Girls. That is all Zaid has ever known. Some people only have to put up with their mother, maybe girlfriend (the harami's), but for Zaid, he has been blessed with the delights of having 7 sisters who are overbearing and more protective of him than he could ever be of them. However many faults they might have, it's a mutual understanding that they have his best interests at heart; which is why when Zaid goes on a hunt for a wife, the girls take over. Secretly. They can't allow their brother to marry just any girl. The girls have certain expectations and criteria of what any woman needs to be before they can get close to even sniffing Zaid. 1. Loyalty 2. Empathy 3. Have a good sense of humour 4. Elegance 5. Kind Hearted 6. Patience 7. Helpful If any one of these criteria are not met by the woman their brother is looking at as a potential spouse, then the girls go to any means to sabotage the meetings. Will Zaid ever be able to find a woman to marry? ©JaberaRahman 2014

What happens when Alia's family arrange her to a guy she never expected or even knew. Alia is a 16 year old girl who is your typical good girl. She never disobeys her parents, has excellent grades, and help people out that need her help. Alia has always wished for a future husband that will help her go to jannah and love her forever. Ahmed is a very good 17 year old guy, he prays, he fast, and he is very smart, handsome, and respectful. One thing that he believes he can't do, which is fall in love. He never believes in love, as his father abandoned his mother when he was eight. When these two cross each others world, will they love each other, or will this arrangement cause pain for both of them.

She is at the top of her class. He is at the bottom. She is a good girl, who can be bad sometimes. He is a bad boy, who can be good sometimes. She desperately wants something. He has what she wants. Maryam Abdul agrees to tutor the infamous, egotistical Jock, Jesse Owens. So, he can stay on the soccer team and get into the college of his dreams. As they spend more time together, they forget about what happened between they and become great friends. Because, they understand each others troubled families and dark past. But, the unexpected happens and changes everything for Maryam and Jesse. Maryam gets a surprise guest at her doorstep, making her fears turn into a reality. Jesse uncovers the turth about his family's mutil-billion dollar company and leaves for good. Just as Jesse's and Maryam's feelings develop for one another, sometime has to come between them and tear it apart! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © COPYRIGHT CAMEL_DIEM 2015

Maureen had been in the foster system for as long as she could remember and had never known her parents. Living in a girls' home, she was anxious to escape and the opportunity came when she was sixteen. She met half-brothers Matthew and Isa, Matthew a businessman and Isa a rookie cop, the older one without religious guidance and the younger one a Muslim. Without careful consideration, she believed Matthew's words of love and promises and believed he was the answer to her problems. Despite Isa's attempts to save her from the man he knew to be cruel and abusive, she married Matthew and regretted it from their wedding night. Seven years later, Maureen was trapped in an abusive marriage she desperately needed to escape from and had a six-year-old daughter Lana she tried her best to keep out of her husband's way and safe from his wrath. The day his rage reached their daughter, Maureen took the initiative she should have years ago and left him. Aided by Isa, she filed for divorce and started picking up pieces of her life. Months after the divorce from Matthew, she married Isa, accepting the offer of financial stability, a home, and a man to help her raise her child. However, her former marriage had broken her in more ways than one and it was an ongoing struggle not to recoil every time her husband approached and to trust him. However, slowly, both Lana and Maureen learned to trust and Maureen began to see the man she'd married for just security through different eyes and began to see the faith and belief that drove him as her path, too.

I, Ella Rose, has been through hell and back. Though it only gets worst for me when I encounter this magnificent human being, or so it seems, named Evan. Some say that accepting those you've been believed to love is easy. I, however, know that it is a nightmare that is disguised as a dream. Hear my story, about how I bested the devil of love and lived. -I own the words in this book unless stated otherwise-

No matter how close you are to them, there are certain things you just don't say. No matter how lonely you feel, there are certain people you just don't befriend. No matter how much you've fallen, there's always a guy you shouldn't give your heart to... Sadly for me, I learnt the last one only after I had gotten my heart broken. They say that you shouldn't look down upon anyone, or you will be put in their situation and made to experience the crisis. When I was fourteen, I had rolled my eyes at a girl who was sobbing histerically over a guy who liked her best friend. And I was probably paying the price for that now. However, I was trying my best to fit my feet in the shoes I had been given. I was trying and I was managing just fine. What I didn't need was a trouble maker who entered my life without permission. The guy who claimed to be bowled over by me, the one with a broken heart. Little did he know, I had entrusted myself to Al Malik, The Owner of me and my heart. And if he had to reach me, he had to do so by pleasing Allah. Which wasn't possible for a guy like him. Or so I thought.

Two different people are pulled together. One being cynical, stubborn, and coldhearted. The other being loving, gentle, yet stubborn as well. Meet Ahlam Al-Bakry. A woman who was orphaned at a young age, has an optimistic view on the world. Always wishing to have her own family. Also the personal assistant to a multibillionaire CEO. She's always strived to work hard and make a better life for herself. Now Meet Gabriel Marcolini. A coldhearted, arrogant, and a challenging man. He's filthy rich, and doesn't believe in anything. Always demanding, controlling, and a perfectionist and gets what he want no matter what. But what happens when he meets the woman of his dreams. A gentle, caring, and an independent young woman who won't even look at his way. Vowing to make her his, he forgets one simple little detail. She's a Muslim. Will they have their happy ever after or will they be a forgotten history?

My mom tells me to never think about it but how can I not when it's right there infront of me. My dad tells me to forget about it but how can I when it's a part of me. My brother calls it cool and my sister says let it be. They only start understanding though is when their chosen husbands for me...never reply back. Until a quirky, clumsy and not to mention handsome Asher comes along....but in the end we all know, no man wants a woman with a left foot missing.... #thebigmuslimwriterscontest2016 Currently under editing***

The story of two best friends, Noha Ali and Maysa Malik, as they navigate through high school.