No One Taught Me the Human Side of Islam by Umm Zakiyyah

No One Taught Me the Human Side of Islam by Umm Zakiyyah

They said they could backbite her in public because she was misbehaving in public. They said her mental illness was a Western invention. They said all her problems were because she's an American convert who couldn't get her life together.

In this groundbreaking book about living with mental illness as an American Muslim, internationally acclaimed author Umm Zakiyyah shares the true story of Sakinah The Muslim Hippie who thought she'd found a faith family and loving community after converting to Islam. However, as she lived for years with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, her manic-depressive states led her to be ostracized, confused, and ultimately rejected and alone.

Spoken in the voice of Sakinah herself, this story gives a glimpse into the life of one Muslim woman as she finds her way from the darkness of uncertainty to become a passionate mental health advocate, whose blogs regularly appear on patheos.com and whose insightful perspective has been shared in The Mighty and Teen Vogue.

Zakiyyah, Umm: - Umm Zakiyyah is the bestselling author of the If I Should Speak trilogy, Muslim Girl, His Other Wife, and the self-help books The Abuse of Forgiveness and Reverencing the Wombs That Broke You, written for religious survivors of family abuse. Her novel His Other Wife is now a short film. She writes about the interfaith struggles of Muslims and Christians and the intercultural, spiritual, and moral struggles of Muslims in America. Her work has earned praise from writers, professors, and filmmakers and has been translated into multiple languages. Umm Zakiyyah holds a BA in elementary education and an MA in English language learning. She studied Arabic, Qur'an, Islamic sciences, 'aqeedah, and tafseer in America, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia for more than fifteen years. She currently teaches tajweed (rules of reciting Qur'an) and tafseer in Baltimore, Maryland.

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ISBN 13	9781942985150
ISBN 10	1942985150
Title	No One Taught Me the Human Side of Islam
Author	Umm Zakiyyah
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Al-Walaa Publications
Year published	2018-01-22
Number of pages	112
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