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If I Should Speak

by Umm Zakiyyah · 2001

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Now in its second printing, If I Should Speakhas changed the face of spiritual writing forever. Months after it was released, it quickly became a bestseller. Used in college classrooms and in book clubs, readers express the profound impact the story has had on their lives.

Themes
islamreligion
Setting
2000s
Audience
adult
Length
short · 198 pages

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