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…
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1. A Fine Balance
By: Rohinton Mistry
4.37
Format: 603 pages, Paperback
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magn… read more
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"Time had changed the magical to mundane"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"Marriage is like death, only happens once."-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"How starved they seemed for ordinary kindness"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"the secret of survival was to balance hope and despair"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
2. Love & Happiness: A collection of personal reflections and quotes
By: Yasmin Mogahed
4.41
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
Things fall apart. And they break sometimes. Like many of you, my journey hasn't always been easy. … read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- islam
3. The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity
By: Mohammed Faris , None
4.50
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Ever wondered if there's a practical way to lead a productive lifestyle that combines the best of I… read more
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- religion
- islam
"Time is Life. Imam Hasan al-Banna said, 'Whoever knows the real value of time knows life itself, for time is life."-Mohammed Faris, The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity
"If all we are going to do is go through the motions of life: eat, sleep, get married, have children, work, retire and then die...then it's true, life doesn't mean anything. But if we strive to make o…"-Mohammed Faris, The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity
"It's finding time to be alone in a quiet place and simply focusing inwards on yourself, your dreams, your hopes, your prayers, and your aspirations. Finding solitude is the practice of the prophets o…"-Mohammed Faris, The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity
"...disconnection is the ability to unplug your mind from the constant bombardment of all the distractions that come your way in order to connect to your inner mind and inner focus. It is the ability …"-Mohammed Faris, The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity
4. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
By: Brené Brown
4.13
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we k… read more
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- nonfiction
"Joy is probably the most vulnerable emotion we experience in our lives."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"When we're suffering, may of us are better at causing pain than feeling it. We spread hurt rather than let it inside."-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
"(Quoting Viola Davis) I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in…"-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
5. 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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6. 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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7. 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
8. 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
9. Love From A to Z
By: S.K. Ali
4.12
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French… read more
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"We're allowed to cry."-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z
"Life goes on, even if love doesn't."-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z
"But it's not smooth sailing" "Life isn't?"-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z
"But it's not smooth sailing." "Life isn't"-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z
10. 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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- religion
- 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
11. The Stationery Shop
By: Marjan Kamali
4.22
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall … read more
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"He would get out of the car to make sure her knitted scarf protected her nose and mouth against the wind. And they would climb the steps of the gray building labeled “Duxton Senior Center."-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop
"The truth is, my young lady, that fate has written the script for your destiny on your forehead from the very beginning. We can't see it. But it's there. And the young, who love so passionately, have…"-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop
"Just months ago [...] She would not have understood [...] that time is not linear but circular. There is no past, present, future. Roya was the woman she was today and the seventeen-year-old girl in …"-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop
12. The Beekeeper of Aleppo
By: Christy Lefteri
4.17
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
The unforgettable love story of a mother blinded by loss and her husband who insists on their survi… read more
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"It takes bravery to cry out, to release what is in your heart."-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
"Inside the person you know, there is a person you do not know."-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
"Sometimes we create such powerful illusions, so that we do not get lost in the darkness."-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
"You see?" he whispered. "You see? You have to relax and turn into nature. Then you will be fine"-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
13. 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)
14. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
15. The Beauty of Your Face
By: Sahar Mustafah
4.19
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face-to-face wit… read more
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- islam
"You do not laugh at someone who is trying; only at fools who do not give themselves a chance."-Sahar Mustafah, The Beauty of Your Face
16. Ramadan Reflections
By: Aliyah Umm Raiyaan
4.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
***** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *****'A beautiful unique day-by-day companion throughout the Holy… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- islam
17. Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
By: Reshma Saujani
3.88
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In a book inspired by her popular TED talk, New York Times bestselling author Reshma Saujani empowe… read more
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- nonfiction
"We've become conditioned to compromise and shrink ourselves in order to be liked. The problem is, when you work so hard to get everyone to like you, you very often end up not liking yourself so much."-Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
"The work here isn't to figure out why they didn't like you, or who's right and who's wrong. It's to practice being okay with the idea that there are some people who will get you and some people who w…"-Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
"We can't become unique by copying someone else's formula any more than we can become successful by striving for someone else's definition of success. And really, what's the point of succeeding by som…"-Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
"I'm not alone in having spent my adult life only pursuing positions or projects I knew I'd ace. So many women stick to doing only the things at which they excel, rarely going beyond what makes them f…"-Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
18. It Won't Always Be Like This
By: Malaka Gharib
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more
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19. The Nothing Man
By: Catherine Ryan Howard
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
At the age of twelve, Eve Black was the only member of her family to survive an encounter with seri… read more
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"Fiction only really worked if it was built like a lattice through which you were repeatedly offered glimpses of absolute truth."-Catherine Ryan Howard, The Nothing Man
20. A Place for Us
By: Fatima Farheen Mirza
4.17
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A Place for Us unfolds the lives of an Indian-American Muslim family, gathered together in their Ca… read more
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"It is not that we thought our way was better. It was that we did not know another way."-Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us
"Where did they come from, her children? And how did they arrive already themselves, and unlike anyone else?"-Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us
"It was a strange time in their lives: the children like paper boats they were releasing into the water and watching float away."-Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us
"Are you happy," he asked. "I am." she said. And then she twisted again the row of bangles on her wrist. "I'm content. My parents are happy."-Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us
21. When Our Worlds Collided
By: Danielle Jawando
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
When fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed outside of a busy shopping centre in Manchester, three teena… read more
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22. Parachutes
By: Kelly Yang
4.19
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestsellin… read more
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"Welcome to America! Where everyone walks around in gym clothes and nobody goes to the gym!"-Kelly Yang, Parachutes
"Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like? Moments of happiness punctured by the memory of what happened, like a bomb which can detonate at any time."-Kelly Yang, Parachutes
23. Show Up: A Motivational Message for Muslim Women
By: Na'ima B. Robert
4.53
Format: None pages, ebook
A personal story of the author reflecting on her journey of life with references to quotes from the… read more
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- religion
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24. Khadijah: Mother of History's Greatest Nation
By: Fatima Barkatulla
4.63
Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition
You have another mother. You’ve never seen her. You’ve never heard her voice. You’ve never perhaps … read more
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- religion
- islam
25. Light Upon Light
By: Nur Fadhilah Wahid
4.46
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A compilation of Forty Letters to readers. Rest. Read. Reflect. What is he trying to tell yo… read more
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- religion
- islam
26. A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine
By: Ibn Daud
4.53
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
This spiritual guide to the self is a handbook of tazkiyah or ‘self-purification’. Not only does it… read more
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- religion
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27. The Power of Du'a
By: Aliyah Umm Raiyaan
4.76
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
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- nonfiction
- islam
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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- religion
- 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
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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30. Strength from Within: Personal insights on how to cope, grow, and flourish during life’s trials based on my life with physical disabilities
By: Sa’diyya Nesar
4.22
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
This book is the fulfilment of my promise to Allah, the One that heard, answered, and released that… read more
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- islam
31. A Handbook of Accepted Prayers
By: Ibn Daud
5.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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