Burhana Islam; illustrated by Reya Ahmed, Deema Alawa, Nabi H. Ali, Saffa Khan, Aaliya Jaleel and Agnia Mardiyah.
London :
Puffin,
2020.
197 pages :
illustrations (colour) ;
26 cm
Author's note -- Dr Hawa Abdi -- Mahershala Ali -- Muhammad Ali -- Rufaida Al-Aslamiyah -- Sala Al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub -- Khawlah Bint Al-Azwar -- Ayuba Suleiman Diallo -- Fatima Al-Fihri -- Dame Zaha Hadid -- Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham -- Zheng He -- Sayyida Al-Hurra -- Nadiya Hussain -- Muhammad Al-Idrisi -- Yusuf Islam a.k.a. Cat Stevens -- Shah Jahan -- Al-Jahiz -- Dr Abdul Kalam -- Noor Inayat Khan -- Pari Khan Khanum -- Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi -- Ibthihaj Muhammad -- Razan Al-Najjar -- Ilhan Omar -- Sultan Razia -- Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi -- G. Willow Wilson -- Malcolm X -- Malala Yousafzai -- Amazing extras! -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- About the artists.
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