, and back. Weaving timelines, languages, geographies, and genres, The Hollow Half probes the contradictions and contingencies that create “nation” and “history.”

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Palestine, United States of America, narrative, resistance, identity, family

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ISBN: 978-0863569791

Author: Hamid Keshmirshekan

In this landmark compendium, renowned art historian Hamid Keshmirshekan provides a thorough review of contemporary art in Iran and shows that the twentieth century was a crucial period in the country’s art and culture, when the legacies of tradition and modernism were critically reassessed. Contemporary Iranian Art is an unprecedented introduction to Iran’s vibrant art history over the past one hundred years.

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history, culture, history, collection, photography

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ISBN: 978-0863561450

Author: Idries Trevathan

The experience of colour in Islamic visual culture has historically been overlooked. In his approach to the study of colour in Islamic art, Trevathan creates meaningful dialogue between artistic production, artistic media, and the intellectual, aesthetic and philosophical concepts relating to the subject. Here, he proposes an enlightened new approach to the way we consider colour in Islamic art and architecture.

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history, tradition, photography, culture

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ISBN: 978-0863569906

Author: Atef Alshaer

A Map of Absence presents the finest poetry and prose by Palestinian writers over the last seventy years. Featuring writers in the diaspora and those living under occupation, these striking entries pay testament to one of the most pivotal events in modern history, the 1948 Nakba.

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history, Palestine, conflict, war, collection, translation

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ISBN: 978-0863561757

Editor: Suheil Bushrui, James M. Malarkey

A unique and extraordinary collection, Desert Songs of the Night presents some of the finest poetry and prose by Arab writers, from the Arab East to Andalusia, over the last fifteen hundred years.

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history, global

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ISBN: 978-1668222362

Author: Susan Abulhawa

In early 2024, writer and activist Susan Abulhawa held a series of workshops for young people who had been displaced to tent encampments. The lives of all participants were marked by unrelenting Israeli violence and extraordinary loss, of home, family, safety, education, electricity, and all the structures of life.

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collection, migration, activism, Palestine, war, human rights, culture,belonging, community

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ISBN: 978-1805013471

Author: Myira Khan

The Muslim Guide to Mental Wellbeing is a compassionate companion offering practical tools for emotional and mental health. It will enable you to deepen and enrich your wellbeing and adopts an anti-oppressive approach which recognizes individual and societal pressures.

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faith, spirituality, Islam, Muslim, identity, community, instructional

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ISBN: 978-1788161138

Author:  Hashi Mohamed

What does it take to make it in modern Britain? Ask a politician, and they'll tell you it's hard work. Ask a millionaire, and they'll tell you it's talent. Ask a CEO and they'll tell you it's dedication. But what if none of those things is enough?

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social justice, intersectionality, race, gender, religion, activism

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ISBN: 978-0525436041

Author:  Laila Lalami 

In this brilliantly argued and deeply personal work, Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen, using her own story as a starting point for an exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship.

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Morocco, America, United States, social justice, identity, history, politics, gender, race, intersectionality

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ISBN: 978-0593466940

Author: Suad Amiry 

Based on the true story of two Jaffa teenagers, Mother of Strangers follows the daily lives of Subhi, a fifteen-year-old mechanic, and Shams, the thirteen-year-old student he hopes to marry one day.

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middle east, Muslim, Palestine, Gaza, conflict,

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ISBN: 978-1250787651

Author: Rashid Khalidi

In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. Thus Rashid Khalidi, al-Khalidi’s great-great-nephew, begins this sweeping history, the first general account of the conflict told from an explicitly Palestinian perspective.

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Israel, Palestine, history, middle east, family, culture,

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ISBN: 978-0745352343

Author: Shahed Ezaydi

Growing up, journalist Shahed Ezaydi was often asked how she could call herself a feminist and still practice her faith. It’s a question that reveals a deeper issue that Muslim women often face being ignored in feminist spaces entirely or cast as passive victims in need of being saved. This mindset fuels gendered Islamophobia and a narrow white feminism. But Muslim women don’t need rescuing.

