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Celebrate Fall with Staff Recommended Reads

Celebrate October at the library with great staff picks from our collections. Discover female-forward literature in honour of Women's History Month; check out books with autistic representation for Autism Awareness Month, and explore the Islamic Heritage reading list for films, novels and more. 

Female-Forward Literature

Becoming A Matriarch cover

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Becoming A Matriarch

Knott, Helen

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Pay up cover

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Pay up

Saujani, Reshma

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Feminism Beyond Left and… cover

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Feminism Beyond Left and…

Lawford-Smith, Holly

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Our Brave Foremothers cover

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Our Brave Foremothers

Kennedy, Rozella

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Take Back your Brain cover

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Take Back your Brain

Loewentheil, Kara

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The Book Club for… cover

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The Book Club for…

Bostwick, Marie

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Not on Display cover

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Not on Display

Zelba

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Thirst cover

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Thirst

Yuszczuk, Marina

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Uncredited cover

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Uncredited

Tyra, Allison

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Sisters With Transistors cover

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Sisters With Transistors

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Making Space for Indigenous… cover

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Making Space for Indigenous…

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Fetishized cover

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Fetishized

Yu, Kaila

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No Straight Road Takes You… cover

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No Straight Road Takes You…

Solnit, Rebecca

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Girl on Girl cover

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Girl on Girl

Gilbert, Sophie

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Fly With Me cover

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Fly With Me

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After the Miracle cover

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After the Miracle

Wallace, Max

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We Have Always Been Here cover

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We Have Always Been Here

Habib, Samra

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Being Heumann cover

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Being Heumann

Heumann, Judith E.

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The Movement cover

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The Movement

Bingham, Clara

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On Sex and Gender cover

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On Sex and Gender

Coleman, Doriane Lambelet

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Women Money Power cover

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Women Money Power

Cox, Josie

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Breaking Free cover

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Breaking Free

Bianco, Marcie

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Femina cover

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Femina

Ramirez, Janina

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A History of Women in 101… cover

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A History of Women in 101…

Hirsch, Annabelle

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Mother Tongue cover

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Mother Tongue

Nuttall, Jennifer Anne

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Stuff Mom Never Told You cover

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Stuff Mom Never Told You

Reese, Anney

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World War 3 Illustrated cover

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World War 3 Illustrated

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The Business of Birth… cover

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The Business of Birth…

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Financial Feminist cover

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Financial Feminist

Dunlap, Tori

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In Defense of Witches cover

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In Defense of Witches

Chollet, Mona

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Warrior Queens & Quiet… cover

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Warrior Queens & Quiet…

Mosse, Kate

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Demanding Equality cover

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Demanding Equality

Sangster, Joan

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Difficult Women cover

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Difficult Women

Lewis, Helen

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How to Raise A Feminist Son cover

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How to Raise A Feminist Son

Jha, Sonora

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About the Little Ones cover

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About the Little Ones

Jusseret, Zoé

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Beyond the Glittering World cover

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Beyond the Glittering World

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A Room of One's Own cover

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A Room of One's Own

Woolf, Virginia

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Sweet Fury cover

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Sweet Fury

Bischoff, Sash

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Furies cover

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Furies

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Her Lost Words cover

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Her Lost Words

Thornton, Stephanie

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Yours for the Taking cover

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Yours for the Taking

Korn, Gabrielle

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Movements and Moments cover

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Movements and Moments

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No Surrender cover

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No Surrender

Rickard, Sophie

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The Yellow Wallpaper cover

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The Yellow Wallpaper

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

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Radioactive cover

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Radioactive

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The cave cover

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The cave

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City Dreamers cover

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City Dreamers

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Groundbreakers cover

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Groundbreakers

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Take the Ice cover

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Take the Ice

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Scandalous Women cover

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Scandalous Women

Paul, Gill

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What Wild Women Do cover

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What Wild Women Do

Brown, Karma

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Islamic Heritage Reading List

