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This New Book Aims to Inspire Young Muslim Girls to Be Sporty and Brave
This year has been the year for Muslim women writing, illustrating and publishing their own books, from books for women, children and wider society. This month we see the release of ‘Basirah the Basketballer says Insha Allah’ written by Hafsah Dabiri and illustrated by Alina Shabelnyk. The cover sees a young Muslim girl in a hijab showing us her skills with a basketball with the number seven on her top. We’ve yet to get a sneak peak inside and look forward to the events in 2019.
Recommended: Children’s Books With Diverse Representation of Black Female Characters
We recently spoke to Maryam from the Instagram page Nurturing Nusaybah about the importance of exposing young children to books with black characters. She shared her recommendations and books they love so we’ve shared with you! Finding children books for kids that have black children as their main characters can be extremely difficult. There is a lack of visibility of black and brown kids in the world of children’s books.
How the Elegant Art of Aerial Silk Acrobatics Changed My Life
A little background Aerial acrobatics started purely as a gymnastic movement art form. Today it is associated with circus performances mostly due to the influence of Cirque du Soleil. André Simard who joined Cirque du Soleil in the 20th century who invented new theatrical aerial expressions to impress spectators became the founder of Aerial Silks.
Why as a Second Generation Caribbean, I Will Never Consider England My Home
I was scrolling my timeline, and I saw this I have just received a letter telling me to be “grateful” as a black man for all “we have done for those black people who came to live here” or “go back to where ever you came from”. I was born in the Whittington Hospital the son of Windrush migrants. And I will speak for them. pic.twitter.com/WkCeDpLQPf — David Lammy (@DavidLammy) April 23, 2018 Honestly, it didn’t surprise me. As a Muslim woman, I’ve heard similar things.
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