Tania Henzell-Thomas discusses the inspiration for her debut sci-fi YA novel, Uroboros: The Circle of Time. Touching on the Quran, hadiths, the climate crisis, and the hope in the next generation of activists.
Since we didn’t get a chance to do any Ramadan workshops this year, we put together this quick 20 minute workshop for you to share with your kids at home. With a story about Prophet Muhammad and a song about
PRESS RELEASE Feb 25, 2019 Uroboros: The Circle of Time – Launch of soulful science-fiction novel portraying ecological rebirth and integration Chickpea Press is launching their first young adult science-fiction novel, a visionary tale of hope, balance, and renewal. Speaking
Get our best-selling Contemplation Cards on the 99 Names of God. In 2017, we created a limited number of these card sets and they sold out within 3 months! We’ve been getting requests to reprint and finally we are at
We are so pleased to be reviewed in RE Today Services, many thanks to editor Lat Blaylock and Fiona Moss for featuring The 99 Names of God. Read the full review below, click to zoom in:
Daniel is in the current issue of Watkins Mind, Body, Spirit magazine, speaking about The 99 Names of God. Get your copy now – also includes the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in 2018! Click below to zoom in
We are thrilled that Stephanie Boyle is doing the 99 Names for 99 days countdown to Ramadan with our book again! You can follow all the creative fun over at her new instagram account, KitabKids. We’ll also be reposting her
Daniel was interviewed by our friends at Sufi Comics about The 99 Names of God and his creative process…
Daniel on teaching our children a holistic Islam, from New Horizons British Islam Conference earlier this year:
Hear Daniel speak about Sufism and Holistic Education at Watkins Bookshop in London on June 29th, 2017
Day 29, Rabia Malik shares al-Ghafur, the Most Forgiving.
We were delighted to encounter mum-of-three, Stephanie aka @moukinina, on instagram, who has been using our book for the 99 day countdown to Ramadan with her eldest child. Stephanie is using a wonderfully creative approach to showcase the beauty and
One of the aims of The 99 Names of God is to help children, parents, and teachers build a spiritual link to the natural world, making us aware that God communicates to us through nature in the most beautiful, awesome, playful, and sublime manner. Young and old are encouraged to see how we learn spiritual and ethical lessons in the natural world, how we are nourished by it inwardly and outwardly, and that outside of the human soul, it is nature that is the ultimate playground for the manifestation of Allah’s Names…
PRESS RELEASE Jan 16, 2017
Chickpea Press is launching a pioneering new children’s educational resource to promote progressive teachings about Islam and Islamic heritage.
The books have finally arrived! And Daniel looks pleased with the finished product…phew!
We hope that all UK pre-orders will be delivered before Christmas – and if you want to order more (or haven’t yet ordered – what?!) then place your orders now!
We look forward to hearing your feedback – please do share a picture when you get your copy!
By the grace of God we have sent the final files to the printer and as we speak our book is being put together! It should be arriving into our distributor’s warehouse the first week of December and from there your pre-ordered copies will make their way to you, arriving hopefully before the Xmas postal dash…
Daniel has finally done it – he’s finished writing and illustrating all 99 Names! The revised book design is also almost complete, and we now just need to have it proofread before we go to print and, God willing, make the books available by early December…
One of my sweetest childhood memories is of my father in his armchair, me in his lap, my two older brothers perched on either arm of the chair. All three of us are listening to him read Winnie-the-Pooh, enchanted because he is barely able to speak from laughter at some Pooh-ism. Passages like this did it for us…
We’ve had a whirl of workshops recently…
It’s really important to us that we have plenty of women’s voices in The 99 Names of Allah. Our aim is to quote from an equal number of male and female saints from the Islamic tradition…
We have had a very busy December so far here at Chickpea Press. At the beginning of the month we visited Aisha Gray Henry of Fons Vitae over in Louisville, Kentucky. Fons Vitae are publishing an Islamic curriculum for children based around the works of Al-Ghazali. This important work introduces children to the beauty of genuine Islam, with a focus on attending to the inner aspect of the heart, on compassion, tolerance and spiritual insight. Check out their Launchgood page and become a part of this amazing project…
We’ve been working with the first of our two young contributors to THE 99 NAMES OF ALLAH recently. Joya Dettman is working with Daniel on developing An Nur: The Light. She had some insightful and illuminating reflections to share. Joya used her prism to help us explore the concept of light and colour. We look forward to putting her thoughts into the book…
We’re excited to offer fun and inspiring tailored workshops based on faith and spirituality that help to build bridges across faith communities…
As we move from summer into autumn we thought it a good time to share another update of the 99 Names project…
We had a wonderful time at the Bradford Literature Festival. The storytelling sessions were kicked off by Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand, author of The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales, a beautiful book that captivated us all (we’ll be hearing more from her soon we hope!). Then we presented stories and songs from Sufi Tales. We had an excellent, engaged audience with children and parents joining in the singing…
We are proud to be supporting the Bradford Literature Festival, taking place from the 15th to the 24th of May. The festival will be celebrating the written and spoken word and showcasing the intimate relationship between words and art forms such as film, theatre and music, set against the city’s distinctive backdrop. With over 150 events featuring world renowned speakers, artists and authors…
Whoo-hoo we made it! Thank you so much for your support in getting us fully funded! What an amazing two months it has been…we are absolutely blown away by the generosity of everyone who has been involved, not just through donations but sharing, sharing, sharing!
We are so excited to be attending Rumi’s Circle event this Saturday with Mahmoud Mostafa who will be speaking about The Spiritual Practice of Rumi! We will be showcasing sample pages from The 99 Names of Allah and answering questions. Join us for wonderful reflections and company – your evening is still free for romantic plans!
The big day is finally here and we are live!
Watch our crowdfunding video and check out all our perks on our Indiegogo page:
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Please help support our bid and share with all your contacts! Thank you!
We’re getting ready to launch our crowdfunding bid to help publish our next book, The 99 Names of Allah! We’re on countdown until January 21st when we will unveil our crowdfunding video with an exciting breakdown of our new book!