W hen we look into ways in which we will be essentially creating a healthy space for our kids to enjoy the essence of Ramadan, watching television becomes essential. I want to share some great picks and programmes which allow you to connect with your kids in this spiritual month, by allowing them to learn about why this month is so precious and how you can make learning about it all the more fun!
Light Upon Light
Complete with stunning origami animation and beautiful Quranic recitation, the series Light Upon Light provides children and their families with a fresh way to engage with the Quran. This series features exquisite recitations of surahs and stories from the Quran, which when blended with a unique animation style offers audiences a new way to revel in the beauty of scripture and gain a closer connection to it.
Zaynab’s Enchanted Scarf
I t’s a bright and colorful series that follows a young American girl on her adventures through time. On her travels, she meets many well-known historical figures, as well as new original characters that teach her valuable lessons about her heritage and Islam. This in turn helps to guide her in real life as well, allowing her to reconnect with her culture and religion through a celebration of black history and the Muslim faces that defined it.
Stories of the Prophet’s Era
Stories of the Prophet’s Era bring together the teaching and morals of Hadith and the Quran in a series in which each episode is concerned with a different moral anecdote. They are narrated by a lowly shepherd, who imparts spiritual wisdom by focusing on the tenets, behaviors and standards of Islam and explaining their significance and meaning in an accessible manner.
Aya and Yusuf
Aya and Yusuf follows two siblings through their lives in the verdant countryside as they learn about the values of Islam. Under the guidance of their parents, and through their lives on the farm, they are taught moral lessons, each one taken from a Quranic verse, which they learn to apply to their daily lives as young Muslims. The value of caring for others and the world around them and finding active ways to approach religious ethics are at the centre of this narrative, culminating in a child-friendly and uncomplicated perspective on Islamic beliefs.
Tale of the Sands
Tale of the Sands is a traditional story that originates from Tunisia and engages with themes of identity and fate. Eleanor Martin performs the short narrative in a celebration of its ancient artistic heritage, with basic props and music employed in a bid to return to traditional oral storytelling and to allow the pure and uncomplicated narrative to resonate more clearly with audiences.
