The Nightingale

Author Session: Khir Johari, The Food of Singapore Malays
We hope you enjoy this video of the highlights of the author session on 5 June 2022 with Khir Johari, at Wardah Books.
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Author Session with Akhtar Mohammed: Islamonomics: Islamic Finance, Trade and the Global Muslim Market
In a discussion with Wardah Books, Akhtar Mohammed will discuss how approaching Islamic finance through the compartmentalization of knowledge has led to a misunderstanding of Islamic Finance and hopes to shed light on the opportunities ahead of us. Akhtar is the author of Islamonomics: Islamic Finance, Trade and the Global Muslim Market.
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Author Session with Farheen Mukri: Inner Anchorage, A Journey of Migrations and New Moons
Farheen Mukri speaks about her book on her father, Captain Ismail Mukri, and gives some tips for writers aspiring to write biographies of their loved ones.
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Author Session with The Vespa Rider: Piece of Mind
The Vespa Rider's first two books, Syafakallah and La Taqlaq, consisted of poems reflecting the author's journey to become a better Muslim. Piece of Mind is a collection of reflections on the next phase of this journey, taking the form of both poetry and prose.
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Author Session with Hidayah Amin: Zoom Recording
Although many of Singapore's pre-independence schools are no more, the lived experiences of pupils who call them alma mater are by no means easily erased or diminished. Two of our premier last Malay schools, Sang Nila Utama and Tun Seri Lanang, find their stories, and the memories of the students who walked through their doors, preserved beautifully in this important record of the Malay education experience.
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Author Session with Mohammed Faris: Zoom Recording
In this session, recorded on 12 July 2021, Mohammed Faris speaks about Baraka Culture as a way of integrating our faith with all aspects of our lives from work to family and beyond.
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In Conversation With Omar Usman
The impact of technology in our homes we see now is unprecedented. It has affected the way parents interact with their kids, the way spouses are with each other, and even how adults are with their own elderly parents. The older we get, and the more life experience we accumulate, the more we notice these impacts and thus our concern about remedying them.
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Author Session with Osman Sidek & Enon Mansor: Zoom Recording
Osman Sidek and Enon Mansor is a husband-and-wife writing team with decades of experience in marital counselling, sex-enrichment workshops, marriage preparation talks and explaining Islam to discerning adult audiences with various cultural and religious backgrounds.
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Author Session with Naima B Robert: Zoom Recording
Na’ima B. Robert is a speaker, coach and best-selling author of ‘From My Sisters’ Lips’, as well as over 25 other books that have been translated into over 14 languages. She is the recipient of several literary awards and is a respected author of diverse fiction and the author of Show Up: A Motivational Message for Muslim Women.
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