I’m a recently-on-the-way-to-publishing-author whose book Lailah’s Lunchbox comes out in 2015 via Tilbury House Publishing. I’m an Atlanta based children-family-lifestyle photographer on weekends at ReemFaruqi Photography and a writer at random hours. I started out my blog as a Stay-At-Home-Mom, but I’ve sort of morphed into a Work-Whenever-I-Can-At-Home-Mom lately. I am also a teacher and have taught 2nd grade for 4 years, but am taking a break to mother and explore my creative outlet via the aforementioned 4 P’s. Since Lailah’s Lunchbox got published in 2015, I worked and worked and worked, and finally after 6 long years, 3 books got offers and are being published in 2021, I CAN HELP being one of them The other 2 are my debut middle grade novel in verse, Unsettled, and another picture book, Amira’s Picture Day. Through my art medium of Photos, Pencils, Paint, and Potting soil, I thrive. I am a a doodler any chance I get, a writer in the nights, a photographer on weekends, and a Stay-At-Home-Mom during the week to a preschooler Z and toddler A. Lailah is in a new school in a new country, thousands of miles from her old home, and missing her old. Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story, book written by Reem Faruqi.Reading comprehension, Letter writing skills and inclusive educational activities.Social Justice and Racialized NarrativesMore than ever, the importance of inclusive education is needed to be a part of a daily literacy program. Similarly, when I take a break from the world around me, and take photos, my mind breathes. Lailah is in a new school in a new country, thousands of miles from her old.

When I doodle, whether it be swirls or figurines, I am transformed to a world in which my doodles live, and my thoughts become clear. 1.3K views 1 year ago Lailahs Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story, written by: Reem Faruqi and illustrated by: Lea Lyon. Doodling helps me make sense of the world around me.

Lailah's Lunchbox by Reem Faruqi