The author promises to revolutionize story telling in this powerful story about three college students, one Christian and the others Muslim, who find themselves unlikely roommates at a small, private American university.

From the author of the internationally acclaimed novel If I Should Speak comes the anxiously awaited sequel. In this deft second book, Umm Zakiyyah again takes us through the lives of Tamika and those who brush her life. Now Muslim, Tamika must face her Christian mother who instilled in her a love for Christ and made church the heartbeat of the family. Torn between her dedication to Islam, the longing of her soul, and her mother, the longing of her heart-her "lifeline," Tamika struggles to find peace somewhere in between. But she finds that something must give. A story of faith,...

Ismael, a 47-year-old biracial son of a white mother and black father, and Sarah, a 49-year-old white daughter of the racist South, have been married 26 years and have accepted Islam together. When Sarah discovers a secret her husbands been hiding, Ismael is torn between the love and security of his marriage and the natural inclinations any man must temper in a world of choices.

As Renee embraces Islam wholeheartedly, the spiritual tranquility of her initial conversion begins to wane as she faces the often painful realities of navigating the terrains of the Muslim experience itself. At times humorous and at times painful, the story incites the familiar questioning of the human soul.

Jessica, an American convert to Islam, attends a dinner party, and the hostess's underhanded scheme and troublesome comments spur Jessica's decision to give up being Muslim. Latifah, an American college student, converts to Islam and makes the decision to wear all black and cover her face. But she faces opposition from where she least expects-from fellow Muslims.

Maryam is the daughter of strict Pakistani-American parents who do not want her around American Muslims. However, they decide to bend their rules to help a divorced American convert to Islam, whose free-spirited daughter Samira is in need of Muslim friends. But when Samira convinces Maryam to disobey their parents, Maryam is worried they may have gone too far. Originally published as A Friendship Promise by Ruby Moore (Umm Zakiyyah)

UZ Short Story Collection is comprised of ten short stories by internationally acclaimed author Umm Zakiyyah, including the newly released The Arranged Marriage: Mohsina, daughter of Muslim immigrants to America, is a college student who is very vocal in her arguments against her professor's anti-Islam rhetoric about Muslim women being forced into unwanted marriages...until her parents try to force her into an unwanted marriage.

In Broken yet Faithful, internationally acclaimed author of If I Should Speak and Pain. From the Journal of Umm Zakiyyah partners with debut artist Cynthia Lyles to create the author's first adult coloring book. Inspired directly by the author's accompanying personal reflections, each art piece captures the depth of emotion penned by Umm Zakiyyah as she traversed one of the most difficult times in her life.

Faith is a collection of excerpts from the journal of Umm Zakiyyah, internationally acclaimed author of If I Should Speak, Muslim Girl, and His Other Wife. She says, "When it comes to faith, I'm still learning. So I claim no authority except that I hope to die with more than a grain of it in my heart. This collection is just a glimpse into my world of hope and confusion as I strive upon that path."

Excerpts:

Courage is the willingness to make mistakes and self-correct, and to do it continuously. Faith is trusting that your Lord will forgive you...

Her mother was raped. This is how Melanie was born. For years, the sight of Melanie's face reminded her mother of the sexual assault, so Melanie herself was verbally and physically abused through childhood. But Melanie's obligation was to love and honor her mother, she told herself. This is what Melanie believed as a Christian, and it's what she believed even more so after converting to Islam.

In the Qur'an, God commanded, "Reverence the wombs that bore you." But what if those wombs broke you, and incited deep emotional trauma? What then?

In this groundbreaking book about...