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intersectionality, Islam, gender, race, social justice, activism, identity, politics, belonging

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ISBN: 978-1534418882

Author: Saira Mir

Discover the true stories of nineteen unstoppable Muslim women of the twenty-first century who have risen above challenges, doubts, and sometimes outright hostility to blaze trails in a wide range of fields.

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collection, gender, intersectionality, religion, activism, resistance, social justice

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ISBN: 979-8249259020

Author: Dr Ghada Alatrash + Fadi Azzam

As co-editors Ghada Alatrash and Fadi Azzam write, "It is no easy task to tell the Syrian tale, one that is written—and still being written, in the midst of both darkness and light. Yet, Syrian literature and art have taken up this task: not only to record events threatened by historical erasure, but to transform a time stained with blood into an anthem of resistance.

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history, collection, art

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ISBN: 978-1405975506

Author: Tharik Hussain

For over 1,400 years, Muslims have been an integral part of Europe’s story, yet their contributions have been pushed to the margins or erased altogether. In Muslim Europe, award-winning author Tharik Hussain restores this forgotten history.

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Islam, history, intersectionality, social justice

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ISBN: 978-1668075623

Author: Fatima Bhutto

From acclaimed journalist and novelist Fatima Bhutto, whose work has been hailed as “intense and powerful” (NPR), comes a searing, intimate memoir of grief, heartbreak, and what we owe the natural world, all learned from the dog who saved her life.

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family, culture, identity, healing, belonging, spirituality

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ISBN: 978-0316496421

Author: Ayad Akhtar

A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.

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narrative, healing, America, Europe, Afghanistan, United states

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ISBN: 978-0063317475

Author: Hala Alyan

A diaspora of memories runs through this poetry collection, a multiplicity of voices, bodies, and houses hold archival material for one another, tracing paths between Brooklyn, Beirut, and Jerusalem. Boundaries and borders blur between space and time and poetic form, small banal moments of daily life live within geopolitical brutalities and, vice versa, the desire for stability lives in familiarity with displacement.

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family, resistance, healing

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ISBN: 978-0062954220

Author: Ilhan Omar

An intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar, the first African refugee, the first Somali American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress.

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politics, identity, intersectionality

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ISBN: 978-0593727430

Author: Zara Chowdhary

Zara Chowdhary is sixteen years old and living with her family in Ahmedabad, one of India’s fastest-growing cities, when a gruesome train fire claims the lives of sixty Hindu right-wing volunteers and upends the life of five million Muslims.

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identity, Muslim, India, family, history, asia, conflict, healing, social justice

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ISBN: 978-1916751163

Author: Banu Mushtaq

A monumental first collection in English from Banu Mushtaq: lawyer, activist, champion of Muslim women, and winner of India’s highest literary honors.
In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India.

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activism, collection, gender, intersectionality, identity, history, translation, family

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ISBN: 978-0226747286

Author: Pamela J. Prickett

The area of Los Angeles known as South Central is often overshadowed by dismal stereotypes, problematic racial stigmas, and its status as the home to some of the city’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods. Amid South Central’s shifting demographics and its struggles with poverty, sociologist Pamela J. Prickett takes a closer look, focusing on the members of an African American Muslim community and exploring how they help each other combat poverty, job scarcity, violence, and racial injustice.

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uniteds States of America, intersectionality, black history, race, religion, identity, social justice, Arab,

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ISBN: 978-1982191825

Author: Aaliyah Bilal

In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality in America. The ten “beautiful and vivid” stories in this collection contribute to the bounty of diverse narratives about Black life by intimately portraying the experiences of a community that resists the mainstream culture to which they are expected to accept and aspire to while functioning within the country in which they are born.

