NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 100 flavor-forward recipes—including signature bakes—from the Palestinian American creator of the beloved social media account mxriyumMariam Daud has built a devoted following by sharing beautifully prepared, comforting meals that feel both timeless and entirely her own. In I Sleep in My Kitchen, she offers a collection of the recipes that have shaped her life—dishes that carry the flavors of her heritage and the ease a...

Sentenced to Death for Her BeliefsMariam Ibraheem was born in a refugee camp in Sudan. Her Muslim father died when she was six, and her mother raised her in the Christian faith. After a traumatic childhood, Mariam became a successful businessperson, married the man she loved, and had a beautiful baby boy.But one day in 2013, her world was shattered when Sudan authorities insisted she was Muslim because of her father’s background. She had broken the law by m...

**It's Not About the Burqa is an anthology of frank and insightful essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience.'Passionate, angry, self-effacing, nuanced and utterly compelling in every single way' - Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant**When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter?In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalizat...

The current mental health crisis is leaving rapidly increasing numbers of children and young people in need of urgent therapeutic support. Amid the pressures of an increasingly complex and uncertain world, the need for effective and accessible mental health interventions has never been greater.Advances in neuroscience, trauma research, and neurodivergence-informed practice show the unique power of art therapy to intervene successfully with a range of mental health issues including ...

When a rock, a threatening letter, and a burning Quran are thrown into a mosque on the outskirts of Toronto, religious leaders and the police shrug it off as an isolated incident. But many see it as a hate crime. Among them is Kashif Siddiqui, the son of Pakistani immigrants. Kashif joins a group of volunteers at an Islamic Cultural Centre on a security watch during the festive Eid night, a potential target of another attack. When an attack materializes, Eid night becomes a test of friends...

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeTwo years after earning a PhD from UCLA, the narrator of Liquid stand achingly far from the middle-class comfort promised by her education and the successes of her immigrant parents. Jokingly, her best friend, Adam, suggests she just marry rich. Taking this challenge seriously, armed with a spreadsheet, she sets off on a whirlwind summer of one hundred dates with rich Angelenos/as.But when a f...

From biryani to borscht, the food was always fabulous in Canada's only Polish-Pakistani family. Mariam S. Pal's memoir, Ballet is not for Muslim Girls, is set in this remarkable Victoria B.C. household in the 60s and 70s. Growing up, Mariam struggled to navigate three cultures: her Pakistani father's, her Polish-Canadian mother's and Canada's, where Mariam was born and raised.Mariam wanted to be a Canadian girl.A "normal" first name would have been a good start. At school t...

A week before her wedding, a bride to be embarks on a life changing journey that all began with a stranger’s wallet. Stumbling upon a photo of herself in the arms of a man she has never met, Evangeline takes desperate measures to unravel the twisted secrets which she suddenly seems to find herself surrounded with. A week before her wedding, a bride to be embarks on a life changing journey that all began with a stranger’s wallet. Stumbling upon a photo of herself in the arms of a man she ha...

After a lifetime of traversing continents and cities, Mariam Pirbhai found herself in Waterloo, Ontario, and there she began to garden. As she looks to local nurseries, neighbourhood gardens and nature trails for inspiration, she discovers that plants are not so very different from people. They, too, can be uprooted, transplanted – even naturalized. They, too, can behave as a colonizing or invasive species. And they, too, must learn to adapt to a new land before calling it home. In Gar...

The book guides readers through the key issues within water supply systems, and how it has seen several technological advancements over the years. It examines the application of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to water systems operation with the advent of Big Data and computational information. The importance of interconnectivity and data analytics through automation, digitalisation, and machine learning is also explored to scale up water supply operations.Features:E...

SEEKING SOLACE IN HAVANA, A GRIEVING ARTIST AND A CONFLICTED WOMAN FIND LOVE'S VIBRANT HUES AMIDST THE CITY'S FADING GRANDEUR.Nathan Calderwood, a celebrated artist from a renowned family, is spiraling into a destructive pattern of alcohol and partying, haunted by the grief of his sister's death. The sudden death of his friend Miles acts as a harsh wake-up call, pushing Nathan to seek drastic change. He impulsively decides to leave Los Angeles and escape to Havana,...

This research study proposes an introduction to the performance art form contortionism by examining its theories and functions throughout the 20th and 21st century. It considers themes including the appropriation of contortionism during the golden age of Hollywood and discusses definition issues between contortionism and other disciplines that highlight body flexibility, such as gymnastics and yoga. By examining the genesis of contortionism in ancient China, it aims to explore par...