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Book Blog Tour: The Islamic, Adult Coloring Book by Theresa Corbin

About the Book:  The second edition of  The Islamic, Adult Coloring Book,  published by  Djarabi Kitabs Publishing , features sharper designs by Naafi Nut Rohma compiled and written by Theresa Corbin. The pages of The Islamic, Adult Coloring Book include detailed mosque architecture, calligraphy, tessellation, hadith (prophetic traditions), dua (supplication), Quranic verses, and quotes for Muslims to reflect on, to take time out of their rushed and hectic lives to recenter, refocus, and let their minds recharge, de-stress, and cultivate sabr (patience). Also, each coloring page has a corresponding descriptive page for the non-Muslim colorer who wants to learn a bit about Islam free from myth or judgment all while relaxing. In this way, The Islamic, Adult Coloring Book can be a great dawah tool. The Islamic, Adult Coloring Book is available on Amazon , Amazon UK, & Createspace . About the Author:  Theresa Corbin is a New Orl...

Newly Released: Her Justice by Nasheed Jaxson

Congratulations to Br. Nasheed Jaxson on his debut release...Her Justice. Title : Her Justice Author : Nasheed Jaxson Publisher : University Publication, April 20, 2015 Book Description: Do you know how it feels to lose the love of your life? The beautiful and powerful business investor, Audria Cox, knows exactly how it feels to lose the man that gave her everything; and for that reason she’s willing to do anything to stop it from happening again. In fact, Audria has set her sights on her therapist and desperately desires to gain his heart. There’s only one problem, Audria’s grief counselor, Justice Lowe, is not only very handsome, caring, and the most spiritual man she knows; Justice is also very married. Her counselor’s marriage seems to be a huge distraction, and he appears to be hardly weakened by Audria’s persuasive ploys. That is until a sudden disaster hits his hometown calling Justice to fall right into her web of schemes. With her new love nearly in the palm of h...

What are you Reading Today?

Title : Reclaiming Your Heart Author : Yasmin Mogahed Publisher : FB Publishing, Aug 9, 2012 Book Description: Reclaim Your Heart is not just a self-help book. It is a manual about the journey of the heart in and out of the ocean of this life. It is a book about how to keep your heart from sinking to the depths of that ocean, and what to do when it does. It is a book about redemption, about hope, about renewal. Every heart can heal, and each moment is created to bring us closer to that transformative return. Reclaim Your Heart is about finding that moment when everything stops and suddenly looks different. It is about finding your own awakening. And then returning to the better, truer, and freer version of yourself. Many of us live our lives, entrapped by the same repeated patterns of heartbreak and disappointment. Many of us have no idea why this happens. Reclaim Your Heart is about freeing the heart from this slavery. It is about the journey in an out of life's mo...

American Boy by Zara J

Title : American Boy Author : Zara J Publisher : University Publications, October 15, 2014 Book Description : Temptation seemed oh-so-tasty until American Muslim Entertainment's new IT Boy, Umar, gets hit with reality when his sins with unequally yoked intern, Celine, surfaces as a precious pregnancy. As if the shameful act wasn't enough, Celine's determination to have the family she never had as a child brings much unwanted attention to Umar's prominent career, resulting the religious entertainment company to have him under close surveillance. Celine agrees to keep the pregnancy discreet, but when Umar's childhood crush, Tara, returns to town the battle for his heart begins. About the Author: After a successful two years in the Urban Fiction genre under an alias author and entrepreneur Zara J., founded University Publications in 2013. Her debut Muslim Fiction novel Dowry Divas, became an Amazon Bestseller within 24 hours of release. Dowry Divas, is a rea...

Normal Calm by Hend Hegazi

Title : Normal Calm Author : Hend Hegazi Publisher : FB Publishing , January 7, 2014 Book Description: Amina is an Arab American woman attending one of the best universities in the US. During the spring of her junior year, Amina is raped by one of her friends, making her essentially unmarriageable in the eyes of her parents and, possibly, the entire Arab community. When her mother experiences a nervous breakdown, Amina fears that she is to blame for her mother's condition. Eventually she falls in love with Sherif, but his reaction to her rape proves him to be unworthy. Deciding to forgo love, Amina focuses on her career. When her best friend introduces her to Mazin, however, she sees in him only good qualities. He is successful, kind, generous...but she feels no love for him. When Mazin asks for her hand in marriage, Amina struggles with the idea of settling for a man she does not love. Knowing that he, too, may abandon her when he learns of her rape is another burden she ...

Khadijah's Got Her Groove by F. A. Ibrahim

Title : Khadijah's Got Her Groove Author : F. A. Ibrahim Publisher : University Publications, Release Date: 11/15/2014 Book Description: Khadijah Aziz, who only shoots for the stars, has running the perfect Muslim household under control. That was until a mysterious phone number from a woman named Saffron surfaces from her husband Raheem's pocket. Confused and distraught, Khadijah pushes the questionable number to the side and tries to maintain her grip on life as a slew of challenges arise in the relationships she holds most dear. With the threat of slipping, Khadijah struggles desperately to maintain her fascade, but inevitable change is already in motion. Putting family first isn't always easy. Will Khadijah lose everything she's worked for when escalating dilemmas leaves her life boiling like a volcano of issues of the heart, or will she push on to forge a new path for herself: choosing mastery over weakness, peace over strife, and love over fear? About t...

Book Buzz: Eseere: Language of the Wind by Janette Grant

Title : Eseere: Language of the Wind Author : Janette Grant Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, April 9, 2014 Book Description: In a world hundreds of galaxies away from Old Earth’s solar system, the Urnahi people live as second class citizens on their own sovereign land with little hope and a meager will to resist. The United Republic of Provinces has colonized them, oppressed them, and shows no signs of changing their policies towards this peaceful people, but not all of the Urnahi have been broken. Safiya Al-Akhad, haunted by forces that terrorize her dreams and aching from loss, is skeptical when approached about entering the Order of the Elementals, but desperate enough to risk her life by accepting the invitation. Orphaned from attacks by the colonizing off-worlders and born as an empath with an ability called eseeri that allows her to feel the emotions and sense the thoughts of others, she wrestles with maintaining her equilibrium when witn...