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Mabrook! A World of Muslim Weddings

Mabrook! A World of Muslim Weddings

Na'ima B. Robert, Shirin Adl (Illustrator)
$17.99
Publication Date: March 3rd, 2016
Publisher:
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN:
9781847805881
Pages:
32

Description

Lyrical description of Muslim wedding ceremonies across the world, including Pakistan, Morocco, Somalia and UK. This will be a colorful and exotic picture book showing the different ways Muslims in different countries celebrate the sacred ceremony, while also describing the vows and promises common to all Muslim marriages. This book is in series with Ramadan Moon and Going to Mecca, with a decorative and painterly style of illustration that can also show lively characters.

About the Author

NA'IMA B ROBERT is descended from Scottish Highlanders on her father's side and the Zulu people on her mother's side. She was born in Leeds, grew up in Zimbabwe and went to university in London. At high school, her loves included performing arts, public speaking and writing stories that shocked her teachers! She has written several multicultural books for children and is the author of 'From Somalia, with love', a novel for young adults. 'Boy vs Girl' is her second books for teens. She divides her time between London and Cairo and dreams of living on a farm with her own horses. Until then, she is happy to be a mum to her four children and keep reading and writing books that take her to a different world each time. 

Shirin Adl was born in Harlow, England, in 1975. She received a first class BA honours in illustration from Loughborough University, and won the Hallmark M&S division Talented Designer Award. She currently lives in Oxford with her husband.

Praise for Mabrook! A World of Muslim Weddings

A 2017 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book —NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Committee