In the Name of Allah
Most Gracious-Most Merciful Fawzia Gilani-Williams
Fawzia was born and raised in Walsall, England. She has worked as a teacher for 15 years in public and privates schools in the UK and USA and as at the Adult and Teen Department of Oberlin Public Library. Education: Bachelor of Education, MPhil, and studying for a PhD in Children’s Literature at the University of Worcester, UK. Fawzia is married to an American teacher and they have one daughter.
Fawzia writes, “Most of my writing is influenced by my personal experiences growing up as a Muslim in a non-Muslim society. The “otherization” and invisibility of Islam left an impact on me. I don’t ever recall reading a fictional tale where a character prayed or recited a verse from Qur’an. My stories cover a number of different themes, which try to promote positive attributes like sharing, caring, honesty, faith, friendship, love and kindness. My hope is that some tiny part of my stories might touch the heart of a young reader and reinforce a striving of goodness within that child.”
Memberships
Islamic writers Alliance Inc
Published
Fawzia is the author of 26 children’s books including: Ismat’s Eid, Aminah and Aisha’s Eid Gifts,Celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with Ama Fatima, Eid Kareem Ameer Saab!
