Time to Pray by Maha Addasi

Fri, 01/28/2011 - 2:45pm by Tahira

Maha Addasi elegantly weaves the story of a little girl visiting her grandmother in a country where the Adhan is heard in the streets. The grandmother takes Yasmin shopping for fabric to make a set of prayer clothes and buys her a prayer rug. She watches her Grandmother pray and wants to pray like her. When Yasmin has to go home, she does not want to leave her grandmother and hearing the call to prayer. A surprise gift left in her suitcase by her grandmother brings both her grandmother and prayer near to her. This is an endearing and well written story with both Arabic and English text. Geometric patterns are woven throughout the book giving it a feel of the Middle Eastern culture.