Thoughtful boks on Islam, history, faith and the journey back to Allah.
For a few days only, the Kindle edition of The Hijrah: The Journey That Changed History is available FREE on Amazon, through Sunday, September 13. If you have been wanting to learn more about the life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, understand the Hijrah more clearly, or fill in some of the gaps between the familiar … Read more
Sometimes the best way to understand what a book has to offer is simply to open it and see where it takes you. In this short video, I read through the table of contents of The Hijrah: The Journey That Changed History and give you a glimpse of the journey the book follows. Although the … Read more
For a long time, these books existed only on my computer. They were drafts, notes, rewritten chapters, half-finished ideas, images waiting to be adjusted, sources waiting to be checked, and pages that I kept telling myself were almost finished. And then, somehow, they became books. This week, alhamdulillah, I finally published my Hijrah series on … Read more
People usually see a book when it is finished. They see the cover, read the description, and perhaps watch a short announcement video. What they do not see is everything that has happened before that moment. As I prepare to publish The Hijrah: The Journey That Changed History on 14 August, I have been thinking … Read more
I am very happy to introduce The Hijrah Activity Book, created especially for children ages 8 to 12. The Hijrah is one of the most important and inspiring journeys in Islamic history. It is the story of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the early Muslims leaving Makkah and travelling towards a new life in Madinah. But … Read more
When I was developing The Hijrah Reflection Journal, I tried to write with a younger Muslim woman in mind, perhaps in her twenties, who knows the foundations of Islam but is searching for greater direction, steadiness, and meaning in her life. Would the journal speak to her actual concerns? Would it feel relevant to the … Read more
Yes. The Hijrah: The Journey That Changed History was written for Muslim and non-Muslim readers alike. A non-Muslim reader does not need prior knowledge of Islam, Arabic terminology, or the life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to follow the story. The book begins with the earliest revelations in Makkah and explains the people, beliefs, customs, conflicts, … Read more
I was born in New Zealand and raised in Canada, in a background where I knew almost nothing about Islam. When I became Muslim at the age of 22, I began reading and researching so that I could understand my new faith, its history, and the life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. That process of learning … Read more