Yasmin the Director

About Saadia Faruqi

Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer interfaith activist and cultural sensitivity trainer featured in O The Oprah Magazine. She is the the author of the Yasmin series and also writes middle grade novels such as Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero and other books for children. Saadia is editor-in-chief of Blue Minaret an online magazine of poetry short stories and art. Besides writing books she also loves reading binge-watching her favorite shows and taking naps. She lives in Houston Texas with her family. Hatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator whose work has been featured in multiple publications worldwide. He currently lives in beautiful New Brunswick Canada with his wife son and more pets than people. When he is not dipping cookies in a cup of tea or staring at blank pieces of paper he is usually drawing books. One of the books he illustrated is The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz which won a Newbery Honor and other awards despite Hatems drawings of a farting dragon a two-headed cat and stinky cheese.