My author copies are here!!! Out january 27th www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/aya-k...

Hi all I am raising funds for a good friend of mine who is going through a very difficult time. If you can donate any amount, I would be forever grateful. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

We got another fantastic trade review! Thank you Booklist. Releases January 27th, 2026 but you can preorder now or request from your library. Please consider preordering from your local independent book stores. For more information: www.ayakhalil.com/ramadan-for-...

Hard to believe Ramadan for Everyone, my tenth book, comes out in just two months! And Ramadan is in less than 100 days! To celebrate its release, I’m offering 30 minutes of a free read aloud of Ramadan for Everyone + q&a to local classrooms/school libraries + virtual sessions if you’re not local!

38 and feeling great. 🎂

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine | Books | The Guardian share.google/R52hQ3vYoUvh...

Me and my friend Erin put together a fun story time and yoga session at our public library the other day. It was actually my first time reading my Hello, Body! books out loud to little ones and they seemed to enjoy it. @barefootbooks.bsky.social @toledolibrary.bsky.social

My reported story about the mental health impacts of book bans has been archived since Verywell Mind reneged on their 2020 Anti-Racism Pledge, but insights from @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social and @becalzada.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social still remain valid! 📚 web.archive.org/web/20231218...

Tomorrow! Post description: Yoga and story time by yoga teacher Erin, a white woman doing a yoga pose at the library and Aya, an author wearing hijab standing in front of a bookshelf with her books. Monday Oct 6 at sylvania branch library at 10:15 am!

We got our first trade review for our picture book, Ramadan for Everyone and it’s a glowing review from Kirkus! Read here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Excited to do a story time and yoga with my friend Erin at the Toledo Library next month. Check it out if you’re in the area!

Four months until Ramadan for Everyone comes out! Read about why I wrote it here Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh Published by Little, Brown www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/aya-k...

The We The People Summer Fundraiser has started and I’ve got 3 items up for grabs! I’m offering two 30 min. AMA sessions & a 50-page critique for a MG, YA, or adult fiction manuscript. Be sure to check out and bid on all the amazing items available! www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

Our picture book, Ramadan for Everyone, comes out in five months! Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh. You can preorder from wherever books are sold or request it from your library. Link here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ramadan-fo...

Happy Book Birthday to THE ZOMBEES, written by @justincolonbooks.bsky.social, illustrated by @kalyquarles.bsky.social--a picture book dream team! Don't miss this funny, adorable picture book with a fun unexpected twist and lots of heart at a bookstore near you! Congratulations, Justin and Kaly!

“babies can do a lot with their faces. Color photographs showcase a variety of little ones & their caregivers” in ¡Hola, cara! Hello, Face! by @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social translated to Spanish by Maria A. Pérez in a #bilingual #boardbook from @barefootbooks.bsky.social www.slj.com/story/review...

Educators, you have to resist AI. That includes LLMs for "research" as well as AI classroom assistants. Advocate for admin to spend that money on your classrooms, not by handing it over to some weird tech bro who wants to buy another yacht.

I'm looking for Canadian book reviewers, bloggers, educators or influencers for Simon & Schuster Canada to send review materials for THE PINK PAJAMAS. If you're interested, please leave a comment or send me a DM! #kidlit #canlit #bookstagram #books

Love to see Our World: Egypt part of this wonderful list: www.babygaga.com/best-multicu... @barefootbooks.bsky.social

📚There's a few weeks left to enter your picture book manuscript to our New Voices Award writing contest (deadline 6/30/25)! We're looking for unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time! 💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices

Picked up Jasmine Warga from the airport and we went to Dearborn for dinner and dessert. She was visiting my kids’ school for a school author visit and it was awesome!

I'm thrilled to share that my debut picture book, WHAT IS A TUPI?, will be on shelves in winter 2028! A heartfelt thank you to my amazing agent, Lilly Ghahremani and @metahatem.bsky.social! #PictureBook #KidLit #DebutAuthor #MuslimAmericanVoices #BengaliStories #DiverseBooks #ComingSoon

Happy Book Birthday to this labor of love by @nadinepresley.bsky.social and myself! We had an amazing team working to bring Nadine’s vision to life in the most authentic possible way @harpercollins.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

The Conscious Kid did our cover reveal for #Ramadanforeveryone! Releases Jan 27 from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social & illus. by Rashin Kheiriyeh. It’s filled with joy, love & community. Thank you @btaylorbooks.bsky.social! Preorder a signed copy or learn more here: www.ayakhalil.com/ramadan-for-...

