Fawzia Gilani-Williams

Fawzia Gilani-Williams is a British scholar of Islamic children's literature. She is also an author of children's literature as 'mirror books', an approach to writing and storytelling that reflects visibility for readers in story. A significant number of her children's books are Islamic adaptations of Western tales, often featuring Muslim characters in caring interaction with each other and with Hebrew or Hindu characters.

Awards

Her children's book Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam, illustrated by Chiara Fedele, received a Sydney Taylor Book Award in 2018 from the Association of Jewish Libraries.

Selected publications

Gilani-Williams, Fawzia.. "The emergence of Western Islamic children’s literature". Mousaion, 34, 113-126.
Gilani-Williams, F.. Islamic critical theory: A tool for emancipatory education. International Journal of Islamic Thought, 5, 16-27.
Gilani, F. & Bigger, S. Muslim Pupils, Children's Fiction and Personal Understanding. Almas International Research Journal of Urdu, 12, 1-9. Print.