New Arrivals March 2010
March 24, 2010
“If you are seeking closeness to the Beloved,
love everyone.
Whether in their presence or absence,
see only their good.
If you want to be as clear and refreshing as
the breath of the morning breeze,
like the sun have nothing but warmth
and light for everyone.”
- Nobody, Son of Nobody, Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir
New Titles
Al-Ghazali: The Path of the Worshipful Servants (Minhaj al Abidin)
Nobody, Son of Nobody: The Poems of Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust (Illustrated Book)
Evil in Modern Thought
Islamic Philosophy: An Introduction
In the Land of the Ayatollahs, Tupac Shakur is King
Familiar Strangers (Muslims in China)
You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man – Critical Edition | McLuhan
Foundations of the Deen 5-CD set | Zaid Shakir & Abdullah Ali
The Way Ahead 6-CD Set | Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir & Yahya Rhodus
Restock
Love Is the Wine
Living and Dying With Grace
Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves
Agenda to Change Our Condition (New Edition)
In-Store Event
Gedung Kuning: Memories of a Malay Childhood
Drop in to the store on 27 March 2010 at 2pm for a chat with the author, Hidayah Amin.
I think there will be door gifts.
Musings on Neil Postman
March 8, 2010
On Saturday 6 March, Amran Noordin was at Wardah Books discussing the thoughts of Neil Postman. It was a small, intimate session and the discussion was lively. We discussed the need to have a ‘conversation’ with technology, to be wary of its application in all spheres of life. On education, we discussed the dangers of bureaucracy, the uncritical use of computers, and the the need for a (or lack of a) narrative.
Postman says in his book Technopoly: Technopoly eliminates alternatives to itself in precisely the way Aldous Huxley outlined in Brave New World. It does not make them illegal. It does not make them immoral. It does not even make them unpopular. It makes them invisible and therefore irrelevant. And it does so by redefining what we mean by religion, by art, by family, by politics, by history, by truth, by privacy, by intelligence, so that our definitions fit its new requirements. Technopoly, in other words, is totalitarian technocracy.
Do join us for future in-store discussions.
March in-store events at Wardah Books
March 2, 2010
Mark your calendars. We’ve lined up an eclectic mix of events for our dear readers.
Saturday 6 March 2010, 2pm
Neil Postman: Education, Technology and other Musings
A session with Amran Noordin
Saturday 13 March 2010, 2pm
Story-and-Song with Oni & Tengku Adil
Kak Oni reads ‘The Old Woman and the Eagle’
Saturday 27 March 2010, 2pm
Gedung Kuning: Memories of a Malay Childhood
The author, Hidayah Amin will be speaking about her book
See all of you there
