Community Creative Voices
Community Creative Voices is a recently launched CME-US initiative within our Public Commons showcasing creative work from across Muslim communities, including writing, music, visual art, and other forms of artistic expression. This page highlights the many ways individuals share stories, ideas, and experiences through art and creativity.
If you are interested in having your work featured on the Community Creative Voices page, please reach out to [email protected].
Books
Faith’s Love: An American Muslim Love Story
by E.S. Nur
Faith’s Love tells the story of a young woman whose life takes an unexpected turn when she embraces Islam during high school. As she navigates questions of family, identity, loss, and relationships, the novel explores how faith, love, and shared values shape the search for belonging and purpose.
About the Author
An American Muslim convert, E.S. Nur writes fiction inspired by her faith, family, and a passion for interfaith peace-building. Her stories explore American Muslim identity, love, and belonging through a lens of hope and compassion.
Available for purchase on Amazon
Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought
By Han Hsien Liew
Published February 2026
This book analyzes the relationship between political thought, preaching, and emotion through the works of Ibn al-Jawzi in late Abbasid Baghdad. It demonstrates how his ideal of rulership was shaped by pietistic ethics, emotional norms, and reformist aims directed at contemporary rulers. In doing so, it proposes a rethinking of Islamic political thought that moves beyond conventional emphases on order and power.
Available for purchase with Edinburgh University Press
Black Arts, Black Muslims
Islam in the Black Freedom Struggle
by Ellen McLarney
Exploring the intersections of art, religion, and resistance, this book traces how the Black Arts Movement drew on Islamic traditions to reshape Black cultural expression and political thought. Through literature, music, and visual art, it reveals how Black artists engaged Islam as a source of identity, spirituality, and liberation in the struggle for racial justice.
Available for purchase with Columbia University Press