How To Raise Proud Black Muslim Kids When Books Don’t Reflect Them

Khadijah VanBrakle is a Black Muslim woman and contemporary young adult author living in the Southwestern United States. Born and raised in Canada to American parents, she writes stories that reflect the dual marginalization of Black American Muslim teens, because for far too long, those voices have been missing from the shelves. Her 2023 debut novel, Fatima Tate Takes The Cake, and her upcoming release, My Perfect Family (out August 26, 2025), center young Muslim girls navigating adolescence while holding space for identity, faith, and family. Her work is published by Holiday House. Learn more at khadijahvanbrakle.com or follow her @khadijahvanbrakle on Instagram.

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How To Raise Proud Black Muslim Kids When Books Don’t Reflect Them is an episode from BackTalk: Successful Black Parenting magazine by J.R. Celeste.

This episode is 00:33:54 long.

This episode was published on Aug 12, 2025.

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