[Podcast] Books, Boys, & Kareem Between | Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Why aren’t there many Muslim books for boys? And why do tales matter for Muslim youngsters, anyway? Shifa Saltagi Safadi, creator of a number of Muslim childrens’ books, shares her journey in writing “Kareem Between,” a middle-grade novel a couple of Muslim Syrian American fighting religion, becoming in, and the concern of failure.
Zainab bint Younus and Shifa communicate in additional element concerning the necessity of creating high quality Muslim fiction, the dearth of books written for boys, and the that includes Islam as a core element of such books. And most significantly: how Muslim writers to spend time creating their craft earlier than searching for publication.
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Synopsis for Kareem Between:
Seventh grade begins, and Kareem’s already fumbled it.
His finest good friend moved away, he tousled his tryout for the soccer group, and due to his heritage, he was voluntold to indicate the brand new child—a Syrian refugee with a thick and embarrassing accent—round college. Simply when Kareem thinks his center college life has imploded, the hotshot QB guarantees to get Kareem one other tryout for the squad. There’s a catch: to safe that probability, Kareem should do one thing he is aware of is incorrect.
Then, like a shock blitz, Kareem’s mother returns to Syria to assist her household however can’t make it again house. If Kareem might throw a penalty flag on the fouls of his college and residential life, it might be for pointless roughness. Kareem is caught between. Between international locations. Between mates, between soccer, between dad and mom—and between proper and incorrect. It’s as much as him to step up, discover his confidence, and navigate the wonder and hope discovered someplace within the center.
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