During the month of Ramadan (August 11 – September 10), I am going to be posting daily reviews of books that deal with Islam, as well as other discussion posts related to the topics that come out of these books. I will be writing about both fiction and non-fiction books, and from a variety of sources and perspectives.
This page is a tentative schedule of posts and reviews for Ramadan 2010. I’ll be updating this list as the month goes along, linking to posts as they go live and updating the plan if books or discussions are added, subtracted, or moved around in the schedule.
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
- What is this whole Ramadan thing about, anyway?
- Review – Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
- Review – Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Friday, August 13th, 2010
- Guest Review – Islam Our Choice: Portraits of Modern American Muslim Women edited by Debrah Dirks and Stephanie Parlove (Amy from Amy Reads)
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
- Review – Reflections on Islam: Ideas, Opinions, Arguments by George Jonas
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
- Review – Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
Monday, August 16th, 2010
- Ramadan Recipe: Warak Enab Bi Zeit (Stuffed Grape Leaves)
- Review – Red, White, and Muslim: My Story of Belief by Asma Gull Hasan
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
- Pre-Release Review – Where the Streets Had A Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
- Ramadan Giveaway #1
- Pre-Release Review – Khomeini’s Ghost: The Iranian Revolution and the Rise of Militant Islam by Con Coughlin
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
- Review – Palestine by Joe Sacco
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
- Review – Belonging and Banishment: Being Muslim in Canada edited by Natasha Bakht
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
- Guest Post – Islam in Indonesia (Amanda from Desert Book Chick)
- Review – The Sheikh’s Batmobile: In Pursuit of American Pop Culture in the Muslim World by Richard Poplak
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
- Ramadan Recipe: Treedeh Betinjan (Eggplant with Toasted Bread and Pomegranate Syrup)
- Review – Talking to God: Portrait of a World At Prayer edited by John Gattuso, Huston Smith, and Phyllis A. Tickle
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
- Review – Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
- Ramadan Giveaway #2
- Review – Islam 101: Principles and Practice by Arshad Khan
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Friday, August 27th, 2010
- Review – Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith by Emma Tarlo
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
- Review – The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
- Review – The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
Monday, August 30th, 2010
- Guest Post – What Part of “Love One Another” Don’t We Understand? (Sherry Jones, Author)
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
- Review – Murder in the Name of Honor by Rana Husseini
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
- Ramadan Giveaway #3
- Guest Reviews – Jewel of Medina and Sword of Medina by Sherry Jones (Heather from Raging Bibliomania)
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
- Review – The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran by Hooman Majd
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
- Review – Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World by Edward Said
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
Monday, September 6th, 2010
- Review – Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak edited by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Friday, September 10th, 2010 (Eid!)
- Review – “Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an by Asma Barlas
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Tags: ramadan reading
ohh..seems that everyday is already in schedule!
It’s all tentative – things might move around, especially if I get more people who want to guest post.
I think you posted something about this on my blog, but I think it’s great that you’re doing this! I’d love it if you posted links to your reviews on my Middle East Reading Challenge so that others can get ideas of books to read.
I’ll set up the reviews link this coming week.
Definitely! I’m planning on taking part in the challenge, so I’ll make sure to post the review links up.
Sounds exceptionally interesting. Are you familiar with “The Blood of Flowers”?
I hadn’t heard of it before, but I’ve taken a look and now I want to read it!
What a list, very impressive! Quite a few titles in there that I’ve read, and a few I’m really interested to hear more about. Looking forward to my guest review too
A few of them are re-reads for me (from before I started blogging), but quite a few are newer ones that I haven’t gotten around to reading yet. I’m looking forward to it.
What a great idea! I love books about other religions, especially Islam. I look forward to more recommendations in that topic. I’d guest blog for you but I don’t have any Islamic books I’ve read but haven’t written a review for. Only ones I’ve already reviewed.
One of the guest reviews I’m getting is for books that the person has already reviewed before. I’m okay with that, so long as they aren’t books I’ve already reviewed myself!
Wow these books sound great!!! What a great way to recognize Ramadan. I am interested in reading about the middle east with all that is going on with the war.
Fantastic! I’m largely hoping just to familiarize people with some of the offerings out there on the subject, and the topics that they touch on.
I can’t believe I missed out on this post. I love your idea and am looking forward to reading your posts!
Yay! I got the idea partly from that post on your blog way-back-when about faith when reading and reviewing. It made me realize that I’m probably one of the very few book bloggers (particularly from Canada or the United States) who has a connection to Islam. I haven’t really seen it anywhere else, except when people read individual books! Especially when compared with the coverage of Christian fiction and other Christianity-related books, yanno?
What a fantastic idea! I will really look forward to this series!
Thanks, I’m glad it’s turning out to interest people. I was kind of throwing myself out on a limb there hoping it would go over well.
Oh a Ramadan Reading Series sounds wonderful! I can’t wait to read all these reviews. And you’ve made an exceptional list!
Thanks!
Sorry, I really don’t like verification system you are using (it has flunked me three times already!).
Wanted to say Ramadan Kareem to you, and I’ll be following your posts with interest!
I’m sorry you’re having problems with the verification system! Usually it works okay, but once in a while it decides to act funny.
Ramadan Reading — excellent way to promote understanding between cultures during these critical, hate-filled times. Right on!