The Islamic Year: Surahs, Stories and Celebrations
School year: Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8
No. of pages 288
Published: 2003
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Celebrate the Islamic Year in your family or at school! You are invited to explore Muslim festivals with this inspiring treasury of stories, surahs, songs, games, recipes, craft and art activities. Folk tales illustrate the core values of Islamic culture with gentle humour and wisdom.
This book is part of a book series called Festivals And the Seasons .
This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-7th grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 288 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2003 by Hawthorn Press .
Chris Smith is a musician and storyteller, well know for hismoving telling of the story of the Queen of Sheba at the British Museum. He has a passion for Arab folktales, myths and legends, gained from living in Palestine. Noorah Al-Gailani's family is from Iraq. She teaches Islam in Staruday schools and works as the curator of The Museum of Methodism in London.
This book has the following chapters:
Acknowledgements Foreword by Baroness Uddin Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Before Muhammad Chapter 2: Birth Chapter 3: Prophethood Begins Chapter 4: A miracluous journey Chapter 5: A new beginning Chapter 6: Establishing community Chapter 7: Homecoming Afterword Appendix 1: Festival of Ashura and the Sunni/Shi'ah schism Appendix 2: Glossary Appendix 3: References and further reading appendix 4: Sources of craft materials Appendix 5: Further resources Appendix 6: Suggestions for teachers Sample patterns
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"Educators seeking to interpret Islam to non-Muslim audiences will find this an excellent resource. The story of the Prophet Muhammad is told in an engaging manner whilst keeping to the sacred spirit of the original texts. The festivals are explained in a simple and clear way, relating them to each aspect of the Prophet's life and teaching that they celebrate." BARONESS UDDIN, HOUSE OF LORDS "A sound and very helpful resource for teachers - it recognises the internal pluralism of both religious ideas and cultural expressions which characterises the Muslim communities in this country and globally." PROF. JORGEN NIELSEN, DEPT OF THEOLOGY, BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY "The stories are ripe for re-telling: I enjoyed their warmth and humour. They make the life and teaching of the Prophet Muhammad caring and accessible" CHRIS EAST, STORYTELLER AND ADIVSORY TEACHER, WALTHAM FOREST
