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A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal
A book about the enduring legacy of Sheikh Amadou Bamba who founded the Mouride Way.
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement
Twenge and Campbell
‘the evidence compiled is compelling and appalling’ – New York Times
Contents:
The Many Wonders of Admiring Yourself
Disease of Excessive Self-Admiration
Isn’t Narcissism Beneficial, Especially in a Competitive World?
How Did We Get Here?
Parenting: Raising Royalty
Superspreaders: Celebrity
Look at Me: The Quest for Attention
I Deserve the Best
Hell Yeah, I’m Hot!: Vanity
The Spending Explosion: Materialism
Seven Billion Kinds of Special: Uniqueness
The Quest for Infamy: Antisocial Behaviour
The Chocolate Cake Trap: Relationship Troubles
All Play And No Work: Entitlement
God Didn’t Create You to Be Average: Religion
The Prognosis
Treating the Epidemic of Narcissism
In Defense of the Sunnah: An Analysis of the Theory & Practices of Tasawwuf
Dr Ibrahim Hakim, edited by Shaykh Abdullah Nooruddeen Durkee
Select Contents:
Light of the Prophet
Existence of Awliya
Tawassul and Tabarruk
Graves of the Righteous and Practices Connected to Them
Understanding Innovation in Islam
Audible Group Dzikr
Commemorating the birth of the Prophet
Seclusion and Spiritual Retreat
Blessings of Rajab and Sya’ban
The Integral Place of Tasawwuf in Islam
How To Watch TV News, Revised Edition
Neil Postman and Steve Powers
Anyone who relies exclusively on television for his or her knowledge of the world is making a serious mistake. Just as television can show things about the world that cannot be experienced through print, print can reveal complexities …and facts that are not possible to show on television. Therefore those who have not read about the world are limited in their capacity to understand what they see on television… Preparation for watching television news begins with the preparation of one’s mind through extensive reading. – From the Introduction
Today, this message is still appallingly true, but with the Internet and the abundance of cable channels, the problems have proliferated. This revised edition reveals the shocking ways in which media is manipulating our worldview.
Contents
Are You Watching Television, or Is Television Watching You?
What Is News?
Getting Them into the Electronic Tent
Donuts, Bigfoot, Mules and the Bird
Behind the Scenes
The News Director
Reenactments and Docudramas, or No News Is Still News
The Bias of Language, the Bias of Pictures
The Commercial
Television in the Courtroom
What Does It All Mean?
What Can You Do?
Where Do We Go From Here?
Legends of the Fire Spirits
Robert Lebling
Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar
A World Without Islam
Graham Fuller
Media Control
Noam Chomsky
The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
Birds Without Wings
Louis De Bernieres
The Tree of Being
Ibn Arabi
Shajarat al-Kawn: An Ode to the Perfect Man
Translation by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak

