Shaykh, Hanan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHAShaykh, Ḥanān
Summary: In this frank and fearless novel, acclaimed writer Hanan al-Shaykh follows the tumultuous lives and sometimes shocking choices of women successful in their careers but unlucky in love. On a sunny beach on the Italian Riviera, two thirtysomething women, Yvonne and Huda, relax by the sparkling sea. But despite the setting, as their vacation unfolds, their complicated pasts seep through to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHAShaykh, Hanan.
Summary: An evocative reimagining of nineteen tales from the classic story about young queen Shahrazad's efforts to save her life from a brutal husband focuses on female characters at the heart of each tale in a woven sequence that incorporates humor and sensuality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHAShaykh, Ḥanān.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHACole, Kamilah
Summary: After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, seventeen-year-old Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must find a way to save her sister and the fate of their world in the face of impossible odds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COLSullivan, Mecca Jamilah
Summary: "Exquisitely compassionate and witty, Big Girl traces the intergenerational hungers and desires of Black womanhood, as told through the unforgettable voice of Malaya Clondon. In her highly anticipated debut novel, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan explores the perils--and undeniable beauty--of insatiable longing. Growing up in a rapidly changing Harlem, eight-year-old Malaya hates when her mother drags...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SULThompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Summary: "Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Innovation Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Thompkins-Bigelow 2020Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Summary: Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOWoods, Jamila
Contents: Betty -- Zora -- Giovanni -- Sonia -- Frida -- Eartha -- Miles -- Muddy -- Basquiat -- Sun Ra -- Octavia -- Baldwin -- Betty (For Boogie).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES WOORowser, Jamila
Summary: "A graphic novel love letter to the beauty and resilience of Black women, their hair, and friendships"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROWWoods, Jamila
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2023
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Summary: Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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Summary: "In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AHMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC AHMWoods, Jamila
Contents: Bugs -- Tiny garden (feat. Duendita) -- Practice (feat. Saba) -- Let the cards fall -- Send a dove -- Wreckage room -- Thermostat (feat. Peter CottonTale) -- Out of the doldrums -- Wolfsheep -- I miss all my exes -- Backburner -- Libra intuition -- Boomerang -- Still -- The best thing -- Good news -- Headfirst.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES WOOThompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Summary: A little boy who loves storytelling but struggles with writing learns that it's okay to make mistakes in this charming and encouraging book from the author of Mommy's Khimar. Abdul loves to tell stories. But writing them down is hard. His letters refuse to stay straight and face the right way. And despite all his attempts, his papers often wind up with more eraser smudges than actual words....
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Summary: A young Muslim girl puts on a head scarf and not only feels closer to her mother, she also imagines herself as a queen, the sun, a superhero, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE THOThompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Summary: "When Muhammad gets a special salat rug on his seventh birthday, he is determined to do all five daily prayers on time. But one salat occurs during the school day--and he's worried about being seen praying at school. His father parks his truck to worship in public places, and people stare at him and mock him. Will the same thing happen to Muhammad? From two powerhouse creators comes an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOH Rome Jamblan & Herpin
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Leeds Music 1941
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMMinnicks, Jamila
Summary: "It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She falls in love with Raymond Campbell, whose clandestine organizing activities challenge New Jessup's status quo and could lead to the young couple's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MINSouffrant, Jamila
Summary: "Journey to Launch podcaster Souffrant debuts with a sound program for achieving financial independence, which she defines as being able to live on the "money you've accumulated in your investment accounts... indefinitely." Her five-step program involves figuring out "what your bills and liabilities are in comparison to what you're earning," paying off most debts, establishing an emergency...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 332.024 SOUJamʻīyah al-ʻArabīyah li-Mutarjimī al-ʻArabīyah
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JAMDayes, Yussef
Contents: Black classical music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey) -- Afro Cubanism -- Raisins under the sun (feat. Shabaka Hutchings) -- Rust (feat. Tom Misch) -- Turquoise galaxy -- The light (feat. Bahia Dayes) -- Pon di plaza (feat. Chronixx) -- Magnolia symphony -- Early Dayes -- Chasing the drum -- Birds of paradise -- Gelato -- Marching band (feat. Masego) -- Crystal Palace Park (feat. Elijah Fox) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he's rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport--and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAESummary: Contains twelve selections of North African dance music, including performances by Jomed, Faudel, Hamid Baroudi, ChebMami, and others.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2005