Under a Crescent Moon by Julia Juwairiah Simpson-Urr...

We have welcomed worldwide members from over 171 countries we are a large international group which spans the globe.ĭiscussions: Bentley leads Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer (Spotlighted Book) and The Federalist Papers is an on-going study. The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodreads and these are some of our Focus Areas. The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread 'Interested in history - then you have found the right group'. Julia's literary works include The Red Sea Bride (aka Sylvia Fowler)and Burning Boats: The Birth of Muslim Spain. She has won a few literary awards, including first place for children's fiction in the Seven Hills Writers’ Contest of the Tallahassee Writers’ Association. Her stories “The Outing” and “Up in Smoke” were broadcast over the BBC World Service and can be found in Under a Crescent Moon: Stories of Arabia, on Amazon and Nook. She wrote for the Saudi Gazette, Arab News, and Riyadh Daily newspapers as well as the English Service of the Saudi Broadcasting System. There the sea was as warm as the water in a bathtub and the fish could fly. She has won a few Born and raised in California, Julia Simpson-Urrutia studied French in Switzerland and later, at the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies in California, where she met her future husband, a young Saudi.Īfter earning a Master’s degree at SDSU and studies in Arabic and Spanish, she accompanied her husband to Jeddah, a 5,000 year old city by the Red Sea.

After earning a Master’s degree at SDSU and studies in Arabic and Spanish, she accompanied her husband to Jeddah, a 5,000 year old city by the Red Sea. Born and raised in California, Julia Simpson-Urrutia studied French in Switzerland and later, at the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies in California, where she met her future husband, a young Saudi.

Under a Crescent Moon by Julia Juwairiah Simpson-Urr...