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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🔪EVERYONE HERE IS LYING x HUNTING WIVES🔪 This suburban thriller with a young couple who move into their HOA dream home but if they want the perks/connections, they have to “pay their dues” and cover up the crimes of neighbors or risk being the next death on the agenda. #dvpit #mv #thriller #a

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Keke Davis, MLS✨ @literarykey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When life suddenly changes, you don't walk away; you adapt. Inspired by a true story, two young girls navigate their friendship when one is diagnosed with heart failure. Our New Way to Play is a sweet picture book about Black girlhood and unconditional love. #DVparty

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

it‘s the perfect day to start voting them out.

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Favorite time of year! #minnesotastatefair Afro deli was the best! 4-h shows always are awesome!

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🤩Why I loved this book? 🧕🏻It felt like a book for Muslims, not about Muslims. 🕋There are no *unwanted* surprises. (Meaning, as a Muslim, I want to feel respected, not compromised) 🤲 Muslim representation! 📝The prose. The author’s writing is comfortable, and easy. #muslimbooks #autumnallen

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Been watching the World Cup with young people? Keep the conversation going with picture and chapter books about soccer and more sports. Find recommended titles from @teachingchange.bsky.social's Social Justice Books, here: www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/sp... (Filter by reading level.)

Covers of picture and chapter books for young people about sports.

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Viola Davis and Lavaille Lavette Join Forces for Middle Grade Novel ‘Girl, I Think My Grandma’s a Spy’ | People

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Hyphen @hyphenonline.com · 07/07/2026

Three students at a school in Luton have become self-published novelists while juggling schoolwork and exams. Their books explore fantasy, psychological mystery and coming-of-age fiction. hyphenonline.com/2026/07/07/luton-s…

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Three girls from one Luton school become self-published novelists - Hyphen

Hamidah Odunuga, Ghania Kashaff and Iqrah Imaan Imran from Challney High School for Girls want to show other Muslim girls what’s possible

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

👋Salaams! I wanted to introduce myself to my new friends! I’m Kristen Kareem! 🧕🏻a Muslim convert 📚Homeschool educator 📚Book reviewer ✍🏻 I write Muslim fantasy and historical fantasy 📚 I am passionate about read-alouds, literature-based curriculum and books for Muslim kids

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EdEquity Collective @edequitykc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Thank you for an amazing Children’s Peace Parade Moms Rage KC and thank you Zinn Education Project for the Banned Books and more for our table! Kids decorated bookmarks and loved our stickers, buttons and display @zinnedproject.bsky.social

Two education advocates by a table decorated with banned books, bookmarks, stickers, Palestinian flags and more

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🧕🏻💕💕💕💕Eid al Adha is my hijab-anniversary! It was a special khutbah about sacrifice and it tugged at my heart and I’ve never looked back. I’d love to hear about other people’s hijab stories. When did you first start wearing it and why? 💕💕💕🧕🏻 #hijab

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“Evocative detail surrounding the blues, voodoo, and historically Black locales add texture” to Tiffany D. Jackson’s “cerebral” middle grade mystery GHOST IN THE NIGHT

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Ghost in the Night by Tiffany D Jackson

Ghost hunting antics unexpectedly send three Black youths on a murder investigation across a heart-pounding adventure from Jacks...

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

★ Debut author Christine Hartman Derr presents “a gentle, uplifting portrait of a tween seeking and finding support” in her “cozy, lived-in” middle grade fantasy novel RAVEN, RISING

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Raven, Rising by Christine Hartman Derr

Cherokee Nation citizen Derr makes her debut in this cozy, lived-in fantasy novel about a magical tween baker healing from loss....

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

What a beautiful sight! You have all helped me keep bread in my table, and make a home to welcome the next generation of Palestinian SFF writers. Thank you so much! www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

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Thyme Travellers 2

An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Hamidreza Afrideh, a composer and kamancheh player, sits on the ruins of his music school and says: "I wanted the last sound that remains here to be music, not bombs and missiles" m.youtube.com/shorts/ib5Pw... My heart is 💔😢

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Music vs. Bombs: An Artist's Final Goodbye to His Classroom 🇮🇷 @LostMelodies111 #ytshorts

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Fav resources! -Save the Cat! Writes Horror -27 Essential Principles of Story #revpit #revpitwaiting

Fav resources! Pics of
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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Shout-out to CP buddies: 🤩 Zahra (teacher and writer and sometimes travel buddy see pic below) 🥰 Noha (also teacher and writer) 😍 Ayah (also teacher and writer, plus historian) #revpit #revpitwaiting

My cp buddy overlooking the Alps and watching paragliders.

