Muslim Book Reviewers
Muslim Book Reviewers is a collective of four book reviewers that have joined forces to offer BETA READING and SENSITIVITY READING SERVICES.
As a member of the group, hiring us doesn’t just give you one person’s feedback on your manuscript, you would be getting four experienced, knowledgeable, enthusiastic opinions before you publish.
Beta & Sensitivity Reading
Full reading, critique and/or sensitivity of your pre-published manuscript by the MBR team, with a focus on Islamic values.
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Islamic Consultation
Provides Islamic insight from Sh. Abdul Rahman Chao, a graduate of the Islamic University of Medina.
Cover Reveal
Sharing your upcoming publication’s cover on the MBR and individual team members’ pages to celebrate your new book!
Library Consultation
Learn everything you need to start up your own Islamic library at a masjid, school or elsewhere!
Freelance Editing
Copy editing and critique by
Bint Younus
Muslim Bookstagram Awards
(Annual)
2025 Submissions Closed
We are pleased to collaborate with major publishers, independent publishers, and all those in between.
Who are the MBR members?
Amire Hoxha is a Mechanical Drafter by trade and a reader by heart! She has been reviewing Muslim children’s books for years and in 2025 she published her very first picture book.
Follow her on @muslimkidsbooknook
Shifa Saltagi Safadi is the author of multiple picture books, Amina Banana chapter book series and National Book Award Winner for Kareem between.
She has been an avid book reader as long as she can remember, and in fact graduated with a degree in English literature.
Find her on:
Website: https://shifasafadi.com/
IG: @ShifaSaltagiSafadi
Kirin Nabi is a former Islamic School Librarian who now hosts (often virtual) story times for the local Islamic school as well as for the larger Muslim community at the masjid. She runs an Islamic middle school book club, stewards two little free libraries, and blogs about children’s and YA books by Muslim authors or books containing Muslim characters.
Find her on:
Website: https://islamicschoollibrarian.com/
IG: @islamicschoollibrarian
Zainab bint Younus is a Canadian Muslim woman who writes on Muslim women’s issues, gender related injustice in the Muslim community, and Muslim women in Islamic history. She also provides in-depth book reviews of Muslamic literature on her Instagram account, covering everything from YA and adult fiction, academic treatises, and Islamic religious literature.
Find her on:
IG: @bintyounus
Patreon: patreon.com/bintyounus
More info:
BETA READING:
Beta reading is the final step before publication. Alpha readers read early manuscripts and help shape the formation of the text, the story, the presentation, and the development. Beta readers are the last set of outside eyes (not including the author and publisher) before a book goes for printing. We look for specific errors of continuity, illustration accuracy, illustration and text alignment, target audience reception, and overall specific fixable literary mistakes. Books need to have already been professionally edited before seeking our services.
SENSITIVITY READING:
We also serve as sensitivity readers to help ensure accurate representation, portrayal of
Muslims, Islamic teachings, and some cultural perceptions. Our team specializes in Pakistani, Desi, South African, Albanian, Balkan, Syrian, Middle Eastern, American, and Canadian cultures. We have linguistic knowledge of Arabic, Albanian, Urdu, and English.
Muslim Kids Book Nook 