Bonnie's Books

Islam: A Concise Introduction ~ by Huston Smith, 2001 I read this book for two challenges:  the World Religion Challenge and the Middle Ea...

Photo taken by Helen on a visit to Oman Helen of Helen's Book Blog started the Middle East Reading Challenge when I was unable to p...

This one is unfortunately a true story, written by a brave little girl (with the help of Delphine Minoui).  Nujood had the courage to show...

Mary Magdalene by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, c. 1860 The Jerusalem Scrolls is a novel by Bodie and Brock Thoene that I picked up...

Bonnie was reading a book the other day called Barefoot in Baghdad , and that got me to thinking.  I go barefooted all the time, but it woul...

Baghdad, 2003 While reading Barefoot in Baghdad , I wondered how Manal Omar could be so naive about the dangers when she first determined...

"Throughout my childhood I struggled to answer the simplest of questions: where are you from? I was born in Saudi Arabia to Palestinia...