Journey of the Midnight Sun

By Shazia Afzal, Aliya Ghare (Illustrator)

A mosque's epic journey to the Arctic tests faith and unity against nature's challenges.

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32 pages

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Bookroo's summary

In 2010, a Winnipeg charity embarks on a daring mission to deliver a mosque to Inuvik, a remote Arctic town. Facing treacherous weather, incomplete roads, and a tight deadline, the community's dream hangs in the balance. Will they overcome these obstacles to create a beacon of multicultural unity in one of the world's northernmost regions? This true story captures the spirit of cooperation and resilience, as diverse people unite to achieve the impossible.

From the publisher

This is the true story of the journey of the Midnight Sun Mosque. In 2010 a Winnipeg-based charity raised funds to build and ship a mosque to Inuvik, one of the most northern towns in Canada’s Arctic. A small but growing Muslim community there had been using a cramped trailer for their services, but there just wasn’t enough space. The mosque travelled over 4,000 kilometers on a journey fraught with poor weather, incomplete bridges, narrow roads, low traffic wires and a deadline to get on the last barge heading up the Mackenzie River before the first winter freeze. But it made it just in time and is now one of the most northern mosques in the world. This beautiful picture book reminds us that the collective dream of fostering a multicultural and tolerant Canada exists and that people of all backgrounds will come together to build bridges and overcome obstacles for the greater good of their neighbors.

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