2019 Arab Muslim Children Books {Resource}
Welcome 2019 and all these beautiful children books by Arab and or Muslim authors or about Arab and or Muslim kids to enjoy!
Now that January has arrived, it means that Multicultural Children’s Book Day is right around the corner.
I am so excited to be co-Hosting another year and will be sharing a review of a book about the Arab world or Muslim culture on January 25th, 2019, our permanent new home date. To recap, I was sent a Persian book in 2017, and a Sudanese book in 2018, both great additions to diverse kidlit book shelves around the world.
While I await by my mailbox for this year’s special box, I thought I’d compile a list of 20+ upcoming children & teen books coming out of the Arab & Muslim world in 2019. I will updated them with links to buy as they are available.
{Update: This list started with 20+ books, but has expanded to over 80, plus now includes an adult section. Also, I was fortune enough to receive three books for my 2019 Multicultural Children’s Book Day reviews, which can be found here, here and here.}
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A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi
You Must Be Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi
Internment by Samira Ahmed
Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali
Nour’s Escape by Abeer Ali Al Kabani
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
Owl & Cat: Hajj Coloring & Activity Book by Emma Apple
The Candle and The Flame by Nafiza Azad
Two Pigeons On A Pilgrimage: A Hajj Story by Rabia Bashir
Trees for Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat
The Long Ride by Marina Budhos
No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton
A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney *Book Review Coming*
Basirah the Basketballer says by Hafsah Dabiri
I Say Alhamdulillah (I Say Board Books) by Noor H. Dee
We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Yasmin in Charge by Saadia Faruqi *Book Review*
Yasmin the Chef by Saadia Faruqi *Book Review*
Yasmin the Superhero by Saadia Faruqi *Book Review*
Yasmin the Teacher by Saadia Faruqi *Book Review*
Yasmin the Zookeeper by Saadia Faruqi *Book Review*
Refugee 87 by Ele Fountain
Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin
Dot that Couldn’t Sit Still, The by Gulnar Hajoc
My Monster and Me by Nadiya Hussain
Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
30 days of learning and good deeds by Bachar Karroum
Under My Hijab by Hena Khan
More to the Story by Hena Khan
Kick the Moon by Muhammad Khan
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
My First Book About the Prophet Muhammad: Teachings for Toddlers and Young Children by Sara Khan
Gift of Ramadan, The by Rabiah Lumbard
Accidental Trouble Magnet: Book 1 (Planet Omar) by Zanib Mian
Muslim Girls Rise by Saira Mir
By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
Proudest Blue, The by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Whose Doll is this? by Taghreed Najjar
The Ghoul by Taghreed Najjar *Book Review*
My Brother and Me by Taghreed Najjar
Like A Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Sadiq and the Desert Star by Siman Nuurali *Book Review*
Sadiq and the Fun Run by Siman Nuurali *Book Review*
Sadiq and the Green Thumbs by Siman Nuurali *Book Review*
Sadiq and the Pet Problem by Siman Nuurali *Book Review*
All The Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman
The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf
The Battle by Karuna Riazi
I hope you Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
Aladdin: Far From Agrabah by Aisha Saeed
Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
Zaha Hadid by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah
Olive Harvest in Palestine: A story of childhood memories by Wafa Shami
Laila and the Sands of Time by Shirin Shamsi
Ghady & Rawan by Fatima Sharafeddine
Laith the Lion Goes to Palestine by Jameeleh Shelo
My Past Is A Foreign Country by Zeba Talkhani
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai
Satoko and Nada Vol. 2 by Yupechika
2019 Arab & Muslim Adult
Book Releases
Bird Summons by Leila Aboulela
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Life in a Country Album: Poems by Nathalie Handal
A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib
Chai Factor, The by Farah Heron
Let Me Tell You This by Nadine Aisha Jassat
Unmarraigeable by Soniah Kamal
It’s Not About The Burqa by Mariam Khan
Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Tower, The by Shereen Malherbe
This Green And Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik
Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem
Bird King, The by G. Willow Wilson
Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya, Vol I , The by Reimena Yee
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To see more books lists for children & teens that teach about the Arab world or Muslim culture, visit the Education page, that has hundreds like these
9 Books to Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month {Resource}
27 Teen Books and Graphic Novels with a Muslimah Protagonist {Resource}
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