14 Best nonfiction books like When the Stars Prostrated: Meditations on Surat Yusuf by Mohammad Elshinawy

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When the Stars Prostrated: Meditations on Surat Yusuf

By: Mohammad Elshinawy

4.45

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

When the Stars Prostrated is a meditative, verse-by-verse journey into the heart of Surat Yusuf. Re…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in When the Stars Prostrated: Meditations on Surat Yusuf by Mohammad Elshinawy , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. On Palestine

By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé

4.25

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"

-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine

"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"

-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine

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2. The Eternal Challenge: A Journey Through the Miraculous Qur'an

By: Abu Zakariya

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

For over 1.5 billion Muslims throughout the world, the Qur'an is the last revealed word of God and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam

3. The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Publishe… read more

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4. Mornings in Jenin

By: Susan Abulhawa

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner did fo… read more

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5. Salt Houses

By: Hala Alyan

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. … read more

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6. She and Her Cat

By: Makoto Shinkai , Tsubasa Yamaguchi

3.69

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

“It was the start of spring. It was raining. That was the day that she brought me home.” This is… read more

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"Let's go home together."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"The only one waiting at home for me is my cat!"

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"And then after that long, long phone call, she wept."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

"When she came home, she smelled the way I like. But . . . her face seemed sadder than when she left."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

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By: Courtney Summers

4.27

Format: 224 pages,

It's a road trip novel. It will hurt A Lot. Prepare yourself now. read more

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8. Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles

By: Yasmin Mogahed

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Many of us live our lives entrapped by the same repeated patterns of heartbreak and disappointment.… read more

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9. Gaza Writes Back (#1)

By: Refaat Alareer

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine", edited by Refaat Alareer i… read more

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10. All My Rage

By: Sabaa Tahir

4.50

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more

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"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

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11. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

By: Zoulfa Katouh

4.50

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had h… read more

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"Bury me before I bury you" I did."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"There are enough people hurting you,"

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"I’ll make it as soon as I’m done with this."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"He bites his lip. “Please take of yourself."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

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12. DallerGut Dream Department Store

By: Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD|| In a mysterious town that lies h… read more

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"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak"

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak."

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"I don't think humans are some self-driving car racing toward the finish line. We must own our lives, start the engine ourselves, and sometimes put on brakes."

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

"I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.' 'That seems about right.' Penny nods. 'The second option may look easi…"

-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store

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13. Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

By: A. Helwa

4.51

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Are you longing to experience a more intimate and loving relationship with the Divine? Secrets … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam
"The word “Allah"

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"In Arabic, the word fitna, meaning “hardship,"

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"To every cry of, 'Oh God'. He answers a hundred times, 'I am here'."

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"We are all born with spiritual wings, Islam simply reminds us how to fly."

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

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14. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

By: Mosab Abu Toha

4.74

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Cir… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"A country that exists only in my mind. Its flag has no room to fly freely, but there is space on the coffins of my countrymen."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die. Every time a bomb falls, every time shrapnel hits our graves, every time the rubble piles up on our heads, we are awakened from our temporary death."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"PALESTINE A–Z A An apple that fell from the table on a dark evening when man-made lightning flashed through the kitchen, the streets, and the sky, rattling the cupboards and breaking the dishes. “Am"

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

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15. When Stars Are Scattered

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

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16. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more

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"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

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17. Rifqa

By: Mohammed El-Kurd

4.66

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."

-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa

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18. Meeting Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم

By: Omar Suleiman

4.85

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Through 30 beautifully detailed chapters with narrations from companions, take a journey from only … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam
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19. Healing the Emptiness: A Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being

By: Yasmin Mogahed

4.60

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Many of us have lost our way in this life. Some people have given up hope, as they see no way out o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam
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20. Against the Loveless World

By: Susan Abulhawa

4.50

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radical… read more

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"From him I learned who those legislating morality and pretending to be more virtuous than the rest of us really are."

