Not Now, Noor!

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Nabila Adani lives in Jakarta Indonesia and enjoys illustrating different cultures around the world. Born and raised in Newcastle Upon Tyne and currently residing in Birmingham, Farhana Islam is a Primary School Teacher with a passion for telling stories and empowering diverse voices. She originally studied Industrial Product Design in Bandung Institute of Technology earning her degree in 2013 yet found her way into illustration later in life.

This heart-warming yet funny tale is a celebration of Muslim women, curious children, and family love.

Inspired by the experiences of Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad, this is a beautiful and powerful story about the bond shared between siblings and being proud of yourself and your beliefs. A flowery sentiment, but little Noor and the reader never got the answer as to why Muslim women wear hijab, and I think that it is unfortunate. Noor’s facial expressions, from excitement to dismay, are brilliantly funny and work well alongside the text.

With my own children way past sharing such titles with me, and my own knowledge now quite poor, I have mostly relied on recommendations from my Twitter friends up until now to guide my acquisitions.The biggest question on her mind is why her Ammu (mum) and the other women in her family wear a hijab (headscarf). The illustrations throughout this story are so colourful and vibrant and bring Noor and her family to life through the pages.

Full of curiousity, Noor sets out to find her answer, but her family are all busy and have no time to answer this important question.Just as Noor is ready to give up on her quest, her Ammu arrives home and knows just the thing to say. Yes I know there is a family tree on the inside cover, but at story time, it is cumbersome to flip back and forth. It seems to be a common approach lately, and I wish that more picture books about hijab would clearly articulate that the commandment to cover is in the Quran. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.