Zed, a Lebanese-British teenager, recalls the agonizing ordeal during which he, as a timid eight-year-old hostage of an Arab terrorist group, learned about courage.
A retelling of the adventures of Aladdin, who, with the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, fights an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.
When Jouha counts the ten donkeys carrying his dates to market, he repeatedly forgets to count the one he is riding on, causing him great consternation. Includes numbers written out in Arabic and in English transliteration, as well as the numerals one through ten, and a note on the origins and other versions of the story.
A retelling of a traditional Arabic tale in which a young woman disguises herself as a man and opens up a shop in a distant city in order to help her impoverished family.
A collection of stories told by a young bride to her husband, the king, over the course of 1,001 nights, including the tale of Aladdin who, with the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, fights an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.
An autobiographical graphic novel of the author's experiences with and observations of prejudice and discrimination against Muslims and Arabs in the U.S., focusing on the role of pop culture and the media and his experiences after September 11, 2001.
Contains full-color illustrated photographs and drawings depicting everyday life in the ancient Arab and Islamic world, and describes the dynasties of the Muslim empire, the spread of Islam and Islamic worship, the Ottoman empire, and more.
