Marieme Muslima

BOOK’S NAME: Does My Head Look Big In This? AUTHOR: Randa Abdal Fattah Abdel-Fattah was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 6 June 1979 of Palestinian and Egyptian heritage. She grew up in Melbourne, Victoria and attended a Catholic primary school and Islamic secondary college, obtaining an International Baccalaureate. She wrote her first "novel", based on Roald Dahl's Matilda, when she was in sixth grade. As a teenager, she wrote short stories and produced the first draft of Does My Head Look Big in This? at about the age of 18. EDITORS : Scholastic Press TYPE Young Adult SUBJECT(S): School life, racism, muslim community, migration MAIN CHARACTERS:   Zeynab, a young teenage american muslim girl SECONDARY CHARACTERS: Adam, Zeynab’s crush RESUME: Sixteen-year-old Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full-time and everyone has a reaction. Her parents, her teachers, her friends, people on the street. But she stands by her decision to embrace her faith and all th...

BOOK’S NAME : Ayesha at Last AUTHOR: Uzma Jalauddin EDITIONS : Harper Collins MAIN CHARACTERS:   Ayesha Shamsi Khaled Mizra SECONDARY CHARACTERS : Hafsa : Ayesha’s cousin – Aunty Samiry Hafsa’ mother Saleha Ayesha’s mother, Idris, Ayesha’s brother Clara, Ayesha’s friend and her boyfriend Bob Zareena, Khalid’s sister Farzana : Khalid’s mother Sheila Watts, Khalid’s boss RESUME : AYESHA SHAMSI has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. She lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded that her flighty younger cousin, Hafsa, is close to rejecting her one hundredth marriage proposal. Though Ayesha is lonely, she doesn't want an arranged marriage. Then she meets Khalid who is just as smart and handsome as he is conservative and judgmental. She is irritatingly attracted to someone who looks down on her choices and dresses like he belongs in the seventh ...

 FICHE DE LECTURE BOOK’S NAME: All The Things We Never Said AUTHOR: Yasmin Rahman EDITIONS : Hot Key Books TYPE Novel SUBJECT(S): Depression, suicide, family, friendship, mental health MAIN CHARACTERS:   Mehreen, Olivia and Cara RESUME: 16-year-old Mehreen Miah's anxiety and depression, or 'Chaos', as she calls it, has taken over her life, to the point where she can't bear it any more. So she joins MementoMori, a website that matches people with partners and allocates them a date and method of death, 'the pact'. Mehreen is paired with Cara Saunders and Olivia Castleton, two strangers dealing with their own serious issues. As they secretly meet over the coming days, Mehreen develops a strong bond with Cara and Olivia, the only people who seem to understand what she's going through. But ironically, the thing that brought them together to commit suicide has also created a mutually supportive friendship that makes them realise that, with the right help, life is ...

FICHE DE LECTURE NAME OF THE BOOK : Love From A to Z AUTHOR : Simon & Schuster, 2019 EDITIONS : S. K. Ali is the author of the 2018 Morris Award finalist « Saints and Misfits ». Her debut Novel won critical acclaim for its portrayal of an unapologetic American teen’s life. She lives with her family and a very vocal cat named Yeti, with whom she must engage in vigorous debate in order to access her laptop, since he cherishes it as another of his many beds.  MAIN CHARACTERS:   Zaynab (and Adam (a handsome muslim boy TYPE Fiction, Muslim Romance SUBJECT(S) Muslim Youth, Racism, Islamophobia, Sclerosis, Love, High School SECONDARY CHARACTERS : Auty Nandy, aunt of Zayneb – Sadia and Mansoor, sister and brother of Zayneb, ayaan, kavi her friends Hanna: Adma’s sister, Connor, Tsetso, Madison, the three Emma, etc.: Adam’s friends Zahid a good taxim who helped Adam RESUME: A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because th...

   READING REVIEW : She Wore Red Trainers by Na'ima B. Robert BOOK’S NAME: She Wore Red Trainers AUTHOR: Na’ima B. Robert is descended from Scottish Highlanders on her father’s side and the Zulu people on her mother’s side. She was born in Leeds, England, Grew up in Zimbabwe and went to…  EDITIONS : KUBE PUBLISHING – CHILDREN’S BOOKS TYPE Fiction, Romance SUBJECT(S): Love, Faith, Youth, Family, Siblings MAIN CHARACTERS:   Amirah (a young muslim girl who’s trying her best to be a good muslimah, an artist, a good sister who’s not very close to her mum) & Ali (a young muslim boy who came back to the deen) and try to maintain the “family’s spirit” with his own family after his mum’s death) SECONDARY CHARACTERS: Umar (a problematic teen) and Jamal (a kind sweet little boy): Ali’s brothers Zayd (a good brother, good muslim, a bit much) and Abdullah (a sweet and warm little boy) Amirah’s bothers and Taymeeyah, Amirah’s sister (an ordinary little girl) Usamah (...

DES ROMANCES AVEC DES PERSONNAGES MUSULMANS!  Contrairement à une dizaine d'années en arrière, de plus en plus de romance avec des protagonistes musulmans ont eu à voir le jour. Par contre peu d'auteurs on été traduits en français jusque maintenant. L'amour de A à Z, S. K. Ali Une belle histoire d'amour entre deux jeunes qui tiennent tous les deux le « journal des merveilles et bizarreries ». J'ai particulièrement aimé la dynamique de l'histoire avec des personnages attachants. Le personnage de Zaynab qui est très engagée et franche, j'ai salué son refus de se plier face à l'islamophobie qu'elle subissait. Adam, quel adorable jeune homme, par contre a du mal à révéler sa maladie à sa famille dont elle ne veut rajouter à la peine d'avoir perdue sa mère pour cette même maladie. Nos deux jeunes gens vont trouver réconfort et courage l'un envers l'autre. Une belle histoire à lire absolument avec la suite " Love from Mecca to Medina ...