MUSLIM ADOLESCENTS PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR PARENTS Dr Ekram and Mohamed Rida Beshir

Translated from English by Louise Cloutier Preface by Tariq Ramadan

This work on adolescents is of capital importance because it concerns a period of life during which young people go through crises, question authority and structures and realize themselves in confrontation as much as in dialogue or dialogue. silence. Muslim children are no exception, on the contrary: in families where religion and tradition are important, faced with the challenges of modern life in the West, the period of adolescence is even more difficult, more tense, and sometimes difficult. intense suffering and challenges. By accompanying their children, Ekram and Mohamed Rida Beshir have provided themselves with the means to study child and adolescent development, Islamic principles and the challenges of Western societies. Here they offer us an in-depth reflection, easy to access, accompanied by very practical examples and illustrations which will help parents to better understand and better support their adolescent children. The work is interesting and useful and its lessons valuable.

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Tariq Ramadan

Dr. Ekram Beshir, a physician by profession and specialist in child psychology, helped found two schools in Ottawa, the Rahma School, an Islamic and Arabic weekend school, and the Abraar School, an Islamic school in full-time. She received the Director's Citation Award from the Ottawa-Carleton district in 2000. She is very active within the Muslim community of Ottawa at the level of study circles, camps for children and youth, programs for Muslim women and marital counseling. She has traveled to various countries to present workshops on parenting. She has also written books on teaching Arabic for Muslim children living in non-Arabic speaking countries.

Mohamed Rida Beshir, an engineer by profession at Nortel Networks of Ottawa, Canada, has over 30 years of experience in da'wa (invitation) work in North America and has held various positions within Muslim Students' Association (MSA) and ISNA (Islamic Society of North America), both at the national and local levels. He serves on the committee of Human Concern International (HCI) and is a member of the training and development department of the Muslim American Society (MAS). He regularly lectures at ISNA, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the MSA and the Muslim Arab Youth Association (MAYA). He also works on the development and design of training programs for Muslim communities in North and South America in the areas of time management from an Islamic perspective, strategic planning, tarbiya (education) programs ), etc. He has traveled extensively around the world to participate in various workshops and programs.

Dr. Ekram and Mohamed Rida Beshir are members of the editorial board of The American Muslim magazine and regularly contribute articles to the Parents section. They have also written articles for Islamic Horizons and The Message magazines. Two other of their books have been translated into French: “The art of parenting in the West: an Islamic perspective” and “The guide to happy marriage in Islam”.