-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World

"But I know now that going from place to place is just something exiles have to do. Whatever the reason, the earth is never steady beneath our feet."

-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World

"The continuity of these traditions helped bridge the spaces between dislocation and the home I had forged in my birthright homeland, but I knew I could never again be complete in one place. This was …"

-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World

"Music is like spoken language, inextricable from its culture. If you don't learn a language early in life, its words will forever come out wrinkled and accented by another world, no matter how well y…"

-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World

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21. Love from Mecca to Medina

By: S.K. Ali

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

On the trip of a lifetime, Adam and Zayneb must find their way back to each other in this surprisin… read more

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  • islam
"So he would get away from it all and sit in the cave to grieve and pray for change-yes, in the best ways he knew how. And then"

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

"Everyone is important. When you know that and believe and act upon it, everything and everyone around upou will feel at peace with you"

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

"Everyone is important. When you know that and believe it and act upon it, everything and everyone around you will feel at peace with you."

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

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22. The Simple Seerah: The Story of The Prophet Muhammad Part One

By: Asim Khan

4.79

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

The seerah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the most epic story ever told. It's full … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam
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23. Sedikit, Tapi Cukup: Menyemai Rasa Bahagia Dengan Apa Yang Ada

By: Fakhri Fadzli

4.41

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Kita sering merasakan apa yang kita miliki sekarang tidak cukup. Jika ditambah, ada sahaja perkara … read more

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24. With the Heart in Mind: The Moral & Emotional Intelligence of the Prophet

By: Mikaeel Ahmed Smith

4.53

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

With the Heart in Mind is an inquiry into the nature of the intellect and why classical Islamic the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam
"The ʿAql is a light in the heart just as sight is a light in the eyes."

-Mikaeel Ahmed Smith, With the Heart in Mind: The Moral & Emotional Intelligence of the Prophet

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25. Heart Therapy: Forty Hadiths in Tazkiyah and Soul Purification

By: Ali Albarghouthi

4.73

Format: 473 pages, Paperback

Depression, anxiety and loneliness are common problems today. Envy, greed and materialism invade ou… read more

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  • islam
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26. When the Stars Prostrated: Meditations on Surat Yusuf

By: Mohammad Elshinawy

4.45

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

When the Stars Prostrated is a meditative, verse-by-verse journey into the heart of Surat Yusuf. Re… read more

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  • islam
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27. The Muslim Woman's Manifesto: 10 Steps to Achieving Phenomenal Success, in Both Worlds (The Muslim Woman's Islamic Book Collection 1)

By: Kashmir Maryam

4.21

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you yearn to achieve unparalleled success and fulfillment as a Muslim woman, all while deepening… read more

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  • islam
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28. The Crowning Venture: Inspiration from Women Who Have Memorized the Quran

By: Saadia Mian

4.77

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

If you’ve ever sighed wistfully upon hearing of someone memorizing the Quran, wishing it was someth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam
"Whether you are able to go abroad or not, whether you have children or not, whether you are young or young at heart, whether your career is demanding or not, whether you think you have a good memory …"

-Saadia Mian, The Crowning Venture: Inspiration from Women Who Have Memorized the Quran

"I realized that, by shying away from my accomplishment, I had been making the same mistake that is made by people who question whether or not they should wear hijab--avoiding a good deed because they…"

-Saadia Mian, The Crowning Venture: Inspiration from Women Who Have Memorized the Quran

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29. A Place of Refuge

By: Asmaa Hussein

4.64

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

A Place of Refuge reminds us that forging a connection with our Creator is our only true refuge fro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam
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30. Judgement Day: Deeds That Light the Way

By: Omar Suleiman

4.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In every moment of the day of Judgment, from the moment you rise from their grave to when you take … read more

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  • islam
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31. 40 Hadith on Community Service & Activism

By: Mohannad Hakeem

4.88

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

Imagine a world where the Hadith (authentic sayings) of Prophet Muhammad is on major news headlines… read more

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