Finally Published: Bringing the Hijrah Books Into the World

The Hijrah route in comparison to the regular caravan route at the time of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

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

Behind the Scenes of a Book Launch

An early version of the book cover for The Hijrah: The Journey That Changed History

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

Why I Wrote The Hijrah: The Journey That Changed History

The Hijrah: The Journey That Changed History front cover

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