Why aren’t there many Muslim books for boys? And why do tales matter for Muslim youngsters, anyway? Shifa Saltagi Safadi, writer of a number of Muslim childrens’ books, shares her journey in writing “Kareem Between,” a middle-grade novel a couple of Muslim Syrian American combating religion, becoming in, and the concern of failure.
Zainab bint Younus and Shifa communicate in additional element in regards to the necessity of growing high quality Muslim fiction, the dearth of books written for boys, and the that includes Islam as a core element of such books. And most significantly: how Muslim writers to spend time growing their craft earlier than searching for publication.
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Synopsis for Kareem Between:
Seventh grade begins, and Kareem’s already fumbled it.
His finest good friend moved away, he tousled his tryout for the soccer staff, and due to his heritage, he was voluntold to indicate the brand new child—a Syrian refugee with a thick and embarrassing accent—round faculty. Simply when Kareem thinks his center faculty life has imploded, the hotshot QB guarantees to get Kareem one other tryout for the squad. There’s a catch: to safe that probability, Kareem should do one thing he is aware of is flawed.
Then, like a shock blitz, Kareem’s mother returns to Syria to assist her household however can’t make it again dwelling. If Kareem might throw a penalty flag on the fouls of his faculty and residential life, it will be for pointless roughness. Kareem is caught between. Between nations. Between pals, between soccer, between dad and mom—and between proper and flawed. It’s as much as him to step up, discover his confidence, and navigate the sweetness and hope discovered someplace within the center.
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