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Even If. by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 7,670. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2017. Categories: Nonfiction » Relationships and Family » Child abuse, Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Islam / Rituals & Practice
A collection of heartfelt reflections from the author’s personal journal, even if offers a glimpse into the painful and confusing world of suffering emotional trauma at the hands of those bound to you by blood and faith.
And Then I Gave Up: Essays About Faith and Spiritual Crisis in Islam by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 20,950. Language: English. Published: March 31, 2017. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Body, mind, & spirit, Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Islam / Sunni
And Then I Gave Up is a collection of some of the most widely read essays on faith and spiritual crisis by Umm Zakiyyah, internationally acclaimed author of If I Should Speak. Of the most famous is “And Then I Gave Up” in which the author reflects on her own spiritual crisis following the death of her younger brother to cancer.
Faith. From the Journal of Umm Zakiyyah by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 25,330. Language: English. Published: January 2, 2017. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Body, mind, & spirit, Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Islam / Rituals & Practice
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."
Broken yet Faithful. From the Journal of Umm Zakiyyah by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 5,670. Language: English. Published: August 23, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Faith, Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Healing
They wanted from me what I could not give. So began the painful battle between my heart and soul, hence the beginning of my emotional breaking. But by God’s mercy, I retained my faith, hence the title Broken yet Faithful. Here I share some of my journal reflections from that difficult time along with abstract art pieces by Cynthia Lyles, which were inspired by my words.
Pain. From the Journal of Umm Zakiyyah by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 25,470. Language: English. Published: May 17, 2016. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Spiritual awakening, Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration
Excerpts from the personal journal of Muslim author Umm Zakiyyah. She says, “Here, I share pieces of my heart... You will see my hurt, anger, and confusion. And prayerfully, my faith. I speak of the deeply personal, the profoundly spiritual, and my sometimes frustrating attempts at making sense of the world around me. Read them as I wrote them. With the heart.”
UZ Short Story Collection by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 22,920. Language: English. Published: January 17, 2016. Categories: Fiction » Religious, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
UZ Short Story Collection is comprised of 10 short stories by Umm Zakiyyah, including 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.
The Day Jessica Left Islam, a Short Story by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 3,920. Language: English. Published: February 2, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
In this short story, 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.
Realities of Submission by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 136,910. Language: English. Published: August 21, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Inspirational, Fiction » Christian » Contemporary
Renee's story tells of a stringent childhood in her father's church and her ultimate submission to the religion of her nature in young adulthood. 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.
A Spiritual Approach to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by
Price: Free! Words: 5,840. Language: English. Published: March 26, 2014. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Diseases / Chronic fatigue syndrome, Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Spiritual awakening
A true account of falling prey to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and achieving a complete recovery in seven years, after the author recognized his struggle with CFS as a spiritual crisis that would lead to a new way of life. The spiritual approach to CFS is offered not as a prescription or panacea, but as a new way of looking at a debilitating illness.
The Serendipitous Sabbatical: Rest in Unexpected Places by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 38,950. Language: English. Published: October 5, 2012. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Life / Personal Growth, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Religion and self-improvement
Serendipity is finding something valuable that you weren't even looking for. In this book, Peggy Wilson tells of her two unplanned sabbaticals, and the surprising things she learned when she dug deeper into the origins and practices of sabbatical rest. Sabbatical is actually God's invention, serendipity is usually God at work, and taking a sabbatical is more possible than most of us believe.
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