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Deep in the Sahara

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“Poetic language, attractive illustrations and a positive message about Islam, with none didacticism: an exquisite combination,” declares Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.

Lalla lives within the Muslim country of Mauritania, and more than anything, she wants to wear a malafa, the colorful cloth Mauritanian women, like her mama and big sister, wear to cover their heads and clothes in public. But it isn’t until Lalla realizes that a malafa is not only worn to turn a woman’s beauty and mystery or to honor tradition—a malafa for faith—that Lalla’s mother concurs to slip a long cloth as blue as the ink within the Koran over Lalla’s head, under her arm, and round and round her body. Then together, they pray.

An writer’s note and thesaurus are included behind the book.


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