In this episode, Kirin Nabi (The Islamic School Librarian) and Zainab bint Younus talk all things Muslim bookstagram! From the evolution of Muslim fiction and the...
Zainab bint Younus writes a critical review of “The Muslim 100: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of the Most Influential Muslims in History,” critiquing it for...
Zainab bint Younus interviews Muslim fiction author Juwairiah Simpson, discovering the rich history behind the author’s delightful Duwairig series and talking about what it was like...
Zainab bint Younus writes a book review of Dr. Usaama al-Azami’s “Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy,” which examines the role...
I recently got the chance to chat with Palestinian writer and human rights advocate, Rifk Ebeid. Rifk has worked with various human rights organizations on media...
In 2021, MuslimMatters hosted the Muslim Bookstagram Awards to celebrate and uplift Muslim voices in literature. We interviewed the judges of the awards to get their...
A very happy Eid to all of our readers! We pray that Allah has blessed us all immensely and forgiven our sins this past Ramadan, ameen!...
As we ramp up our Ramadan preparations, many of us are also trying to choose which books are going to accompany us throughout the sacred month...
This year marks 20 years since the notorious US-run Guantanamo Bay detention facility was opened by President George W. Bush in response to the so-called ‘War...
More and more Muslim authors are being published by mainstream publishers, which is a double-edged sword; on one hand, we have more diversity and #ownvoices stories,...
