Highly recommended new children’s book on the magnificance of God by author Nelly Elmenshawy published by Ihya Publishing.
About the author from Ihya Publishing
Nelly Elmenshawy is an educator turned children’s author. As a mother of five she has years of storytelling experience. Her love for ‘aqida, inspired by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah’s classes, is the motivation behind this book. This is her first book for children. She lives in Pennsylvania, US with her husband and children.
Nimah recently participated at the opening sessions of the first event celeberating International Women’s Day in Dhahran.
Starting with special appreciation to partners and mentors male and female who with the known and unknown pioneering women. The pioneers– beacons and banners who have helped ignite the drive to grow on this journey. A growth on all levels, professional, emotional, spiritual and physical.
Reading two unpublished poems of hers, starting with ” Celebrating Our Lights’ a tribute to pioneers known and unknown. The audience was also engaged in the second poem ” Revolutions and Rising” a highly interactive poem on balance and the possible versus the impossible….
Celebrating Our Lights can be heard at http:// https://soundcloud.com/nimah-nawwab/celebrating-our-lights-poem-on-women
An excerpt of the poem follows
Igniting us and igniting our ancestors
igniting us and igniting our progeny
They are the named above all
the Known and the Unknown,
the recorded and unrecorded
Our treasures beyond perceivable price
here and in the hereafter.
The Blessed
Sittana Maryiam,
Sayyidatina Asia,
Sayyidantuna Khadijah,
Fatimah, Aisha, Safiayyah
Nusaybah, al Khansa
Rabia
Mothers,
Our Mothers of the Spirit…
Now let me sit here, on the threshold of two worlds. Lost in the eloquence of silence.
-Mawlana Rumi
Al Ghazali
The Mysteries of Prayer for Children
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