Plaza Voices: Ramadan Reads

Dani B. of the Cultural Inclusivity Services Committee writes...

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar that is observed by Muslims around the world dedicated to fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. In 2021, Ramadan will start on Monday, April 12, or Tuesday, April 13, and last through Tuesday, May 11. Throughout Ramadan, over 1.9 billion observers, will fast from sunrise to sunset and partake in nightly feasts, prayers, and self-reflection. For those who celebrate Ramadan, we wish you a Ramadan Mubarak (a blessed Ramadan)! 

We encourage you to explore the following titles about Ramadan, Islam, and the Muslim-American experience. 

• Preschool & Primary
  • Fiction
    • Meet Yasmin by Faruqi, Saadia
    • Lailah’s lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Faruqi, Reem
    • The Gift of Ramadan by Lumbard, Rabiah
    • The Night of the Moon: a Muslim holiday story by Khan, Hena.
    • A moon for Moe & Mo by Zalben, Jane Breskin.
    • My Grandma and me by Javaherbin, Mina
    • Going to Mecca by Robert, Na'íma bint.
  • Nonfiction
    • My First Ramadan by Katz, Karen
    • Ramadan by Aloian, Molly
    • Ramadan: Islamic holy month by Sievert, Terri.
• Juvenile and Adolescent
  • Nonfiction
    • Ramadan by Koestler-Grack, Rachel A.
    • Ramadan: the holy month of fasting by Khan, Ausma Zehanat.
    • The white nights of Ramadan by Addasi, Maha.
  • Fiction
    • Zara's new Eid dress by Abdul-Rahim, Nafisah, author.
    • Red shoes by English, Karen
    • Salma the Syrian Chef by Ramadan, Ahmad
    • Amina’s Voice by Khan, Hena
    • All-American Muslim Girl by Courtney, Nadine
• Adults
  • Nonfiction
    • Ramadan Recipes: From our holiday table to yours by Sanchez, Samantha
    • Feast: Food of the Islamic world
    • Letters to a Young Muslim by Ghobash, Omar
    • That can be arranged: A Muslim love story by Fahmy, Huda
  • Fiction
    • The bad Muslim discount: a novel by Masood, Syed
    • A Burning by Majumdar, Megha
    • Homeland elegies: a novel by Akhtar, Ayad
    • Ayesha at last by Jalaluddin, Uzma
    • No heaven for good boys : a novel by Bush, Keisha

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