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Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Did your class/library love AMAL UNBOUND by @aishasaeed.bsky.social? Share the final book in the world of Amal with HAFSA'S WAY. Download the FREE guide to get discussion questions, activities, & more! #EduSky #TLSky 📚 penguinschoollibrary.com/HafsasWayGuide

Cover of the discussion guide for HAFSA'S WAY by Aisha Saeed showing the cover of HAFSA'S WAY along with OMAR RISING and AMAL UNBOUND.

Text reads: A Discussion Guide to HAFSA'S WAY and the world of the bestseller and classroom favorite AMAL UNBOUND!

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I’ll be at Decatur Public Library for a local launch of THE WEDDING WEEK this Saturday at 3pm. Please do join me as I chat with author Shelly Anand!

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Scott @scottydo16.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Got this book from the library and Russell has loved it. There is a recipe in the book and he has been asking to make it. Bought all the ingredients and its been cooking all day. He keeps running into the kitchen and asking if it's ready yet😂 First time making it, hope its good! Smells amazing tbh

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Sherri35 @lewislibrary4052.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This thriller was so good.... 5 stars #booksky @aishasaeed.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My twisty thriller set in the Everglades, THE WEDDING WEEK, is officially out in the world this week! Grab a copy for yourself wherever books are sold ☺️❤️🐊🌴

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Soooo grateful for Shiromi, the PERFECT narrator for this story. I hope you’ll check out the audio bc 🥹❤️🙌🏾

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Happy pub day! I love this series so much!!!!

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The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Happy Book Birthday -- HAFSA'S WAY Congratulations to @aishasaeed.bsky.social on the release of HAFSA'S WAY, the companion middle grade novel to AMAL UNBOUND and OMAR RISING. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

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Bethany @bethanyrobison.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📚💙 Happy release day!

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

HAFSA’S WAY— out today! 🙌🏾❤️

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I’m still figuring out what the better medium to connect on social is. Do some of you maintain active presence’s on this site as well as Threads?

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

What is your small joy today?

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New post! If you’re in Dallas come say hi next Saturday! If you’re in Atlanta come say hi this Saturday! Also, secret book info! aishasaeed.substack.com/p/hafsas-way...

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Hafsa's Way, Where I'll be, and Secret Book!

Dear Reader,

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Yikes. Thread…. It’s definitely something I had noticed when I first read the piece.

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I’m not sure I could reread this book when I live inside it.

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Coco Jones, loving the dress and the red green and black along the sleeve. 🇵🇸

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

HAFSA’S WAY is out next month!! Available for preorder wherever you get your books!

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

What’s your one small joy today?

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What’s your one small joy today? Because wow do we need to hold on to and soak in all that is good that we can.

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What’s your one small joy today? Because wow do we need to hold on to and soak in all that is good that we can.

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Doing a social media analysis (for lack of a better word)— curious if you’re using this site exclusively to connect or both here Threads as well. Seeking to find my bookish community. It’s been really quiet here but I might be doing it wrong.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026

ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family. gofund.me/be8a1b2ab

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Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz

Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

“None of what I’m doing is enough. But all of it, I reassure myself, is better than nothing. The most heartening thing about this deeply disturbing moment is seeing how consistently and forcefully Minnesotans of all demographics have been pushing back.”

theverge.com

It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis

But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.

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nicole brinkley | bookseller @nebrinkley.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

hi all! i am working on little anti-ICE kits to be handed out for free at the bookstore that include info on how to protest, rights info cards in english and spanish, a zine that includes regional-specific contact info, and whistles. is there anything else y'all would find useful in such a kit?

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 14/01/2026

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026

Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open

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Autumn Seybert @autumnseybert.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Do you like books? Do you like books that are $1.99? OF COURSE YOU DO!! You should buy @aishasaeed.bsky.social ‘s book THE MATCHMAKER today!! www.amazon.com/Matchmaker-N...

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The Matchmaker: A Novel

The Matchmaker: A Novel - Kindle edition by Saeed, Aisha. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Not on socials much. But I guess today I feel like yelling into the void. It’s really hard. Both domestic and abroad. And what is happening in Gaza. It sits lodged like a stone in my throat every day. Volunteering. Giving. None of it feels like enough. No reflective conclusion. Just sad.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Keep spreading the word: Don't rank Cuomo.

