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The Islamic Foundation |
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| Reading and Literature | Tenth Grade |
In keeping with the advanced reading needs of the upper grades, reading selections must begin to become thought provoking and include glimpses of higher concepts and ideas. At this age and above, in non-Muslim schools, the students are reading novels by well known authors, Western classics and contemporary fiction and non-fiction.
| Title | Author | Source | Subject |
| The Hundred Tales of Wisdom | Idries Shah | IBTS | Stories |
| One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe | Beverly Mack | AWAIR | Life of a great Muslim leader, the daughter of Usman Dan Fodio |
| Assemblies of the Al Harriri | Amina Shah | IBTS | Stories |
| The Assembly of the Birds | Fariduddin Attar | Astrolabe | Allegory in poetic format. Forget the Shakespeare! This is a must use book!!! |
| Adhan over Anatolia | Maryam Kazi | IBS | Travel |
| Daughters of Another Path | Carol Amway | IBTS | Conversion stories |
| Thinking About God | Ruqaiyah W. Maqsood | IBTS | Philosophy of Islam |
| Even Angels Ask | Jeffrey Lang | www.astrolabe.com | American and Muslim issues |
| Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa | H.A.R. Gibb | Halalco | Travel stories |
| Tales from the Arabian Nights | Edited by Andrew Lang | Wordsworth Classics. ISBN: 1-85326-114-9 | Although some Muslims frown on this collection, it was standard literature for a thousand years in the Muslim world. Many of the stories are positively delightful. The teacher will choose the good stories and discard the others. Remember, Aladdin and the Lamp and other famous stories come out of this. Find the gems! |
| Jewels of Remembrance | Jalaluddin Rumi translated by K & C Helminski | barnesandnoble | Islamically-oriented poems |
| They Burn the Thistles | Yashar Kemal Translated by Paul Therioux | Great adventure novel set in pre-Attaturk Turkey | |
| Afghan Caravan | Idries and Safia shah | AWAIR | Literature from Afghanistan of the past and present |
| The Ramadan Sonnets | Daniel (Abdal Hayy) Moore | Kazi | Poetry of a high order |
| Sea of Precious Virtues | Various. | Kazi | A Muslim scholar's advice to rulers- compiled in the twelfth century. Better than Machiavelli |
| Kalila and Dimna | trans. by Ramsay Wood | AWAIR | Fables from the Middle East. They are not necessarily Islamically oriented in nature though, |
