The Jiu-Jitsu Ponytail

Beautifully illustrated children’s book by @MirKhalidAli about seven-year-old Noor, her mischievous ponytail & her “Baba." Order now at

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@anndreasearby @quadri_huma @rennellredhawks What a lovely “Noor”! 😍 Thanks for sharing this precious photo!

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@quadri_huma @CFISD_ELAR2_5 @rennellredhawks @mirkhalidali So awesome!!! Love it! 😍😍

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Had a really fun time at #thejiujitsuponytail book reading & signing at @ZhangSahSPhilly 😁 The children were very attentive and asked a lot of great questions. Thanks for organizing @ZhangSahSPhilly! 🙏
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@Malala's father, @ZiauddinY wrote a deeply touching piece about the important role father's must play in the struggle for women's rights; we couldn't agree more! 😍 https://t.co/07wRgKwWaX

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Queen Village writer and dad Mir Khalid Ali explores female empowerment in his first children's book, "The Jiu-Jitsu Ponytail." @jjponytail

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@ddlovato, love this “messy, sweaty” au naturel #jiujitsu hair 👍🏽👍🏽 😍#naturalbeauty #bjj #bjjhair #jiujitsuponytail

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Getting Those Proverbial Ducks in a Row https://t.co/flLeXXSsJU

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We did it!!! Thanks to our backers we successfully funded our @Kickstarter campaign to publish "The Jiu-Jitsu Ponytail!" https://t.co/ZWc4le4u7L

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We’ve reached 💯% of our @kickstarter funding target! This is a tremendous milestone in our mission to publish #TheJiuJitsuPonytail Thanks to all our amazing backers for getting us here! 🙏🏽😊 Still one day left so get your copy now if you haven’t already: https://t.co/ZWc4le4u7L

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We've hit 92% of our funding target! Thank YOU to all our backers! This has been an incredibly humbling journey; the love and support from family, friends, and total strangers has been truly overwhelming. With only FOUR days left in our campaign, let's finish strong! 😀🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

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@BenPlantan Thanks, @BenPlantan! 😊👍🏽

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Strong girls make a strong world! Happy #DayOfTheGirl ! It takes a village to raise empowered, strong girls, so let's each do our part! #InternationalDayoftheGirl #girlpower #JiuJitsu

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@pjlamberson @KelloggSchool @mirkhalidali @kickstarter So awesome of you, Professor! Thanks for the shout-out! 😊👍🏽

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Just 10 days left of our @kickstarter campaign to publish #TheJiuJitsuPonytail! This is it - the final countdown! Help us reach our funding target by pledging for a book today! https://t.co/ZWc4le4u7L

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A heartfelt THANK YOU to all our backers for getting us to 70% of our funding target!!! You guys rock! 😍

Please help spread the word and let's hit that 100% mark!
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Thank you @albustanseeds for the amazing work you do in our community and thank you for supporting our book! 🙏🏽😊

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The role of men in empowering girls as written out by a Muslim man who takes Brazilian martial arts with his daughter? Sounds like a book we want to read! @jjponytail https://t.co/1P6c3zsIxA

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Check out this preview of our promo video! Full video here: https://t.co/ZWc4le4u7L #TheJiuJitsuPonytail #ChildrensBooks #jiujitsu #bjj @D4DStPauls @mirkhalidali

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@JJBook4children @kickstarter Thank you, Yvonne! You're incredibly kind and awesome! 😀

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Wow!

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#RoleModel Alert! Meet Sima Azimi, Afghanistan’s first female Wushu trainer! https://t.co/uBWUKMp2sX via @HuffingtonPost