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Not a novelist but...a storyteller and filmmaker... -Korede Azeez, who directed: With Difficulty Comes Ease and It Blooms in June. Those stories just hit me hard and make me cry. I look forward to any future stories of hers. Also: -Rumi -Rabia Basri (female poet) #revpit #repitwaiting

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I grew up on a hobby farm, and I'm still recovering from all the pets we had: 🦃turkeys 🦆ducks 🐔chickens 🐈cats 🐶dogs 🐎horses 🐮a cow 🐢turtles 🐟fish 🐈I don't have any pets now, but this is one of my favorite little barn kitten I loved growing up🐈 #revpit #revpitwaiting

A little kitten climbing of a fence-line on a farm.

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

My favorite is the one I reread every year which is: ❄️Into Thin Air ❄️ 🥹💔I also love middle grade books because they are always heartfelt and tear jerkers and they are more emotionally powerful than people think(esp ones about diverse kids. They are so well written) 🥹💔 #revpit #revpitwaiting

Fav books: Merci Suarez, Into Thin Air, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Midnight Library, Bud, Not Buddy, Bronze and Sunflower, The Heart of thr Sea

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Ramadan reads💕 happily checking out of dunya (this world) for next month for my yearly reset. love and peace and prayers to all 💕💕💕

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

“I want readers to understand that these are bad people, but bad people who were led in this direction by a myriad of factors”: L.S. Stratton on how her time as a crime reporter helped her write complex characters in her debut YA novel, ‘Sundown Girls’ buff.ly/rdIWDHW

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

✨I feel like every few years I have to remind people you cannot burn a Quran. Quran means “recitation.” It is the oral scripture, the divine words of God, the verbal revelation. You can’t burn spoken speech. It’s physically impossible. The Mushaf is the written form.✨

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

👑 This girl is still my queen 👑

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Happy Muslim American Heritage Month! Here is a quick little page of my top books to read for this month📚 #muslimsinamerica #muslimamericanhertiagemonth #muslimamericanreads

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 16/11/2025

18 picture books with South Asian characters✨ These fantastic books celebrate South Asian families and culture – and everyone can enjoy reading them together. Explore the list 📚 bit.ly/4oBkM8n

A collection of colourful book covers. The text reads picture books featuring South Asian characters.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Here’s your first look at IN THE COUNTRY I LOVE by Alaa Al-Barkawi, a heartrending debut about two Iraqi American best friends confront who dark truths about their families in the wake of a devastating crime. Forthcoming from Peachtree Teen on May 26th, 2026! ✨ bit.ly/InTheCountryI...

Promotional graphic with an ombre background that transitions from dark purple to orange. The graphic shows a mock-up book cover for “In the Country I Love” by Alaa Al-Barkawi, a young adult book forthcoming from PeachTree Teen on May 26th, 2026. The cover illustration depicts houses along a suburban street and figures on the street appearing to walk towards a Shia Muslim religious building off in the distance. At the top of the graphic is the book’s release date in bold, white letters and at the bottom is the book’s official tagline: “Two Iraqi American best friends confront dark truths about their families in the wake of a devastating crime in this heartrending YA debut.”

Promotional graphic with an ombre background that transitions from dark purple to orange. The graphic contains a synopsis for “In the Country I Love” by Alaa Al-Barkawi, which reads in part: “Two Iraqi American best friends—a struggling teen father and the community’s golden boy—confront dark truths about their families in the wake of a devastating crime in this heartrending YA debut. As a seventeen-year-old single dad and a soon-to-be high school drop-out, Yassir Al-Azzawi’s lapsed Shia faith is just another thing convincing his parents he’s a failure. One more mistake, and they’ll send him back to their homeland, a war-torn Iraq. Khaled Al-Hakim is perfect on paper: devout in his faith, a straight-A student, and captain of the debate team. But beneath the surface, Khaled is no saint either, and his worst sin yet is ignoring his parents’ command to stay away from Yassir.”

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Loretta Chefchaouni @writerlyme.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I'm thrilled and honored to share that The Lustrous Dark is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!!!!🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨ This sticker is dedicated to little Loretta who always rode her bike to the library and came home with plastic bags bulging with books hanging from the handlebars!💜🥹😭

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Muslim Writers Pitch Event @muslimpit.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

In Western literature, Muslims have a history of being represented inaccurately or pushed to secondary roles. #MuslimPit is all about promoting ethical literary representation where Muslims can become the heroes of their own stories.

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I wasn‘t sure if there was a Muslim writer and author starter pack so I started one. I’m kinda shy to invite people so please just ask to join if interested.

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This is a very cool and creative! 👻✨

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Kristen M. Kareem @kristenmkareem.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Cool curriculum about early Muslims in the US. Also all the curriculum by Hidden Voices is very top notch. They cover Asian Americans, Latines, etc.. Here is other link : sites.google.com/schools.nyc....

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NYC Social Studies & Civics Hub - Hidden Voices

Hidden Voices

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