Besides, God grew it here on earth, right? ğor example: Dear Imam, can Muslims grow (medicinal) marijuana? I’m all for helping people. I loved how the author used Janna’s uncle as a means to explain Islamic laws and rulings Loads of banter but theres still the underlying love and respect they have for each other Janna has a wholesome and realistic and beautiful relationship with her brother, Muhammad If anything is confusing or unclear plz let me know, I’ll try my best to explain.īe warned that I will be mentioning minor spoilers but I will try my best to be as vague as possible. There’s a lot of things I want to discuss but also a lot of things I’m not sure I have the capacity to explain (due to my lameness in language and expressing myself). We all have faults and its not about judging and boasting about who the best is, but it’s about working your hardest on a daily basis to be the best and most honourable you can be.

The first thing I think all people need to understand is that the religion of islam is perfect but muslims are not. This is the first contemporary I’ve read with a muslim main character and damn, I was excited as heck but also so fricken worried that it would show a bad representation of islam. Find her on twitter at, on instagram at, on TikTok at, and on her website at. She lives in Toronto with her family, which includes a very vocal cat named Yeti. Her Middle Grade novels include the critically acclaimed anthology ONCE UPON AN EID co-edited with Aisha Saeed, and the multi-perspective GROUNDED, co-authored with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Huda Al-Marashi and Aisha Saeed. Sajidah also has a picture book series co-authored with Team USA Olympic Medalist, Ibtihaj Muhammad, which starts with the New York Times bestselling THE PROUDEST BLUE, followed by THE KINDEST RED. She is currently working on more YA, as well as an adult romance. Her newest YA novel, LOVE FROM MECCA TO MEDINA, released in fall 2022. The sequel to Saints and Misfits, Misfit in Love, was a People magazine best book of summer 2021. It was also the first teen novel chosen for NBC Today Show's Read with Jenna Book Club.

Her widely acclaimed second novel, LOVE FROM A TO Z, a story about finding love in the time of Islamophobia, was an Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Young Adult Book of 2019 and a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist. Her debut novel, Saints and Misfits was the winner of the 2018 APALA Honor award, the 2017 Middle East Book Honor Award, and a 2018 William C. Ali is the NYT bestselling and award-winning author of several books. Ali writes the Muslim characters in stories she never saw growing up.

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