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intersectionality, black history, identity

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ISBN: 978-1847742452

Author: IlmForum

The legacy of the greatest teacher the world has known, the greatest man to ever walk the Earth, the Messenger of Allah, is attested to by the greatness of his students: the Ṣaḥābah. None more so than his four successors, the four men famed as the Rightly Guided Caliphs. The Blessed Prophet’s words and deeds have reached us from across the centuries and still inspire billions

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education, history, faith, spirituality, Islam, Muslim,

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ISBN: 978-1524897901

Author: Zayneb Haleem 

Reflect and be inspired by this beautiful collection of gentle illustrations, complete with quotes from the Qur’an.
Dear Moon is a stunningly illustrated collection of prompts for reflection to encourage you in your day-to-day life and spiritual growth. Its positive, relatable messages are elevated by hopeful excerpts from the Qur'an. Zayneb Haleem's soft, atmospheric full-color art fills each page, completing the experience.

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photography, instructional, religion, faith, spirituality, Quran, Islam, muslim

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ISBN: 978-0385549615

Author: Aymann Ismail

The son of Egyptian immigrants, Aymann Ismail came of age in the shadow of 9/11, tracking the barrage of predatory headlines pervading the media and influencing the popular consciousness about Muslims.

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immigration, culture, social justice, United States of America, family, narrative, coming-of-age

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ISBN: 978-1479805136

Author: Evelyn Alsultany

How diversity initiatives end up marginalizing Arab Americans and US Muslims. Evelyn Alsultany argues that Muslims get included through “crisis diversity,” where high-profile Islamophobic incidents are urgently responded to and then ignored until the next crisis. In each of these arenas, Alsultany finds an institutional pattern that defangs the promise of Muslim inclusion, deferring systemic change until and through the next “crisis.”

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United States of America, intersectionality, immigration, politics, education, culture, identity, activism

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ISBN: 978-0593580813

Author: Najwa Zebian

The one who broke you can’t heal you is not just a truth. It’s a turning point. A wake-up call. A release. Most of us continue to be bonded to the people who hurt us, waiting for them to give us closure, to see us as worthy of their change or remorse, and to apologize. True healing begins when you stop giving the one who broke you the pen that writes the story of how you heal.

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instructional, spirituality

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Author: Carla Power

ISBN: 978-0593595350

The soul-stirring intersectional biography of the most famous Islamic woman scholar working today, from the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist author of If the Oceans Were Ink and Home, Land, Security.

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gender, race, religion, intersectionality, activism, immigration, black history, biography

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Author: G. Willow Wilson

ISBN: 978-0802145338

The Butterfly Mosque is a 2010 memoir by American author G. Willow Wilson. It chronicles her journey as an atheist who converts to Islam, moves to Cairo, Egypt, and marries an Egyptian man, detailing her struggle to balance secular Western values with her new faith.

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Muslim, immigration, middle east,

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Author: Fatima Bhutto

ISBN: 978-0195474039

Fatima Bhutto went to the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP, met with victims and wrote their accounts in a simple way that successfully conveys the courage of children, who despite losing everything did not lose heart, are hopeful and want to do something great in future.

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collection, narrative, natural disaster, healing

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Author: Fatima Bhutto

ISBN: 978-1568586762

Songs of Blood and Sword tells the story of a family of feudal landlords who became powerbrokers. It is an epic tale of intrigue, the making of modern Pakistan, and ultimately, tragedy. A searing testament to a troubled land, Songs of Blood and Sword reveals a daughter's love for her father and her search to uncover the truth of his life and death.

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culture, India, asia, family, conflict, politics

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Author: Ghassan Kanafani

ISBN: 978-1836744450

Translated into English for the first time: A testament to the power of words as a form of resistance and power.

Ghassan Kanafani’s remarkable extended essay, Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968 is an unyielding act of cultural and political endurance.

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translation, culture, politics, Palestine, Arab, war

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ISBN: 978-1609809072

Editor: Patrice Vecchione

This collection of sixty-four poems by poets who come from all over the world shares the experience of first- and second-generation young adult immigrants and refugees. Whether it’s cultural and language differences, homesickness, social exclusion, racism, stereotyping, or questions of identity, the Dreamers, immigrants, and refugee poets included here encourage readers to honor their roots as well as explore new paths, offering empathy and hope.

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poetry, immigration, global

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