

(2020) Adapting fairy tales through an Islamic lens: a study of Gilani-Williams’ Cinderella: an Islamic tale. Almas International Research Journal of Urdu, 12, 1-9.

(2010) Muslim Pupils, Children's Fiction and Personal Understanding. International Journal of Islamic Thought, 5, 16-27. Islamic critical theory: A tool for emancipatory education. "The emergence of Western Islamic children’s literature". Her children's book Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam, illustrated by Chiara Fedele, received a Sydney Taylor Silver Medalist Award in 2018 from the Association of Jewish Libraries. A signifcant number of her children's books are Islamic adaptations of Western tales, such as Cinderella, often featuring Muslim characters in caring interaction with each other and with Hebrew or Hindu characters. Fawzia Gilani-Williams (MPhil Birmingham PhD Worcester) is a British scholar of Islamic children's literature She is also an author of children's literature as 'mirror books', an approach to writing and storytelling that reflects visibility for readers in story.
