The Wonders We Seek Thirty Incredibl..., Saadia Faruqi
The Wonders We Seek Thirty Incredibl..., Saadia Faruqi
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The Wonders We Seek: Thirty Incredible Muslims Who Helped Shape the World Unabr

Author: Saadia Faruqi, Aneesa Mumtaz

Narrator: Dalia Ramahi

Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

In this biographical collection, authors Saadia Faruqi and Aneesa Mumtaz highlight some of the talented Muslim physicians, musicians, athletes, poets, and more who helped make the world we know today. A brilliant surgeon heals patients in the first millennium.A female king rules the Indian subcontinent.A poet pours his joy and grief into the world’s best-selling verses.An iconic leader fights for civil rights.And many, many more. Throughout history—from the golden age of the empires of Arabia, Iraq, Persia, and India, up to modern day—Muslims have shaped our world in essential ways, with achievements in music, medicine, politics, human rights, literature, sports, technology, and more. Give this book to readers who are excited to learn about the great figures and thinkers in history!The authors introduce their book with a personal letter to the reader, setting out their motivations and hopes for the stories they are telling. The backmatter includes a glossary and bibliography for readers’ further research and learning.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. 

About Saadia Faruqi

Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer and interfaith activist. She is the author of the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Saving Sunshine, the popular early-reader series Yasmin, and the middle grade novels The Strongest Heart, A Thousand Questions, Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero, and The Partition Project and the coauthor of the middle grade novel A Place at the Table as well as The Wonders We Seek: Thirty Incredible Muslims Who Helped Shape the World. She was profiled in O magazine as a woman making a difference in her community and serves as editor in chief of Blue Minaret, a magazine for Muslim art, poetry, and prose. She resides in Houston, Texas, with her family.

About Aneesa Mumtaz

Aneesa Mumtaz is a Pakistani American educator and academic writer. She served as the principal of St. Patrick’s College of Education in Karachi and is a founding member of the Society of Pakistani English Language Teachers (SPELT). Aneesa now lives in Michigan with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by biblio_mom

The authors highlighted thirty remarkable figures and thinkers in this biographical collection with illustrations of them. Each figures are given brief introductions about their birth countries, educations, trials and success in their lives. Most of us probably have known Ibn Sina aka Avicenna, a leg......more

Goodreads review by Enakshi

The Wonders We Seek explores the life of several Muslims (the community that is always looked down upon) who contributed to making the world a better place. People like Malala Yusufzai, Benazir Bhutto, Ibn Sina, Malcolm X, Zheng He, Abdul Rahman and many more unsung heroes have missed a place in the......more

Goodreads review by Reem

I REALLY enjoyed this non-fiction Muslim biographical collection. I loved how diverse each Muslim's story was and the selection of leaders was inspiring. I can't wait for young readers to get their hands on this book and feel empowered to tell their own story. I was thrilled to see many Muslim women......more

Goodreads review by Listener

--I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!-- I highly enjoyed learning more about the wonderful people who helped to shape our world. As somebody who does a lot of reading and research into people from different pasts and religious ideology than I was raised wit......more

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