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Samama Reads
Jul 4, 20221 min read
Finished Writing My First Book
After 3 years of day dreaming, writing, editing, smiling while writing, dreaming some more, struggling even more, I’ve finally,...
Samama Reads
Mar 19, 20222 min read
Book Review for: I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn
I was so sure I was going to love I Love You So Mochi, I just knew it, so what went wrong? This book is about a Japanese-American girl in...
Samama Reads
Mar 15, 20223 min read
Whose fault was it that Devdas and Paro didn’t end up together?
Most of my Asian friends might have seen the movie Devdas starring Shah Rukh Khan, Ashwariya Rai, Madhuri Dixit and a few others. It’s a...
Samama Reads
Mar 14, 20224 min read
Interview with Ruzina Ahad
Ruzina Ahad is the author of Dream, du’a do which is a little light hearted self development book that offers strategies for Muslim women...
Samama Reads
Mar 14, 20223 min read
Where to Start if You Want to Start Reading
What kind of books can kids, teens and adults read if they want to get into reading? We should recommend kids to start reading fiction...
Samama Reads
Feb 10, 20222 min read
Book Review for: Dream, Du'a, Do by Ruzina Ahad
I never mentioned this out loud before, but I really, really wished a book like Dream, Du’a, Do existed for us modern day Muslimahs. My...
Samama Reads
Jan 25, 20222 min read
Book Review for: Shaytan or Nafs: Who is Our Stronger Enemy? by Umm Mohammad
I will cut the chase and tell you, this book motivated me to finally learn to read Arabic so I could read the Holy Quran. I spent years...
Samama Reads
Jan 6, 20222 min read
How to Buddy Read a Book? But Most Importantly, What Does Buddy Reading Mean?
What does buddy reading mean? Buddy reading means: reading the same book with your buddy at the same time, together. The buddy can be...
Samama Reads
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Book Review for: The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary
The Flat Share started in such a boring way - in SUCH A BORING FRICKIN’ WAY, that I wanted to DNF it even before completing the first...
Samama Reads
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Book Review for: The Last Hotel by Joni Scott
The Last Hotel is the first book I ever read that spoke about the pandemic, so when I say I haven’t read anything like this before, I...
Samama Reads
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Book Review for: When The Two Seas Meet by Mumtaz Raffi
The complicated relationship between a mother in-law and a daughter in-law was defined profoundly in this beautiful book called When the...
Samama Reads
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Book Review for: The Secret Life of Dubai’s Street Cats by Bashayer Arif
You can call me dramatic all you want, but The Secret Life of Dubai’s Street Cats really made my heart melt – in a good way. The book...
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