#Sufiya Ahmed

[pancreasnostalgia]

Noor-Un-Nissa Inayat Khan, by Sufiya Ahmed. Another true story about a descendant of Indian royalty. Again, doesn’t really fit in with the rest of the series due to Noor’s age.

The back cover would have you believe that Noor was Churchill’s personal spy and that she worked closely with him, but really she was a member of the SOE and so part of a larger network of spies. That being said, the way she is portrayed in this book is questionable. She’s not overly perceptive or discrete, and there are multiple times when she appears to violate the Official Secrets Act.

The cover art makes no sense, as Noor would not have been wearing a WAAF uniform while undercover.

[joelfe]

[neopoint]

uhhh okay i want to get into reading again and i think it'll help me sleep better if i read before bed instead of like watching tik toks so. does anyone have any book recommendations? fiction only please but nonfiction is also okay as long as its not like super wordy or academic (i read enough papers for uni lol).

female authors or authors of colour r always nice! im okay with literally any genre. some of my fave books for reference are the handmaid's tale (margaret atwood), round house (louise erdrich), braiding sweetgrass (robin wall kimmerer), secrets of the henna girl (sufiya ahmed), plain kate (erin bow)

[readleafbooks2022]

【素敵な洋書絵本の紹介】 むかしむかし、黄金の心臓を持つサルがいました。彼女の名前はバンダリ。 森の動物たちは、彼女が黄金の心臓を持っていることを知っていたし、そしてとても優しい心を持っていることも知っていました。 ある日、バンダリのもとに年老いたワニがやってきました。年のせいで狩りもできなく、少し疲れていました。バンダリは彼に甘いスモモを取ってあげました。 それから年老いたワニは毎日来るようになりました。そして、さまざまな物語を語りました。 ある午後、「今日は物語をないから、ランチに来ませんか？」とバンダリを誘いました。 心優しいバンダリは年老いたワニについていくのですが……。 欧米の絵本とはちょっと雰囲気が違う、イラン出身のイラストレーター、レザ・ダルヴァンドさんの美しく独特な色彩の絵本です。 Under the Great Plum Tree (One Story, Many Voices) Contributor(s): Ahmed, Sufiya (Author) , Dalvand, Reza (Illustrator) EAN: 9781910328460 Publisher: Tiny Owl Publishing Binding: Hardcover Pub Date: April 07, 2020 Target Age Group: 04 to 07 Physical Info: 1.02 cms H x 27.69 cms L x 21.84 cms W (0.32 kgs) 32 pages Annotation: A tale of friendship and courage from the Panchatantra, an ancient Indian collection of animal fables dated to 300 BCE. #rezadalvand #readleafbooks #art #本 #本棚 #絵本 #児童書 #絵本屋 #洋書絵本 #絵本が好き #絵本が好きな人と繋がりたい #絵本のある暮らし #芸術 #英語 #イラスト #base #baseec　　 @readleafbooks Webショップで紹介中。プロフィールからぜひどうぞ！ https://www.instagram.com/p/ChmZOWAv2Qz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[booksandwords]

When a woman travels from A to B, she will encounter mad dogs along the route who will bark at her. Some men (and there are many women too) will always shout discouragement to a woman on her path to success. The thing to do is to ignore them. Never stop to reason with a mad dog.

The First Femintst by Sufiya Ahmed (from It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race. Edited by Mariam Khan)

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Under The Great Plum Tree - Sufiya Ahmed, illustrations by Reza Dalvand

Under The Great Plum Tree – Sufiya Ahmed, illustrations by Reza Dalvand

     Under The Great Plum Tree – Sufiya Ahmed, illustrations by Reza Dalvand, Tiny Owl Publishing, 9781910328460, 2020

Format: Hardcover

Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+

Genre: Picture book

 What did you like about the book? I absolutely loved so many things about this book–the wonderful story of true friendship, a testament to the importance of being brave, and the…

[superbmakerzombie]

MORALNO POSRNUĆE OMILJENE SVJETSKE NOBELOVKE Heroina borbe za demokraciju na kraju je - zašutjela

MORALNO POSRNUĆE OMILJENE SVJETSKE NOBELOVKE Heroina borbe za demokraciju na kraju je – zašutjela

Gotovo svi ljudi mogu izdržati nedaće, no ako želite testirati njihov karakter, dajte im moć, rekao je Abraham Lincoln. Nažalost, u današnje vrijeme njegova izjava paše Aung San Suu Kyi poput rukavice”, napisala je književnica Sufiya Ahmed za britanski Independent u osobnom komentaru pod naslovom “Jednom sam Suu Kyi istaknula kao jedan od svojih najvećih uzora – a onda je izdala”. Sufiya Ahmed…

[pancreasnostalgia]

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, by Sufiya Ahmed. Based on the true story of a Punjabi princess who was born and raised in England and became a Suffragette. While there have been true stories in My Story before, this one didn’t really fit in. Primarily because it spans five decades. For about half of the story, Sophia is in her thirties and forties. But despite her age, she does not act maturely. She constantly complains that her royal title prevents her from getting arrested, but doesn’t care when people tell her that her greatest value is in the free publicity she draws.

There are long sections explaining various bits of history, which would have been more appropriate in a historical note rather than the story. Instead of a historical note it had an author’s note, which was not satisfying.

In many ways, my feelings about this book were similar to those from Suffragette.

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top 5 aesthetics & book series :))

*books/book series i mean! 

oooh this is fun to think about thank you sm ^_^ in no particular order bc i’m way too indecisive for that:

top 5 aesthetics: 

pastels

decora

yumekawaii

farm/cottagecore

old web

top 5 books/book series:

braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer - i literally recommend this book to everyone it’s beautifully written and changed my worldview

plain kate by erin bow

the percy jackson series (pls dont give me grief for this i read it when i was younger and they were so funny LOL)

the handmaid’s tale by margaret atwood

secrets of the henna girl by sufiya ahmed