Umm Zakiyyah: 25 books

Excerpts from the personal journal of Muslim author Umm Zakiyyah.She says, “Here, I am sharing with you pieces of my heart as I penned them in my personal journal over the years. Unfiltered in all their pain, conviction, and hope, these words represent a small part of me as I traversed some...

Faith is a collection of excerpts from the journal of Umm Zakiyyah, internationally acclaimed author of If I Should Speak, Muslim Girl, and His Other Wife. She says, "When it comes to faith, I'm still learning. So I claim no authority except that I hope to die with more than a grain of it in...

I lived so much of my life as a problem solver. When I was younger, math had been my favorite subject in school, and I’d always looked forward to the challenging problems it presented. Behind all the alphabetic variables, cryptic charts, scrambled values, and geometric shapes was always a single...

From the author of the internationally acclaimed novel If I Should Speak comes the anxiously awaited sequel. In this deft second book, Umm Zakiyyah again takes us through the lives of Tamika and those who brush her life.Now Muslim, Tamika must face her Christian mother who instilled in her...

“There’s no racism in Islam,” many Muslims claim. Yet anti-Black racism remains a defining trait of the cultures of Arabs and South Asians, who form the majority of Muslim immigrants to the United States. In this collection of essays, Umm Zakiyyah, internationally acclaimed author of The Abuse...

They said they could backbite her in public because she was “misbehaving in public.” They said her mental illness was a “Western invention.” They said all her problems were because she’s an American convert who couldn’t get her life together. In this groundbreaking book about living...

“You should forgive,” survivors of abuse and wrongdoing are constantly told. “Otherwise you’ll live with angry, bitter hearts for the rest of your lives.”In this eye-opening book about forgiveness and emotional trauma, Umm Zakiyyah, internationally acclaimed author of Reverencing...

The Test Paper teaches children to be grateful for their lives by understanding that getting what you want can come in ways you’d never expect. In this debut children’s book by Umm Zakiyyah, internationally acclaimed author of If I Should Speak and Muslim Girl, Zahra is sad that her friend Maha...

Jacob is a successful businessman and college professor, and his wife Deanna is a renowned marriage counselor and author. Together they are their Muslim community’s power couple. Aliyah is Deanna’s recently divorced best friend who has just accepted a position at the college where Jacob works—and...

Footsteps, the third in Umm Zakiyyah’s internationally acclaimed If I Should Speak trilogy, is a story that stands on its own in both impact and inspiration. At the heart of the novel are Ismael and his wife Sarah. Married for twenty-six years and having accepted Islam on a journey they took together,...

UZ Short Story Collection is comprised of 10 short stories by internationally acclaimed author Umm Zakiyyah, including newly released The Arranged Marriage.Story 1: The Arranged Marriage (2014)Mohsina, daughter of Muslim immigrants to America, is a college student who is very vocal in her arguments...

From the internationally acclaimed author of the novel His Other Wife and the self-help books Reverencing the Wombs That Broke You and The Abuse of Forgiveness comes the personal testimony even if, poetry and prose in small verses, inspired by the tears and rage of Umm Zakiyyah’s life. “I...

Sex, intimacy, and love remain taboo topics in many Muslim circles today. Some believe such intimate subjects should not be discussed at all, and others see no need for restrictions being placed on either their discussion or practice. Let’s Talk About Sex and Muslim Love is a collection of some...

And Then I Gave Up is a collection of some of the most widely read essays on faith and spiritual crisis by Umm Zakiyyah, internationally acclaimed author of the novels If I Should Speak, Muslim Girl, and His Other Wife, as well as the groundbreaking self-help book for religious survivors of abuse,...