During the month of Ramadan (August 1 – 30), 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 2011. 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.
Monday, August 1st, 2011
- Review – Being Muslim: A Groundwork Guide by Haroon Siddiqui
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
- Review – The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
- Review – Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. by Medeia Sharif
- Recommendations for Middle Eastern American Children’s Books (Mia of Pragmatic Mom)
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
- Review – How to Read the Qur’an by Mona Siddiqui
Friday, August 5th, 2011
- Review – The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Review – I Speak for Myself: American Woman on Being Muslim edited by Maria Ebrahimji and Zahra Suratwala
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
- Review – Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by Benazir Bhutto
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
- Review – Revenge by Taslima Nasrin
Monday, August 8th, 2011
- Review – Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
- Review – City of Veils by Zoë Ferraris
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
- Review – The Translator by Leila Aboulela
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
- Review – Sweet Dates in Basra by Jessica Jiji
Friday, August 12th, 2011
- Review – Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam by Asra Nomani
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
- Review – Borderline by Allan Stratton
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Monday, August 15th, 2011
- Review – Wandering Lonely In A Crowd: Reflections on the Muslim Condition in the West by S. M. Atif Imtiaz
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
- Review – Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think by John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
- Review – The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing by Darina Al-Joundi
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
- Review – The Jew is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism by Tarek Fatah
Friday, August 19th, 2011
- Review – Gladdy’s Wake by B. K. Anderson
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
- Review – Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey Through Islamic Lands by Aatish Taseer
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
- Guest Review – The Sweetness of the Tears by Nafisa Haji (Vivian of The Book Diva’s Reads)
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
- Review – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Monday, August 29th, 2011
- Guest Review – The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World by Nawal El Saadawi (Amy of Amy Reads)
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 (Eid!)
- Review – Children of Dust: A Portrait of a Muslim as a Young Man by Ali Eteraz
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Just checking in to see how you did on the read-a-thon. Be sure to do a wrap-up post and link it here if you want to be eligible for the participant giveaway. The deadline is 6pm CST and I will be drawing winners after that. Here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/HSwrapup
Thanks for joining me for the read-a-thon!
Thanks for stopping by! I did okay, but not great – ended up having to spend much more time on the move this week than I had expected. But thanks so much for hosting!
This is such a cool idea for August!
Thanks! It was lots of fun last year, so I was really excited to get it going again this year. 🙂
Wow, what a busy month! Also, note to self, get reading for the guest post 😀
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