Recommended Reading 

Nonfiction

• Three Years in Afghanistan: An American Family's Story of Faith, Endurance, and Love (2016) by Matthew Collins
• ​The God Who Sees: Immigrants, The Bible, and The Journey to Belong (2019) by Karen Gonzalez

• Refugees in America: Stories of Courage, Hope, and Resilience In Their Own Words (2019) by Lee T. Bycel

• City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp

• Assimilate or Go Home: Notes From a Failed Missionary by D.L Mayfield

Fiction

• The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Hosseini

• The Bookseller of Kabul (2004) by Asne Seierstad

• What is the What by Dave Eggers

• Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Young Adult

• The Good Braider by Terry Farish

Children and Young Readers

• This recent NYTimes piece covers children’s stories specifically about Muslim refugees.  

• Publisher's Weekly recommended books for young readers. 

News and other media 

•  Foreign Policy Magazine, Foreign Affairs, The BBC, The Intercept, IRIN News

• The Hundred Year Walk by Dawn Anahid Mackeen 

• West of Kabul, East of New York by Tamim Ansary 

• Who Speaks for Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think by John Esposito

• Why Jesus Crossed the Road by Bruce Main

• The Dangerous Act of Loving your Neighbor 

• Resident Aliens by Stanley Hauerwas