Her First Palestinian cover

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Her First Palestinian

Teebi, Saeed

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The Beauty of Us cover

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The Beauty of Us

Doctor, Farzana

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The Last One cover

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The Last One

Daas, Fatima

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Praying to the West cover

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Praying to the West

Mouallem, Omar

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The Life of the Qurʼan cover

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The Life of the Qurʼan

Jebara, Mohamad

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Rooza cover

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Rooza

Hussain, Nadiya

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We Have Always Been Here cover

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We Have Always Been Here

Habib, Samra

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Paradise Gardens cover

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Paradise Gardens

Don, Monty

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Four daughters cover

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Four daughters

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Iran in Revolt cover

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Iran in Revolt

Dabashi, Hamid

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Brown cover

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Brown

Al-Solaylee, Kamal

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If an Egyptian Cannot Speak… cover

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If an Egyptian Cannot Speak…

Naga, Noor

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Jameela Green Ruins… cover

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Jameela Green Ruins…

Nawaz, Zarqa

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Muslims and the Making of… cover

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Muslims and the Making of…

Greble, Emily

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Iran's Quiet Revolution cover

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Iran's Quiet Revolution

Mirsepassi, Ali

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Feast cover

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Feast

Helou, Anissa

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The Islamic Enlightenment cover

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The Islamic Enlightenment

De Bellaigue, Christopher

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Desified cover

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Desified

Din, Zaynah

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Paths Made by Walking cover

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Paths Made by Walking

Tawasil, Amina

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The Ramadan Cookbook cover

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The Ramadan Cookbook

Karolia, Anisa

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We Iranian Women cover

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We Iranian Women

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Jihad cover

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Jihad

Afsaruddin, Asma

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Secrets of Divine Love cover

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Secrets of Divine Love

Helwa, A.

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Women and Gender in Islam cover

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Women and Gender in Islam

Ahmed, Leila

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A Treasury of Rumi cover

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A Treasury of Rumi

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī

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The Islam Book cover

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The Islam Book

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Muhammad cover

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Muhammad

Cole, Juan Ricardo

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Shariah cover

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Shariah

Esposito, John L.

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Al-Kindi cover

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Al-Kindi

Lim, Bridget

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Albucasis (Abu Al-Qasim Al… cover

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Albucasis (Abu Al-Qasim Al…

Lim, Bridget

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How to Be A Muslim cover

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How to Be A Muslim

Moghul, Haroon

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Traces of Words cover

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Traces of Words

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Hijab Butch Blues cover

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Hijab Butch Blues

H, Lamya

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Temple Folk cover

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Temple Folk

Bilal, Aaliyah

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Sultana's Dream and Padmarag cover

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Sultana's Dream and Padmarag

Rokeẏā

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The Beauty of your Face cover

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The Beauty of your Face

Mustafah, Sahar

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That Can Be Arranged cover

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That Can Be Arranged

Fahmy, Huda

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Love from A to Z cover

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Love from A to Z

Ali, S. K.

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The Youth of God cover

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The Youth of God

Santur, Hassan Ghedi

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Saints and Misfits cover

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Saints and Misfits

Ali, S. K.

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Al-Khwarizmi cover

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Al-Khwarizmi

Lim, Bridget

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Timbuktu cover

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Timbuktu

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This Arab Is Queer cover

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This Arab Is Queer

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You Still Look the Same cover

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You Still Look the Same

Doctor, Farzana

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Salaam, With Love cover

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Salaam, With Love

Beg, Sara Sharaf

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Hana Khan Carries On cover

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Hana Khan Carries On

Jalaluddin, Uzma

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Much Ado About Nada cover

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Much Ado About Nada

Jalaluddin, Uzma

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The Mis-arrangement of Sana… cover

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The Mis-arrangement of Sana…

Mughees, Noreen

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Three Holidays and a Wedding cover

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Three Holidays and a Wedding

Jalaluddin, Uzma

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As Long as the Lemon Trees… cover

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As Long as the Lemon Trees…

Katouh, Zoulfa

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The runner cover

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The runner

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Fremont cover

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Fremont

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Sirens cover

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Sirens

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