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Aisha Saeed, author portrait
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Aisha Saeed

Aisha Saeed (AishaSaeed.com) is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of books for children, including her middle grade novels Omar Rising and Amal Unbound (a New York Times bestseller and Global Read Aloud). Her picture book Bilal Cooks Daal received an APALA honor, and she also wrote the picture books Zuni and the Memory Jar and The Together Tree. Aisha is also a founding member of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books™.  She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family.
The Matchmaker
Zuni and the Memory Jar
Forty Words for Love
Omar Rising
She Persisted: Malala Yousafzai
Diana and the Underworld Odyssey
Diana and the Journey to the Unknown
Diana and the Island of No Return
Amal Unbound
Written in the Stars

Books

The Matchmaker
Zuni and the Memory Jar
Forty Words for Love
Omar Rising
She Persisted: Malala Yousafzai
Diana and the Underworld Odyssey
Diana and the Journey to the Unknown
Diana and the Island of No Return
Amal Unbound
Written in the Stars
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