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Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

Ages: 9+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Allida/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-335186-8

Keywords: Historical Fiction-Muslims, Jews, Paris, WWII, Nazis, Resistance, Libraries, Mosques

After the Nazis occupy Paris, Safiyyah, a Muslim girl, becomes involved in her father's resistance work, sheltering Jews in the city's Grand Mosque and helping them escape to safety.