NEW YORK – As the US marks Black History Month this February, African American Muslims across the country are sharing their best reads as the hashtag #BlackMuslimReads went viral on Twitter.
The #BlackMuslimReads Book Giveaway was launched earlier this month by the NbA Muslims blog in partnership with Djarabi Kitabs Publishing and #MuslimGirlsRead.
“The giveaway will furnish 5 winners with a Fofky’s box full of assorted treats and a book from one of five invited Black Muslim authors,” NbA blog author Layla Abdullah-Poulos wrote.
Join the #BlackMuslimReads giveaway sponsored by @nbamuslims @DjarabiKPub and #MuslimGirlsRead in partnership with @MuslimARC Win a @Fofky_s box of treats and a book by one of these authros: @uzauthor @UmmJuwayriyah1 Papatia Feauxzar @lafsoullo of @haqq_khadijah #Muslimshelfspace pic.twitter.com/0gVHAEC8sJ
— Layla A. Poulos (@LaylaAPoulos) February 1, 2018
What a brilliant thread. Here are some of my favourites. Oh and @aminawadud! #BlackMuslimReads going to write up a reading list from all the books in the thread and share with my Arab Australian Muslim friends and family with a gentle YOU MUST READ OR ELSE pic.twitter.com/dBUOP7GVkA
— Randa Abdel-Fattah (@RandaAFattah) February 7, 2018
We should always be actively dismantling racism by giving up platforms, amplifying voices of the marginalized & directly addressing/combatting injustices we witness.
This month should be no different.#BlackHistoryMonth2018#BlackMuslimHistory #BlackMuslimReads #BeAnAlly
— Sabina Khan-Ibarra (@MuslimahMontage) February 7, 2018
How Muslims should be participating in #BlackHistoryMonth2018 – check out #BlackMuslimReads. Ok you dont even have to be Muslim, just add the book titles shared on the tag to your reading list. Here’s just one: https://t.co/kWJOCJHVIq
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) February 6, 2018
Here are a few of my #BlackMuslimReads can you share some of yours: @Margari_Aziza @Muhammad7Hakeem @DrSuad @msbmack @TinyMuslimah @AuthorKarimahG @lafsoullo @TariqToure @HindMakki @TheMuslimHippie @uzauthor pic.twitter.com/0Bmu7cPGas
— Layla A. Poulos (@LaylaAPoulos) February 5, 2018
My library is in 3 places so just part of my #BlackMuslimReads collection. Titles by @ilyasahShabazz @aminawadud @ibrahimSalih @AliyaKhabir & #MuslimCool missing favs from @jamillahkarim + @DebraMajeed + @PreciousSpeaks + @NadirahAngail #BHM pic.twitter.com/vUhiP2NbU0
— Su’ad Abdul Khabeer (@DrSuad) February 7, 2018
Some of my favourite books about black Muslims in history.#BlackMuslimReads#BlackHistoryMonth @LaylaAPoulos as you requested! pic.twitter.com/09Cqf3Q8eL
— Habeeb Akande (@Habeeb_Akande) February 5, 2018
Here are a few of my #BlackMuslimReads can you share some of yours: @Margari_Aziza @Muhammad7Hakeem @DrSuad @msbmack @TinyMuslimah @AuthorKarimahG @lafsoullo @TariqToure @HindMakki @TheMuslimHippie @uzauthor pic.twitter.com/0Bmu7cPGas
— Layla A. Poulos (@LaylaAPoulos) February 5, 2018
#BlackMuslimReads 3 more including works from our pioneer women: McCloud and Wadud pic.twitter.com/LTnGvZpW5T
— Debra Majeed (@DebraMajeed) February 7, 2018
Before sharing my #BlackMuslimReads, I want to say thank you to @LaylaAPoulos for her all work!
My #BlackMuslimReads starts with the first one I read as a young teen: The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
A PIVOTAL title in everyone’s life. To be reread many times. pic.twitter.com/D6rzJ9QEEX— S. K. Ali: on editing spree, hiatus-tryin’ ✏️? (@SajidahWrites) February 8, 2018
#BlackMuslimReads you need them all y’all pic.twitter.com/hgbDwe8sAW
— We Been Here (@KeiyAlexis) February 5, 2018
#BlackMuslimReads aren’t in a bubble. They reach across social intersections and contribute powerful voices. S/O to all the non-Black Muslims who listen to, absorb and grow from them. @DjarabiKPub @PatheosMuslim @AbtIslamNet @Kube_Publishing @MuslimARC @RadioIslamUSA pic.twitter.com/F1iRs0DcnT
— NbA Muslims (@nbamuslims) February 8, 2018
Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in US history.
Since 1976, every US president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month.
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