Teachers' Favorite Books

Here is a list of ISI teachers' favorite fiction and non-fiction books. Why 
not try reading a few yourself? Most may be found in the ISI Library Media 
Center.

Sr. Shahnaz Chowdhury, Assistant Principal
- The Kingdom of Justice: Stories from the life of Umar by Khurram Murad
- My New Boy by Joan Philips
- Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene

Sr. Massouda Ansari, Arabic & Islamiyat Teacher
- Milestone by Sayd Glutb
- Problem of Civilization by Malik Ibn Nabi
- Ar-Raheeq Al-Maktoum by Mubarak Puru

Br. Abdirashid Farah, School Imam
- Quran Tafseeb by Ibn Katheer
- Hadeeth (Saheeh Bukhari) by Imam Bukhari
- Fiqh Sunnah by Sayyid Saabiq
- Du'a (Saheeh Kalim Tayyib) by Albaanee

Br. Bashir Ansari, Arabic Teacher
- Orientalism by Edward Saeed
- Oriental Despotism (author unknown)
- Al-Moqaddemah by Ibn-e Khaldum
- Revival of Islamic Sciences by Ghazali
- Reconstruction of Religious Thought by Iqbal

Sr. Elora Bashir - Pre-K3 Homeroom Teacher
- Yoga Digest (Magazine)
- Health & Fitness (Magazine)
- Architecture Digest (Magazine)
- The Precious Pearls: The Description of the Ten Companions who were Given 
the Glad Tidings of Paradise (author unknown)
- Any religious book

Sr. Erika PerezNegron, Pre-K4A Homeroom Teacher
- Your Erroneous Zone
- Medicine of the Prophet by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawaziyya/Penelope Johnstone 
- Perished Nations by Harun Yahya
- Seven Habits of Successful People by Bilal Phillips
- The World of the Jinn and Devils by Dr. Umar Sulaiman al-Ashqar/Jamaal 
Zarabozo

Sr. Eram Butt, Pre-K4B Homeroom Teacher
- Stories of the Prophets by various authors
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- A Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- The Crayon Box by Michael Letzig

Sr. Brenda Aouda, KG-A Homeroom Teacher
- The Inevitable Journey: Funerals Regulations and Exhortations by Muhammad 
al-Jibaly
- Kindergarten Conference BER by Bureau of Education and Research

Sr. Farzana Islam, KG-B Homeroom Teacher
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise
- No David! by David Shannon
- Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
- From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Sr. Shahina Khan, Preschool Assistant Teacher
- Dark Sunshine by Dorothy Lyons
- Miracles of Qur'an
- Adventures of Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

Sr. Shorouq Husein, 3rd Grade Homeroom Teacher
- The Holy Qur'an
- Frindle by Andrew Clements 
- Stories of the Prophet by various authors
- Any books by Haroun Yahya
- Matilda by Roald Dahl

Sr. Tehmina Khattak - Math Teacher
- The Holy Qur'an
- Time magazine
- National Geographic magazine
- Newsweek magazine
- Parenting
- Readers' Digest

Sr. Ashley Stucki, Social Studies Teacher
- Kitab-ut-Tauheed (Book of Monotheism) by Imam ibn Abdul-Wahhab 
- Critical Study of Shirk (Polytheism) by Imam ibn Abdul-Wahhab
- The Sealed Nectar by Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri
- If I Should Speak by Um Zakiyya
- The Ideal Muslimah by Muhammad Ali Al-Hashimi

Br. Tayseer Nimer, PSIA Coordinator
- The Protocols of Zion by Victor E. Marsden (translator)
- Palestine: Peace not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter


Last Updated: April 9, 2007