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February 25, 2016
Friendship Style: Story 2 The Friendship Promise
CLICK HERE for ALL STORIES in this Series READ entire novel FREE in UZ Author app: CLICK HERE “What do you think of her?” Maryam asked the following afternoon. She sat on her bed with her back supported by a pillow as she held the cordless receiver against her ear, her other hand studying the ends of some […]
February 18, 2016
A New Friend: Story 1 The Friendship Promise
CLICK HERE for ALL STORIES in this Series READ entire novel FREE in UZ Author app: CLICK HERE “Sooo,” the girl with hazel eyes said, “is your mom forcing you to hang out with me too?” The girl yanked off her small white one-piece khimaar and tossed the head cover onto Maryam’s desk. She mussed her dark hair […]
February 11, 2016
He Wants To Marry His Wife’s Best Friend?
This blog was originally published via MuslimMatters.org When I first began writing what would eventually become the novel His Other Wife, it wasn’t about marriage or polygamy, or even romantic relationships. It was about emotional and spiritual abuse, and it started off as a single narrative blog inspired by a toxic friendship that I’d recently […]
February 9, 2016
UZ Interviews Hijarbie creator Haneefah Adam
Please tell us a little about yourself: your ethnicity and nationality, family background, where you grew up, and where you live now. My name is Haneefah Adam, I’m a Nigerian. I am a Masters degree holder in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery from Coventry University, UK. I come from a Muslim family of 6. I was […]
February 4, 2016
The Invitation, a short story
PART 1 of 2 Read full short story in UZ Short Story Collection I hugged my knees and concentrated my attention on the parking lot beyond my third-floor apartment window. It was all I could do to steady my trembling and think of something besides the torn envelope and embossed card next to me on the […]
January 28, 2016
The Friendship Promise Series BOOK READING
“I asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, ‘Which deed is the most beloved to Allah?’ He replied, ‘To offer the prayers at their proper times.’ I asked, ‘Then what?’ He replied, ‘To be good and dutiful to your parents.’” —Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (Bukhari) ~ “In this world, there is a paradise. Whoever does not […]
January 25, 2016
Good Muslims Do Bad Things Too
Inaya is sixteen years old. She’s memorized Qur’an and is an inspiration to youth and adults alike. She’s inspired other girls to wear hijab and respect the rules of Islam. She even teaches Qur’an to children on the weekend. But there’s only one problem. When her mother isn’t looking, she removes her hijab after leaving […]
January 21, 2016
Muslim Bitterness and Zeal: Story 11 Realities of Submission SERIES FINALE
Click HERE for ALL STORIES in this series I remember the fall of 1995, the first term of my junior year in college, as the time I really embraced Islam. It was then that I recall my first flicker of zeal. It was also the year I turned eighteen, and when I felt as if […]
January 14, 2016
I’m Muslim Now: Story 10 Realities of Submission series
Click HERE for ALL STORIES in this series “This day I have perfected your religion for you and completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.” —Qur’an, 5:3 “Whoever treads a path seeking knowledge, Allah will make easy for him the path to Paradise. And the angels lower their […]
January 10, 2016
We Are All Being Tested
“Do you believe that your struggle is more severe than the personal trials of every other Muslim? Why then do you say yours is ‘unfair’? Is it unfair because you are facing it, or is it unfair because you believe no other trial is at least as severe?” — from the journal of Umm Zakiyyah […]
