{"id":13461,"date":"2023-02-04T11:03:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T15:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcaf.nb.ca\/?p=13461"},"modified":"2023-02-04T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T18:33:31","slug":"my-name-is-bilaly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcaf.nb.ca\/en\/my-name-is-bilaly\/","title":{"rendered":"My Name is Bilal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Asma Mobin-Uddinn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a family move, Bilal and his sister Ayesha attend a new school where they find out that they may be the only muslim students there. Bilal sees his sister bullied on their first day, so he worries about being teased himself, thinking it might be best if his classments didn&#8217;t know that he is Muslim. Maybe if he tells kids his name is Bill, rather than Bilal, then they will leave him alone. 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That person was another Bilal: Bilal Ibn Rabah. what Bilal learns from the book forms the compelling story of a young boy grappling with his identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Order online:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/My-Name-Bilal-Asma-Mobin-Uddin\/dp\/1590781759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Name is Bilal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From environmentalist and bestselling author Bill McKibben comes a hopeful, inspiring picture book celebrating the power of human cooperation and the beauty of life on Earth, beautifully illustrated by artist Stevie Lewis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-fullwidth.php","format":"image","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-13461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","category-children","tag-anti-racism","post_format-post-format-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - 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