VIDEO: Book Release Event for the novel, Khadijah's Got Her Groove by MWA's F.A. Ibrahim

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ABOUT MWA MEMBER FATIMAH ASHAELA MOORE IBRAHIM
Fatimah Ashaela Moore Ibrahim received her BA in Advertising from Boston University. She worked in animation for a number of years before deciding to become a freelance artist where she could focus on projects for the Ummah. She began illustrating books for Creative Education and Publishing shortly thereafter. She is the Art Director and Lead Animator for her business, Aakifah Creative Multimedia Productions and has animated television programs like Hey Moni, O’Grady, and Home Movies with Soup 2 Nuts Productions. Fatimah is an author as well as a Visual and Performance Artist and has recently completed The Azurean Trilogy, her first novel and a project where she has been able to combine many of her passions into one work. She is also a member of Muslimah Writers Alliance (MWA).
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With the ever increasing over-abundance of Islamophobic, hate-filled rhetoric targeting members of the Muslim community and the Islamic faith among politicians, Islamophobes and throughout much of today's mainstream media outlets, Muslimah Writers Alliance (MWA) offers an alternative.

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After all, sharing is caring - and caring is a basic principle of Islam.

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Established in 2006, MWA is an internationally-based collaboration of Muslim women writers and advocates working together to counter negative and inaccurate perceptions regarding members of the Muslim community and the Islamic faith.
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The Tear a poem by MWA's Aishah Schwartz from The Muslimah Speaks: Her Voice, Her Spirit

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She has a voice of her own...
She has a place of equality within the fellowship of the believers...
She is ready to tell her story in her own words...
The legacy of the women of the Abrahamic Prophetic tradition lives on.

The Muslimah Speaks: Her Voice, Her Spirit Volume I is an anthology collection featuring original poetry by Muslim women writers,  accentuated by excerpts of hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and scriptures of the Holy Quran and Holy Bible.

More often than not, it is instilled in women from a very young age, through the interactions that they have with others and media images that they are bombarded with daily, that their voices are not as important as men's. It is our intention to highlight the voices of Muslim women while showcasing the connection between them and the faithful women of the Abrahamic scriptures and among the female companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

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Poets In Alphabetical Order
Asra Ahmed, Nimrah Fatima Ahmed, Nouran Amin-MWA, Jannah Bayyan, Sariya Cheruvalill Contractor-MWA, Nafisa Cooper-MWA, Wasi Daniju, Sameerah El-Siraaj-MWA, Shumaysa Faruqi, Shabana Diouri-MWA, Muslimah Poetess-MWA, Janette Grant-MWA, Fatimah Ashaela Moore Ibrahim-MWA, Elizabeth Lymer-MWA, Asma Nadia-MWA, Niha Samiya Naqeeb, Sa'diyya Nesar-MWA, Delina Partadiredja, Bint Productive-MWA, Mahnoor Samana, Aishah Schwartz-MWA, Sanjida Shaheed, Donna Frances Stacey, Fahmida Sultana-MWA, Hira Uddin and Hafsah Zamir.

Edited by MWA members Janette Grant and Elizabeth Lymer.

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The Muslimah Speaks amplifies the voice of Muslim women - The National (1 Jul 14)

Normal Calm – An Interview with the Author, MWA Member Hend Hegazi

By Papatia Feauxzar
December 29, 2014

Our first interview in this Love Stories category is with the Author of the masterpiece Normal Calm; Hend Hegazi.

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What inspired you to write your first book?

I have enjoyed writing since the third grade, and ever since that time, I've dreamt of writing a novel. But to be honest, I thought it would be too hard, too time consuming. But I loved to write…so I wrote short stories. Then one day I thought to myself, "You've always wanted to write a novel…why not just expand on this story and turn it into a novel." So with lots of time and dedication, that's what I did.

MWA's Zainab John Reviews Children's Book: Ramadan by Farah Kinani

Leila, the daughter of one of Kinani's friends, was the inspiration for this book. Leila told Kinani what happened one day at School when she told her friends she would not be joining them for lunch. Her friends who at the time did not know nor understand anything about Ramadan,the Muslim holy month of fasting, encouraged Leila to hide and eat or have something to drink, and some even thought Leila was being punished or on a time out. Kinani, shocked by the children's response, decided to visit Leila's school to give  a short talk about the holy month of Ramadan. Hence, this book is the author's attempt to educate and answer questions about Ramadan and to give mainly the non-Muslim reader, primarily children and teens, some idea of what Muslims do during Ramadan.

It is a well-informed piece of writing with several colourful illustrations, a glossary and Islamic calendar at the end of the book. The language and writing style is simple and very descriptive, making it easy for children to read and understand. Therefore, I  think it's a wonderful and smart choice of book for both Muslim and non-Muslim children alike to learn about Ramadan, its significance and the different rituals practised by Muslims during this month. I think it would also be very useful to teachers who wish to educate their class of majority non-Muslim children about Ramadan.

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Originally Published at Muslimah Voices

http://muslimahvoicesbookclub.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/book-review-ramadan-by-farah-kinani

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ABOUT MWA MEMBER ZAINAB JOHN
Michelle Alicia John, also known by her Islamic name, Zainab John, is Guyanese by birth and born to parents who converted from Christianity to Islam. She migrated from Guyana, South America to London, England where she currently resides. She graduated from the University of Guyana with a Diploma in Social Work and Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) and is currently a Trainee Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX). Michelle is also a wife, stay at home mum, blogger, parent mentor, child protection advocate volunteer and an aspiring author.

ABOUT MWA MEMBER FARAH KINANI