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Winner of the 2022 Middle East Book Award in Youth LiteratureA ragtag band of misfits gets swept up in Holy Land politics in Travelers Along the ...

A timeless exploration of high-stakes romance, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to love and be loved. “Fascinating and disturbing.” —Jodi Pi...

Based on interviews with a young woman forced to flee Iran because of her sexual orientation, Moon at Nine is a tense and riveting novel that shi...

Based on interviews with a young woman forced to flee Iran because of her sexual orientation, Moon at Nine is a tense and riveting novel that shi...

Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming in this heartfelt and outright hilarious debut....

★ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ★ Raised to protect her nation from the monsters lurking in the sands, sixteen-year-old Imani must fight to find her ...

Two sisters become trapped in the underworld--and in the machinations of deities, shapeshifters, and ghouls--in this lush and dangerous Phoenician ...

A feel-good dog story. "A sea of killer mines lies in wait under the Afghan desert. In Kandahar, every car could be a bomb; every human your killer...

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the over...

"Vivid, powerful, and impressive." -Jewish Chronicle"Riveting and well-crafted." -The Jerusalem ReportImagine coming of age surrounded by terror an...

Melody Sullivan, an angry 16-year-old haunted by her mother's death and a sexual assault, defies her father and embarks on a search for friends in ...

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new ...

A street rat. A magic lamp. An obnoxiously handsome prince.What should have been an easy-in, easy-out job with my father became a nightmare when he...

In the land of Taletha, the Wife Market is the prime place for young lords to find a spouse...but not the place for love. Something Inara knows all...

What is the philosophy of Ashura? How does Imam Hussain teach us how to pray? Follow the story of two young horses, Foad and Noor, as they discover...

Travel across the ages with Lady Zaynab as she meets with various divine prophets and noble angels in a quest to explain the meaning of Ashura and ...

THE FIRST ISLAMIC ESCAPE ROOM IN A BOOK!This is not an ordinary book! It is a quest for the truth and a challenge to test your resourcefulness and ...

Like the Arabian Nights, the Mahabharata and the Odyssey, Tales for THE DREAMER makes use of the enchanting "story within a story" format. But the ...

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children’s/Young Adult One of Rolling Stone’s 40 Best YA Novels A 2014 ALA Rainbow List Top 10 Titl...

A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fire...