S. K. Ali

S. K. Ali is the award-winning author of Saints and Misfits and Love from A to Z and the coeditor of an upcoming Eid anthology. Like Faizah and Asiya, she and her sister visited hijab shops every year before the first day of school to choose their proudest colors.

Books by This Author

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

Drawing of a young girl in a blue hijab that looks like the ocean. A girl in a paper boat is on the ocean.

By: Ibtihaj Muhammad S. K. Ali

Illustrated by: Hatem Aly

Age Level: 6-9

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school -- and two sisters on one's first day of hijab -- by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad.