Our Authors
Our authors include internationally renowned scholars and lecturers, as well as first time authors who have something new and exciting to contribute.
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Marzieh loves the beach, Quran journalling, crafting, traveling, and baking with her kids. But most of all she loves reading, especially the kind of books that have diverse characters and serve as food for the soul! She is also a graduate of the Children’s Book Academy, and runs a Children’s Book Review group on Facebook.
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Fatema Gulamhussein is a mother of four and a Primary School Teacher
Books by the author:
1- Les aventures d’une famille coranique
2- Adventures of a Qur’anic Family
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Shaheen Merali is a mother who live and work in London. Shaheen runs a children’s Islamic library and ‘Buzz Ideazz’. Her previous best selling publications include From Marriage to Parenthood, which she co-wrote with her husband and was published by IEB.
Books by the author:
1- Les aventures d’une famille coranique
2- Adventures of a Qur’anic Family
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Nazmina Dhanji
She’s been heading the department of Arabic Studies at Al-Mahdi Institute in Birmingham for several years, developing curricula in Arabic Language and Grammar, and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.
Books by the author:
1- 50 Qur’anic Comforts for Mums
2- Les aventures d’une famille coranique
3- Adventures of a Qur’anic Family
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Fatema Valji is a full-time mother who enjoys writing reflective poetry when the kids are asleep and all is finally still and quiet. Whilst she began writing poetry as a solitary journey of introspection and self-expression, she soon realised that poetry can be a powerful medium to share ideas, provoke deeper thought and inspire change. Fatema believes that poetic conversations about love, beauty, justice and truth are vital because they resonate across cultural, faith, gender, wealth and other divides, by invoking and navigating our common human conscience and spirit. A passionate lover of language, Fatema is also a freelance editor and organiser of poetry competitions and courses within her faith community.
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Zainab Merchant holds a double degree in Political Science and Homeland Security from Virginia Commonwealth University and has worked in the Non-Profit Sector over the years tackling humanitarian issues globally and domestically. Now she spends her days as a homeschooling-horseriding-political activist-stay-at-home mom and nights as a graduate student in Writing and Literature. She lives in sunny Orlando, Florida with her husband and two spirited little boys.
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Shaykh Habib al-Kadhimi is a contemporary Muslim scholar who resides in Kuwait.
He completed his higher lever studies (bahth al-kharij) in Qom. Some of the teachers from whom he benefitted during his stay there were: Shaykh Mirza Hashim al- Amuli, Shaykh Husayn Wahid al-Khurasani, Sayyid Kadhim al-Husayn al-Ha’iri, Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Bahjat, and Sayyid Abdolkarim Al Kishmiri.
From the moment he began his studies in the seminary, Shaykh Habib al-Kadhimi was active in propagating the religion of Islam. He founded a seminary, Hawzat al-Athar, in Qom and Majma’al-Zahra’ at the shrine of Imam al-Ridha (a) in Mashhad, as well as a website (alseraj.net) and a satellite television channel (al-Ma’aref).
Books by the author:
1-The Illuminating Lantern
A Commentary of the 30th Part of the Holy Qur’an
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Sheikh Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour
Sheikh Bahmanpour is a cleric and a international speaker. His main fields of interest are theology, Islamic mysticism, and Qur’anic sciences and exegeses, including its history and compilation.
He is also interested in the history of Jesus and Mary from an Islamic perspective and has written a screenplay about the life of Mary based on the Islamic sources, which was made into a successful movie. Another of his works on Christian history was the screenplay about The Seven Sleepers of the Cave (Ashab al-Kahf).
Sheikh Bahmanpour is currently working on his new book: Understanding Surah Baqarah
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Islam From The Start is a visionary blog which tracks the learning journey of one creative mother and her son.
They continue to share their journey as we strive together to raise a generation who love, learn and live the teachings of Islam.
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Dr. Mohammad Reza Fakhr-Rohani
Born at Qom, Iran, Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani studied English literature and linguistics at the University of Tehran. In addition to linguistics, linguistic pragmatics, and religio-linguistics, he has been active in teaching, editing, and translating Shi’i Islamic literature from Persian and Arabic into English. He has published many papers and several books, including From Medina to Karbala in the Words of Imam al-Husayn (translation), Devoted to the Truth: Allama Amini, the Author of al-Ghadir, and “Ashura Encyclopedic Dictionary”. He has also translated into English all the pilgrimage-prayers in favor of Imam al-Husayn and his Ashura martyred companions, and the late Ayatollah Khoei’s theological dialectic poem (urjuzah) in favor of Imam Ali. Affiliated with the University of Qom, he also cooperates with several lading Shi’i academic circles and pilgrimage institutions in both Iran and Iraq.
Books by the author:
1- From Medina to Karbala – In The Words of Imam al-Husayn
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Shaykh Jaffer Ladak is an international Islamic speaker. He has studied at Jaami’a Imam as-Sadiq (a) of Ayatollah al-Qazwini and Hawza Imam al-Jawad (a) of Grand Ayatollah Syed Taqi al-Modarresi in holy Kerbala. Shaykh Jaffer’s main areas of interest and study include Qur’anic Commentary, Jurisprudence and History. He was previously the Resident ‘Alim of Hyderi Islamic Centre, London and Hujjat Islamic Centre Stanmore, London.
Books by the author:
1- The Hidden Treasure:
Lady Umm Kulthum, daughter of Imam Ali and Lady Fatima
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Dr Ali Al-Hilli
Scientist by profession with a PhD in computational Biology
He currently works for Public Health England, a UK government body that regulates the spread of infectious diseases in the UK. He is also active in the Islamic community where he has worked extensively with the youth and has set up and been involved in running various youth projects. He always encourages the youth to engage in dialogue and not be afraid in challenging the status quo. He played a vital role in establishing a successful young families initiative that regularly organises Islamic events aimed at couples and their children. Dr Al-Hilli also researchers and lectures in various Islamic topics including worship, theology and social affairs. He has made several media appearances discussing both political and Islamic TV issues. He is also currently studying for a MA in Islamic Studies at the Islamic College, UK.
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