About Us

Founded in 2021 by Muslim twin sisters in New York City, Shaherazad Shelves is the first Muslim-owned, Muslim-serving trade fiction publisher in the United States. Their goal was to revolutionize the way Muslims appear in literature and media one book at a time. Shaherazad Shelves has since grown to three imprints and publishes books for Muslim children, teens, and adults.

Our Team

Samiha

Publishing Director

Samiha holds an English minor and a bachelor's degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences, and is enrolled in UCLA's Editing and Publishing Certificate program.

She acquires chapter books, middle grade, young adult, and adult fiction across a range of genres. In fiction, she has a soft spot for fantasy, historical fiction, and romance, but wants everything that can count as a "Muslim book."

In nonfiction, she leans toward career-based memoirs and scientific literature.

Read a more detailed MSWL here.

Laura

Illustrator

Laura Vidarte is an illustrator, visual designer, and writer from Colombia. She graduated with honors from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali with a BA in Visual Communication Design.

She can be found on Instagram as @vidartetheartist.

She works closely on book cover design and interior illustrations for children's fiction at the Sorra Books and Shush Books imprints, on a per-project basis.

Some of Laura's gorgeous artwork appears in Love Language and The Library Guardian series.

Asad

Illustrator

Muhammad Asadullah (Asad) is an Indonesian illustrator. He has always loved drawing from a young age because it brings his colorful inner world to the real world.

Asad loves storytelling, and he can now say that becoming a storybook illustrator is one of his dream jobs.

He works closely on book cover design and interior illustrations across all imprints of Shaherazad Shelves on a per-project basis.

Some of Asad's beautiful illustrations can be seen in The Colors of My Sky and Rumana's Rooftop Wonder.

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