Lamya H. is the author of Hijab Butch Blues, published by Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. I am fourteen the year we read Surah Maryam in Quran class.

Surah No. 19 in the Holy Quran – named Surah Maryam – tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. This is the only Surah named after a woman, which shows Mary’s place in Islam. This ...

(Al Qur’an 3:42 – 3:43) The Quran honors Maryam with an entire chapter named after her (Surat Maryam). The holy book also tells the story of her birth and her noble lineage, her upbringing ...