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Hatem Aly

Hatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator whose work has been featured in multiple publications worldwide. He currently lives in beautiful New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife, son, and more pets than people. His illustrated work includes the Newbery Honor winner The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz, The Unicorn Rescue Society series also by Adam Gidwitz with several amazing contributing authors, The Story Pirates book series with Geoff Rodkey and Jacqueline West, early readers series Meet Yasmin with Saadia Faruqi, How to Feed Your Parents by Ryan Miller, and The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed. Hatem has more upcoming books and projects in the works. You can find him online @metahatem.
The Book That Almost Rhymed
Salat in Secret
The Secret of the Himalayas
The Madre de Aguas of Cuba
The Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age
The Story Pirates Present: Digging Up Danger
Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot
The Chupacabras of the Río Grande
The Creature of the Pines
The Basque Dragon
The Inquisitor's Tale

Books

The Book That Almost Rhymed
Salat in Secret
The Secret of the Himalayas
The Madre de Aguas of Cuba
The Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age
The Story Pirates Present: Digging Up Danger
Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot
The Chupacabras of the Río Grande
The Creature of the Pines
The Basque Dragon
The Inquisitor's Tale

Salat in Secret

From the critically acclaimed author of Your Name Is a Song and the bestselling illustrator of The Proudest Blue comes a story about a Muslim boy who receives a salat (prayer) rug on his seventh birthday and becomes empowered about his faith. In this beautiful story of community, family, and acceptance, a boy named Muhammad receives a special salat

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