Aya Khalil
@ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social
Author, educator, librarian. Rep’d by Brent Taylor www.ayakhalil.com
Hop in, it's car wash day for Salem and Baba! Through the bubbly rinse and the huffing, puffing dryer, Salem watches in awe as red and blue bubbles blend into purple and yellow and blue foam melts into green. 🫧 Who knew a car wash could be this much fun? 🚗 Preorder today!
DATE: Saturday, July 25, 2026 TIME: 7-9 pm EST Given how Alice Wong's activism helped me to feel pride in my disabled personhood, I am hosting a workshop to celebrate her legacy!🔥🔥🔥 Free sign-up here, if needed!🫂 forms.gle/PTamAHjBDvJu... Monetary contributions welcome, if able!🙏🏾 PayPal @kjagoo
Taking Alice Wong's Advice for Disability Pride
For this Disability Pride month, please join us on Zoom to celebrate the legacy of the late Alice Wong, as we learn together in community!✨
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Are you a writer, author, or scholar based in NYC? New York City deserves the kind of writers and thinkers that only consistently well-funded public libraries can ensure. Help us call on the Mayor and City Council to fund our library systems with our open letter: forms.gle/SvQYwiyiHqXT...
Open letter from NYC based writers, authors, and scholars to the Mayor re: public library budget
NYC Public Library Action Network is asking writers, authors, and scholars based in New York City’s five boroughs to sign on to an open letter to Mayor Mamdani asking him to fulfill the promise he mad...
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Delia Ruiz @aventuras.en.esl@aventurasenesl.bsky.social · 3mo ago⭐️ So you want to write a board book? Come join these award-winning authors for a live class + recording + giveaway! 🎉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @writeloudly.bsky.social @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social
⭐️ So you want to write a board book? Come join these award-winning authors for a live class + recording + giveaway! 🎉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @writeloudly.bsky.social @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social
Caffeine for @newenglandscbwi.bsky.social conference! In meantime, check out my 2 upcoming #webinars! FREE 1 #YA #Thriller w @miasiegert.bsky.social & editor Mallory Kass. AND 2 #writing #boardbooks $29 w @aventurasenesl.bsky.social @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social & Andrea Campos LINK: serarivers.com
📚Are you interested in writing &/or illustrating children's books? Are you a children's book lover? Here are some podcasts about and for kidlit creators that I like to listen to! What are some of your favs? #kidlit #booksforkids #childrensbooks #amwriting #authorlife #podcast #writerscommunity
Listen to These 19 Audiobooks in Honor of Southwest Asian and North African Heritage Month www.slj.com/story/listen...
Listen to These 19 Audiobooks in Honor of Southwest Asian and North African Heritage Month
In addition to being Arab American Heritage Month, April is also SWANA Heritage Month. These audiobook selections include titles by award-winning Daniel Nayeri, Jasmine Warga, Adib Khorram, and more.
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Hey @menapitch.bsky.social participants (& any other aspiring SWANA writers)! I’d love to start a Discord where all of us can chat, talk about our projects, peer review, etc. If you’re interested, interact w/this post! It would be awesome to have a hub where we can all support eachother☺️ #menapit
I am one of the concerned Jewish writers! We were—and remain—concerned that the Jewish Book Council's apparent bias toward centering Israeli & Zionist voices is not only exclusionary but harmful. Thanks to @temim.bsky.social & @emmaceisenberg.bsky.social for organizing. lithub.com/an-open-lett...
