What is your favourite part of the Arabian Nights lexicon?  Alchemy? Flying Carpets? A jinni in a lamp?

This blog follows the development and research for the new novel Sulayman and the Green Lamp under construction now.  I wanted to share some of the inspiration and information that went into the new story and ask for feedback from our readers.  Some of you have followed our other books about the adventures of Sulayman and Yusuf in The Tree of Light Series and The Secret Blessing: The Dala’il al Khayrat for Children among others.

Sulayman and the Green Lamp is a fantasy novel that touches on the world of the unseen.  The characters in the story use their knowledge of the sunnah to navigate the adventure and it is our hope that this genre expands and improves in the future as an inspiration for young Muslims and an introduction to others about the Golden Age of Islam.  Please contribute your favourite elements of traditional Arabian Nights culture to our discussion and you may yet see your suggestion in print.