Yasmin the Zookeeper

About Saadia Faruqi

Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer essayist and interfaith activist. She writes for a number of publications including the Huffington Post and is editor-in-chief of Blue Minaret a magazine for Muslim art poetry and prose. Her adult short story collection Brick Walls: Tales of Hope & Courage from Pakistan was published in 2015. She resides in Houston TX with her husband and children. 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.