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I frequently browse the Publishing category on LaunchGood to see what exciting bookish projects people are working on.  I happened upon Pious & Professional about a month ago, and I was intrigued. . It's a book full of advice for Muslim women on how to maintain their Islam in a professional environment. Organized into eleven chapters that cover topics like “The Ultimate Goal: To Please Allah” and “Prayer Breaks and Holidays,” the text reads like a list of bullet points about each topic with lots of Quran and hadith included. . The subtitle is “A Guide for Muslim Women in the Workforce,” but I found most of the advice to be to too simple for women who have already entered the workforce. For example, “Always dress professionally. At minimum, own 3-5 formal outfits. No T-shirts. No jeans. No pictures and/or writings on clothes.” and “Be punctual. Better yet, early. (If your meeting is at 10:00 am, be there at 9:45 am.)” . Instead, where I think this book can really shine is with high school girls. So much of this advice is stuff the rest of us learned the hard way in the first few weeks of work. High school girls who are preparing for college and their first real jobs (or internships) can use the advice in this book to get a head start. . Also, this book is extremely approachable. It’s tiny (30 pages long) and beautifully designed with full-page color pictures. I love that the images show Muslim women dressed modestly and professionally in office settings. . . . . . #bookblogger #bookreview #muslimreads #muslimbooks #muslimbook #muslimauthor #muslimauthors #piousandprofessional #sohairomar #workingmuslimah #workingmuslimah🤗 #workingmuslimwomen #workingmuslimah✅✅✅
Eid present from my mom. ♥️ This book has thematic summaries and mindmaps for each of the surahs. Perfect for someone looking for a bigger picture understanding of how the ayahs work together as surahs and how the surahs connect. . . . . #eidpresent #eid2018 #muslimbooks #muslimbook #quran #quranstudy #journeythroughthequran
I can't get over how beautiful this book is. It's even prettier in person than on the screen. I love the detail on the moon, the shiny purple letters, and the simple cream book with gold letters on the spine. I read an eARC and absolutely loved it, and I'm so glad to have my own copy now. This is my favorite book of 2018 so far. . Here's a snippet of my review. . "This is a story that I didn’t know I needed. It speaks so clearly to how hard it is be to a member of a family. How fiercely we can love one another and quietly destroy each other at the same time. . This book got me thinking not only about my own childhood and my parents, but also about how I’m parenting my children. In most families, each person wants to do what’s right, but they don’t always know what that is, and they can’t always reconcile what’s right for them with what’s right for the other members of their family. Expectations complicate decisions, and love masks selfishness." . Full review at muslimreads.com. Link in my bio. . . . . . #bookstagram #bookreview #bookblogger #muslimshelfspace #aplaceforus #beautifulbooks #beautifulspines #bookmail #2018release #junerelease #aplaceforus
So many fantastic releases today! . A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza is my favorite book of the year. It’s an exquisitely written story about the members of an Indian-American Muslim family struggling to find a place to belong both at home and in the world. . And Saints and Misfits is out in paperback! This YA book has some of the best Muslim representation I’ve seen and some of my favorite characters in Muslim-authored lit. . Also out today, but in Canada, is Ayesha at Last, a Muslim Pride and Prejudice reboot—I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy! . Links to reviews of A Place for Us and Saints and Misfits are in my bio! . . . . . . #bookstagram #bookmail #neverenoughbooks #muslimshelfspace #eidgiftformyself #muslimlibrary #muslimreads #muslimbook #muslimbooks #muslimauthor #saintsandmisfits #aplaceforus #bookbirthday #2018release #netgalley #literaryfiction #ya
I am ashamed to say that I've never read a book published by the fabulous (and local to me!!) @daybreakpresspublishing That won't be true for long, however, because this beautiful pile of books arrived in the mail today. They are an Eid gift to myself! I couldn't resist when they're offering 20% off (the code is Eid18). . Swipe to see the books, and let me know which of them you love or really want to read. . . . . #indiepress #daybreakpress #muslimreads #bookstagram #thedrummergirl #brewingstorms #anacquaintance #joyjots #sophiasjournal #eidpresent #eidpresenttomyself
More goodies from the library! God help me--I have no self-control around books. . Malala's Magic Pencil is a beautifully illustrated picture book narrated by Malala herself. It begins with her wishing she had a magic pencil like the one a favorite TV character has. She imagines all the changes she would make using the pencil. By the end of the story, Malala discovers that she does indeed have a magic pencil of sorts--her voice. An empowering story with really fantastic illustrations. I'm so glad my daughter picked this one up. . The President's Gardens is the story of three friends growing up in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It was longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2013 and translated into English in 2016. I'm so glad it was published in the US this year: it sounds fantastic, and I don't read nearly enough literature translated from Arabic. . I guess I'll add these to my #ramadanreadathon TBR. . . . . #bookstagram #librarylove #neverenoughbooks #malala #picturebook #picturebooks #thepresidentsgardens #arabicfiction #translatedliterature #translatedfiction #translatedfromarabic #muslimreads #bookssetinramadan #2018release

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