{"id":18442,"date":"2024-07-27T18:55:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T22:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=18442"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T20:43:27","slug":"maidah-ahmad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/maidah-ahmad\/","title":{"rendered":"Maidah Ahmad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Maidah Ahmad is a British Canadian author and educator who was born and raised in London, UK but now lives in Barrie, Ontario. Ahmad earned a graduate degree in Political Science from the University of London and worked briefly with the foreign office of the UK Government. Ahmad&#8217;s parents are from Pakistan and her grandparents are from India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/01\/Muhammads-Recipe-for-Remembering-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19558 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/01\/Muhammads-Recipe-for-Remembering-book-cover.jpg 177w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/01\/Muhammads-Recipe-for-Remembering-book-cover-122x150.jpg 122w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 177px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 177\/218;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Juvenile, Picture book)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Muhammad&#8217;s Recipe for Remembering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Illustrated by Shruti Prabhu.<br>Toronto: Annick Press, 2024.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01OCUL_TMU\/1pfebod\/alma991014609366308636\">PZ7.1.A46 M84 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Muhammad wants to take part in his school\u2019s assembly to honor veterans, but no one in his community, let alone his family, has been involved in the World Wars . . . have they? After discussions with his family and elders at his mosque, Muhammad starts to piece together his family\u2019s lost history, and realizes that you don\u2019t need a trophy or medal to remember those you\u2019ve lost\u2013it can be as simple as sharing a piece of roti.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maidah Ahmad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maidah.ca\/\">personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annickpress.com\/\">Annick Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maidah Ahmad is a British Canadian author and educator who was born and raised in London, UK but now lives in Barrie, Ontario. 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