An Open Letter to the Jewish Book Council From a Concerned Group of Jewish Writers
Below is an open letter from a group of Jewish authors to the Jewish Book Council (JBC). A group of us—consisting of writers with books eligible for the 2025 National Jewish Book Awards and those w…
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Eid Mubarak! 🌙 Hope everyone who celebrates has a happy Eid. #booksky @faridazaman.bsky.social @zainabzk.bsky.social @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social
With Ramadan ending this week, it's the perfect time to pick up THE NIGHT BEFORE EID! And if you haven't already, be sure to find @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social and Rashin Kheiriyeh's latest picture book, RAMADAN FOR EVERYONE, on shelves now. #RamadanReads
Loving these Ramadan picture books by @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social, Rashin Kheiriyeh, @nadinepresley.bsky.social, & @asmaenayeh.bsky.social! More Book Joy to find through your favorite indie bookstore or library!😍📚💗🎉🌟 #KidLit #Ramadan #BookJoy
THE ARABIC QUILT, AN IMMIGRANT STORY ✍🏻 Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social 🎨 Anait Semirdzhyan 2020, Tilubury House a move: Egypt to 🇺🇸 teasing a quilt 🧵 a poem 📝 a school project 🥰 #immigration #bullied #inclusion #classroom #art #PB
My fellow author friend @nadinepresley.bsky.social and I were on @npr.org yesterday talking about our new Ramadan picture books! Check it out here: www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...
OUR 2026 SCHOLARSHIP WINDOW IS NOW OPEN! Boyds Mills offers scholarships each year thanks to the generous support of our community! Apply now! 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄 January 22 – February 9 Click the link in our bio for all the details!
Happy publication day to RAMADAN FOR EVERYONE: A MUSLIM COMMUNITY STORY by @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social! #TeamTriada #BookSky www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/aya-k...
Icymi, when writers organize, they win. As Writers Against the War on Gaza lifts its PEN America boycott, it looks back at the power of collective pressure, and looks ahead toward the work to come. lithub.com/the-boycott-... writersagainstthewarongaza.com/statements/p...
The boycott of PEN America led by Writers Against the War on Gaza was a success.
On December 31st, 2025, Writers Against the War on Gaza ended their boycott of PEN America, declaring a win in the collective effort of pressure and condemnation that they helped to organize: …as P…
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Hi all I am raising funds for a good friend of mine who is going through a very difficult time. If you can donate any amount, I would be forever grateful. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
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Please help my friend who is going through a difficult situation and is asking for community support and help.
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We got another fantastic trade review! Thank you Booklist. Releases January 27th, 2026 but you can preorder now or request from your library. Please consider preordering from your local independent book stores. For more information: www.ayakhalil.com/ramadan-for-...
Hard to believe Ramadan for Everyone, my tenth book, comes out in just two months! And Ramadan is in less than 100 days! To celebrate its release, I’m offering 30 minutes of a free read aloud of Ramadan for Everyone + q&a to local classrooms/school libraries + virtual sessions if you’re not local!
‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine | Books | The Guardian share.google/R52hQ3vYoUvh...
‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine
Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’
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Me and my friend Erin put together a fun story time and yoga session at our public library the other day. It was actually my first time reading my Hello, Body! books out loud to little ones and they seemed to enjoy it. @barefootbooks.bsky.social @toledolibrary.bsky.social
My reported story about the mental health impacts of book bans has been archived since Verywell Mind reneged on their 2020 Anti-Racism Pledge, but insights from @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social and @becalzada.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social still remain valid! 📚 web.archive.org/web/20231218...
Book Banning is on the Rise—And It Can Look a Lot Like Oppression
This article explores the increase in book bans across the US, and its mental health impacts.
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ACLU@aclu.org · 10mo agoWe have the right to read what we want, no matter what politicians or school officials say. Let us know what your favorite banned book is below. 📚
Tomorrow! Post description: Yoga and story time by yoga teacher Erin, a white woman doing a yoga pose at the library and Aya, an author wearing hijab standing in front of a bookshelf with her books. Monday Oct 6 at sylvania branch library at 10:15 am!
Aya Khalil@ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 11mo agoExcited to do a story time and yoga with my friend Erin at the Toledo Library next month. Check it out if you’re in the area!
We got our first trade review for our picture book, Ramadan for Everyone and it’s a glowing review from Kirkus! Read here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Excited to do a story time and yoga with my friend Erin at the Toledo Library next month. Check it out if you’re in the area!
