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• Huda F Are You?

  Fahmy, Huda,

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  Before moving, Huda was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, Michigan, everyone is the hijabi girl. She has to define herself. So she tries on a bunch of cliques, but she isn't a hijabi fashionista or a hijabi athlete or a hijabi gamer. She's not the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kareem Between

  Safadi, Shifa Saltagi,

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  From failed football tryouts to helping the new Syrian refugee student, seventh-grader Kareem attempts to navigate the social complexities of seventh grade, which are further complicated when his mother is unable to return home from Syria due to an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ms. Marvel. Vol. 1, No Normal

  Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-

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  "Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City--until she's suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. When Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them, as well. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 19 Varieties of Gazelle

  Poems of the Middle East

  Nye, Naomi Shihab,

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  Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States.

• Ida in the Middle

  Murad, Nora Lester,

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  Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents' village near Jerusalem.

• Here to Stay

  Farizan, Sara, 1984-

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  When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All-American Muslim Girl

  Courtney, Nadine Jolie, 1980-

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  Allie Abraham is a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family. She's dating Wells Henderson, whose father is America's most famous conservative shock jock. Allie hasn't told Wells that her family is Muslim. It's not a secret, it's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Hunt the Flame

  Faizal, Hafsah,

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  In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.

• The Next New Syrian Girl

  Shukairy, Ream,

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  An unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

• From Here

  a Memoir

  Mufleh, Luma,

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  "Refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee."

• Love From A to Z

  Ali, S. K.,

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  Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths.

• Arabiyya

  Recipes From the Life of An Arab in Diaspora

  Assil, Reem,

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  Written from her point of view as an Arab in diaspora, Reem takes readers on a journey through her Palestinian and Syrian roots, showing how her heritage has inspired her recipes.

• All My Rage

  Tahir, Sabaa,

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  "Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Buried and the Bound

  Hassan, Rochelle,

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  "Seventeen-year-old Aziza El-Amin, the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts, teams up with a cursed boy looking for answers and a young necromancer in order to eradicate a new threat in the woods and take back her hometown."

• I Was Their American Dream

  a Graphic Memoir

  Gharib, Malaka,

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  The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs.

• It Won't Always Be Like This

  a Graphic Memoir

  Gharib, Malaka,

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  A follow-up to I was Their American Dream, Malaka spends summers with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country.

• The Lemon Tree

  An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

  Tolan, Sandy,

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  "In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a 25-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the house he…Read moreRead more of this annotation