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Saffron Dreams

Although her husband died in the September 11 attack, Arissa is targeted for being Muslim. In this excerpt, she is held up by a group of men who berate her and threaten to kill her until they realize she is pregnant.
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Shaila Abdullah
Grade Level
9-12
Topic
Religion
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Civics
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Identity Justice
July 7, 2014
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Gauri Manglik

Gauri has more than 12 years of experience as a lawyer, and she has practiced law in both India and the United States. In 2015, she chose to follow her passion and left her legal career to start KitaabWorld, an online platform which advocates for representation of South Asian children's literature in the mainstream through curated content. This platform creates context and fosters community. Manglik is also the co-author of Muslims in Story: Expanding Multicultural Understanding Through Children's and YA Literature. The mother of two boys, she is passionate about making South Asian culture fun
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Media Literacy Builds Classroom Community

As I head back to the classroom, I think about the last school year. In the second-to-last week of school, my fifth-grade classroom was 90 degrees, with no air conditioning. My students were sitting together, helping each other, laughing, struggling and having fun. At the beginning of the year, they were unsure of each other. They smiled politely but kept to themselves or the friends they knew and never asked for help. So what had changed?