Yasmin Mussa

Yasmin Mussa is a contemporary British author and publisher who specializes in Islamic books for the very young, and a co-founder and director of Learning Roots, widely regarded as one of the world's leading Muslim children's publishers. Her warm, rhyming, interactive style has produced a number of best-selling early-years titles. These include "The Way to Jannah," a lift-the-flap book in which a small boy learns the meaning of the Shahada on a journey up a mountain; the board book "Allah Knows All About Me," which gently roots a child's faith in their Creator; "My Touch and Feel Alif Baa Taa," introducing the Arabic letters; and "The ABC of Allah Loves Me." Several titles were produced together with her Learning Roots colleague Zaheer Khatri. Beyond writing, Mussa has a long record in Islamic education stretching across roughly two decades. She founded two Islamic supplementary schools, served as a head of department at several institutions, and helped pioneer an Arabic-language curriculum that has reached children in many countries. She continues to support the wider Islamic education sector through consultancy work. Her books are valued by Muslim parents and teachers for their accessible language, durable formats, and clear grounding of belief, prayer, and the Arabic alphabet in a child's everyday world.