Featured in a New York Times article titled Teach Your Kids to Resist Hatred Toward Asians A young boy wrestles with his Muslim identify until a compassionate teacher helps him to understand more about his heritage.
She has had numerous showings of her fine art in the Baltimore/Washington area, where she makes her home..
Barbara Kiwak is a commercial illustrator whose clients have included Time-Life, Readers Digest , Highlights for Children , and The World Wildlife Fund.
She decided to write about the Muslim-American experience because she had difficulty finding good books on this subject to read to her children.
Asma Mobin-Uddin is a pediatrician and an active member of her local Muslim community.
About author(s): Dr.
What Bilal learns from the book forms the compelling story of a young boy grappling with his identity.
That person was another Bilal: Bilal Ibn Rabah.
He gives Bilal a book about the first person to give the call to prayer during the time of the Prophet Muhammad.
Ali, who is also Muslim, sees how Bilal is struggling.
But when Bilal\'s teacher Mr.
Maybe if he tells kids his Name is Bill, rather than Bilal, then they will eave him alone.
Bilal sees his sister bullied on their first day, so he worries about being teased himself, thinking it might be best if his classmates didn\'t know that he is Muslim.
After a family move, Bilal and his sister Ayesha attend a new school where they find out that they may be the only Muslim students there.
Featured in a New York Times article titled Teach Your Kids to Resist Hatred Toward Asians A young boy wrestles with his Muslim identify until a compassionate teacher helps him to understand more about his heritage