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Rafael Shimunov @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Cuomo PAC darkens skin of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in new mailer to NYC voters.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 21/05/2025

NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys urgently ask Judge Farbiarz to order ICE to permit Khalil to hold his newborn son today "for the most elementary human reasons." ICE has so far denied the request, despite his wife and child having made the 1,500-mile trip. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Dear Judge Farbiarz:
Petitioner respectfully writes with an urgent request for this Court's intervention regarding his ongoing detention. Specifically, and for the reasons set forth below and to aid in his habeas and proceedings, Petitioner requests that this Court issue an order: (1) requiring the LaSalle Detention Facility to permit Mr. Khalil to have a private contact visit with his wife, Dr. Abdalla, and newborn child today, May 21, 2025, for two hours' and/or (2) at a minimum, permit Dr. Abdalla to join a contact visit currently scheduled with immigration counsel at LaSalle so the legal team can discuss legal strategy and facts known collectively between Dr. Abdalla and Mr. Khalil and which is relevant to his pending habeas case and for pending motions in his immigration proceedings. One of the first orders issued in this case was to direct the U.S. Attorney's office to ensure that DHS would provide regular access to counsel, Khalil v. Joyce, 1:25-cv-01935, ECF 29 (S.D.N.Y.), which is an equitable power this Court retains and authorizes the relief requested modest as it is as compared to the painful costs of denial.
As the Court is aware, the Khalil family welcomed their first child one month ago, on April 21, 2025. In order to provide the most indispensable human connection and to help Mr. Khalil prepare for his ongoing habeas proceeding and for the upcoming immigration hearing, Petitioner's wife and his newborn baby have traveled over 6 hours and 1500 miles to visit Mr. Khalil in detention, which will be the first time he will be able to see or hold his family since his arrest and transfer to Louisiana, over 10 weeks ago. As this Court well knows, Mr. Khalil is purportedly in civil immigration detention, where he cannot be subject to punishment or retaliation; yet currently, routine legal or family visits only occur in a confined space permitting muffled communication through a full plexiglass window that permits no human touch.

Petitioner's counsel have made repeated requests for a contact visit to occur between Mr.
Khalil and his wife and baby to the relevant ICE and GeoGroup administrators at the LaSalle Detention Facility in Jena. Such a visit is necessary for the most elementary human reasons and given the ongoing strain of his pending habeas petition, this visit is critical to ensure Mr. Khalil, who is an active participant his legal case, can continue to meaningfully contribute to the proceedings before this Court.

The relevant administrators have responded that they are unable to accommodate this request, including a confirmation of this refusal this morning. (Email correspondence attached as Exhibit A). ICE policy authorizes contact visits between detained individuals and family members, subject to the reasonable discretion of DHS officials? The refusal to permit a contact visit is not reasonable and is further evidence of the retaliatory motive behind Mr. Khalil's arrest and faraway detention as well as the ongoing punitive nature of his detention. Petitioner, his wife and infant son are, as all the evidence in this case demonstrates, the farthest thing from a security risk It is the government who chose to detain Mr. Khalil and send him 1500 miles from his family rather than detain him, as they could have (and as we have requested in seeking a transfer there), in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where counsel confirmed with an EDC official that family contact visits are ordinarily provided on a daily basis and where a parent is permitted to hold their child. 3
In addition, a legal contact visit has been authorized for today between Mr. Khalil and his counsel, from 11-3pm CT. It thus appears the facility can accommodate contact visits absent a plexiglass barrier. Thus, the facility should make accommodations during or after this time for a private in-person visit where the family can be alone together for the first time. In addition, and at a minimum, counsel needs to meet with Petitioner …

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Pope makes an appeal to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza and to bring an end to the hostilities:

Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
The situation in the Gaza Strip is increasingly worrying and painful. I renew my heartfelt appeal to allow the entry of dignified humanitarian aid and to bring an end to the hostilities, whose heart-rending price is borne by children, the elderly, and the sick.
8:30 AM • 5/21/25 • 495K Views

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

How is this real life… (I know how. But. Sigh)

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Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Framing is everything. Framing is the story.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Banning books is not about books. Banning books is about the erasure of stories. Banning books is about the erasure of identities. Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism. Silence is complicity. Resist this regime. Resist this regime of monstrous evildoers.

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov

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L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

this is the way! NO KINGS IN BOSTON!

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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/04/2025

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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J Keen @jkeen1213.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Any Democratic politician who doesn't understand Nayib Bukele's grave offense against the sovereignty of the American people and constitutional order and say as much publicly should have no future in elected office. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukel...

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Bukele’s Offense Against the American People

Here’s how I look at today’s White House spectacle. I don’t really...

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The framing from legacy media on the Ms Rachel stuff is insane. Nowhere do they say that these are baseless claims, or that what she said (every child's life is precious and worthy) is not "Hamas propaganda." If u didn't know the background to this story and saw this post, you'd believe their smear

Headline reading Ms. Rachel accused of spreading pro-hamas propaganda

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