My kids’ school librarian & I are picking up Jasmine Warga from the airport in a few weeks for their school author visit. You better believe I got my car professionally detailed. I was emptying out my car and there’s glitter all over in the back seat amongst other things. 😆🫣

My kids told my mom I made them bagel bites for dinner and now she’s dropped off home-cooked Egyptian dinners two nights in a row 😆

It's time for summer reading and our list is as fun, engaging, diverse and inclusive as ever. #WeAreKidlit @annewynter.bsky.social @sumanaseeboruth.bsky.social @aventurasenesl.bsky.social @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social www.slj.com/story/6-ador...

An Earth Day inspired #MSWL: I would LOVE a book with a beekeeper main character and/or a book about bees 🐝 Fun fact I have a certification in beekeeping and intend to keep bees at some point...!

Wanna come #askkidlit? Because I'd love to answer some pressing publishing questions. If you'd like to message via chat instead to keep it private, just let me know.

Yes I will talk about it soon. I mean I wrote a whole book based on true censorship events, so of course I’ll talk about how I’ve been censored.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan. mondoweiss.net/2025/04/fbi-...

THE BOOK THAT ALMOST RHYMED by @omarabedwrites.bsky.social & @metahatem.bsky.social is the Elementary level selection @neatoday.bsky.social's April #ReadAcrossAmerica! Find out more get ideas on how to bring this hilarious read aloud into your class or library! #EduSky

Imagine being invited to speak about your book about censorship & book banning but then asked not to mention Palestine.

Tonight!! Open to everyone not just educators.

What Heather did with this book is truly magical! ✨

Almost feels like spring. ☀️

K-12 educators, please join me for this online event co-sponsored by the Middle East Outreach Council & The University of Arizona on April 22nd. Register here: cmes.arizona.edu/events/2025-...

Hi Everyone! If you’re in need of a query critique, AMA call, bookmarks or social banners, 50-page critiques, Canva website, or a date-with-a-book, I’m continuing to fundraise here: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction <3 Sandra

K-12 educators, please join me for this online event co-sponsored by the Middle East Outreach Council & The University of Arizona on April 22nd. Register here: cmes.arizona.edu/events/2025-...

Masajid will invite influencer sheikhs & even problematic ones and pay them $$$$ but ask authors to volunteer their time for an author visit 🥲 makes sense.

Now that it’s PW official! I’m so excited to announce that I’ve joined @jenazantian.bsky.social’s wonderful agency as an associate agent 🥰 And yes, I’m open to queries! Please check out my MSWL and submit to me via QueryTracker! www.azantianlitagency.com/about-us/she...

It’s #RightToReadDay. NEW data from @oif.bsky.social shows that 72% of book bans in 2024 were initiated by organized groups and elected officials. We need EVERYONE to #UniteAgainstBookBans & take action against these organized attempts today: uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea... #DrawnToFreedom

I'm not sure which video to post--the fifteen paramedics in their last moments as one of them prays amid gunfire, the journalist being burned alive, the man holding a headless toddler, the people blown into the air, or the young man quietly rocking the shrouded body of a child. It's a genocide.

I had a great time at Westerville Library near Columbus, Ohio area the other day talking about my author journey & reading in honor of Arab American Heritage Month. Thank you for having me!

I don’t art direct comics or graphic novels so I never work with coloring artists but I'm working on a new illustrated chapter book where we'd be repackaging existing grayscale finished art and need to colorize it. If you’re a colorist, please share samples and a link to your folio. No DMs pls. 💙❤️

Friendly reminder to everyone talking shit about 45 tonight, there are infinite ways to be a hater. Leave ableism in the trash where it belongs. If all you can think to use as insults are ableist slurs/insults then sit this out. We (disabled and neurodivergent folks) really do get sick of it.

Thank you New York Public Library for featuring my books for Arab American Heritage Month + some other amazing picture books! www.nypl.org/blog/2024/03...

It’s that time of year again where I feel like I need to hire someone to help me keep track of all of my kids’ end of the year school events 🥹

Happy Birthday to my book baby 🥹💕 📸: @penguinschoollib.bsky.social