Under a Crescent Moon by Julia Juwairiah Simpson-Urr...

She has won a few literary awards, including first place for children's fiction in the Seven Hills Writers’ Contest of the Tallahassee Writers’ Association. Her stories “The Outing” and “Up in Smoke” were broadcast over the BBC World Service and can be found in Under a Crescent Moon: Stories of Arabia, on Amazon and Nook. She wrote for the Saudi Gazette, Arab News, and Riyadh Daily newspapers as well as the English Service of the Saudi Broadcasting System.

There the sea was as warm as the water in a bathtub and the fish could fly. Marrying a Saudi, the author moved to Saudi Arabia for nearly 20 years, writing for the Riyadh Daily, the Arab News, the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi Broadcasting System, English service, and the BBC World Service.Born and raised in California, Julia Simpson-Urrutia studied French in Switzerland and later, at the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies in California, where she met her future husband, a young Saudi.Īfter earning a Master’s degree at SDSU and studies in Arabic and Spanish, she accompanied her husband to Jeddah, a 5,000 year old city by the Red Sea. Simpsonis the author of “A Wicked Wazir,” “ The Jinn in the Clock,” “The Four Daughters of Yusuf the Dairy Farmer,” and “The Princess Who Wanted to be Poor.” She also wrote “Burning Boats: the Birth of Muslim Spain” and “Under a Crescent Moon: Stories of Saudi Arabia.” She converted to Islam at the age of 21, and studied writers Ibn Battuta and Ibn Khaldun under San Diego State University Professor Ross Dunn. Show your love and support for Juwairiah by purchasing her books, leaving positive reviews on Goodreads and Amazon, and share your own appreciation for her work by leaving her a message on her Facebook page! Zainab bint Younus was able to track down the author of the classic books “The Jinn in the Clock” and “A Wicked Wazir,” sharing her own childhood love of these amazing stories and discovering the rich history behind them! Fans of Muslim fiction won’t want to miss this heartwarming interview with one of the most talented Muslim fiction authors of our time.

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Under a Crescent Moon by Julia Juwairiah Simpson-Urr...