Awards and Achievements

  • Book cover with purple banner reading "Winner," featuring a globe illustration with children, and text indicating it is the best early picture book for ages 4-6, awarded in 2021.

    Muslim Bookstagram Award

    In 2021, The World is Your Masjid won the award for Best Early Picture Book

  • Yellow graphic with bold black handwritten text reading "little rebels award"

    Little Rebels Award

    In October 2024, We Are Here was shortlisted for the Little Rebels Award

  • Book cover titled 'Read for Empathy collection choice 2025' featuring an illustration of a boat on water at sunset with the words 'We are here' written above.

    Read for Empathy Collection 2025

    In February 2025, We Are Here was selected for the Read for Empathy Collection 2025

  • NSK Neustadt Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

    In October 2024, I was delighted to be a member of the jury for the NSK Neustadt Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature in Oklahoma.

  • A framed neon-style cityscape artwork depicting Birmingham, Alabama, with iconic buildings and urban scenery, placed on a black surface along with a book titled 'The Birmingham Art Book' and an open art book showing the same cityscape illustration.

    The Birmingham Art Book

    In July 2022, it was an honour to have one of my illustrations feature in The Birmingham Art Book

  • Book cover titled 'Threads of Palestine Anthology: Weaving Words of Witness', with an illustration of multiple hands reaching upward against a background resembling a flag with green, red, and black colors.

    Threads of Palestine

    In January 2025, I was honoured to have one of my poems selected for this important anthology

  • A young boy with curly hair wearing a yellow jacket and red pants is holding a sign that reads 'Birmingham Boy 1'. He is smiling and standing outside near a brick wall, next to a small illustrated sign of himself with the same text.

    Birmingham Boy - World Book Day 2024

    One of the best things an author could ever hope to see - a child dressing up as a book character!