TEMPE, AZ—The Beautiful Names will have readers losing themselves in the stunning illustrations which vividly depict Africa in all its glory and the lyrical words of each poem of the 20 poems in this beautiful book of poetry. Children will love reading about a little deformed elephant that teaches them about Al Wadud - The Loving, while a new-born baby helps in understanding Al Musawwiru – The Fashioner of Shapes. Readers will learn about the man who killed a hundred people and still found redemption.

South African writer, Saaleha Bhamjee, “I have employed the entire universe to demonstrate in The Beautiful Names the manifestations of 20 of the 99 Names of Allah. Each poem explores a different attribute of Allah, using examples from our everyday lives. The rhyming poems are complimented by stunning full colour illustrations created by the well-known Irish artist, Shirley Gavin. All poems are based on the Qur’an and authentic Hadith.”

“Alhamdulillah! This is awesome! The remedies aimed for the child psyches without and within!”– Shafinaaz Hassim – Author of the best selling book, Daughters Are Diamonds

Saaleha Bhamjee's Bio
Saaleha E. Bhamjee lives in South Africa with her husband and five children. She was a regular columnist for the South African print magazine – The Muslim Woman. Her writings have appeared on Islam Online, An Nisaa magazine, The Straight Path Magazine, Al Qalam newspaper, the New Orleans-based, Iqra, the UK-based, Muslim Weekly, as well as the prestigious literary website, LitNet. Her poetry also appears in the Muslim Voices Poetry Anthology. She worked as a reviewer for the Islamic Poetry Website and was a judge in their Praise The Prophet competition.

Journalists:For interviews with the author email Saaleha at tauheed1creed@yahoo.com and learn more about her work at http://afrocentric-muslimah.blogspot.com

Publisher Contact: Linda D. Delgado, Muslim Writers Publishing, publisher@MuslimWritersPublishing.com

Ordering information for a forthcoming hardcover edition to become available to readers in South Africa will be posted on the author’s blog, Afrocentric, in the near future.