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Writing also helps us learn about ourselves. And this is why many people journal as a daily prac...

On Board the Peace Train

We cannot allow pessimism to dominate for this will lead to negativity, ineffectual bickering, a...

Singapore's Last Malay Schools

However one looks at it, these schools still matter; even to those who never went to the schools...

Silent Witnesses to History

Were it not for books and historical record, it would be hard to fathom the lengths human beings...

Meaning in Fiction

Reading is much more than mere literacy: it is a cultural accomplishment through which meaning i...

Hijab and Healing

An increase in the public display of Muslim identity (not just in uniform groups) need not be ca...

Fiqh of Social Media

People share articles they don’t read, they enjoin ‘praying for’ something even as they continue...

Recording: Why Reading Matters

In his work as a bookseller and with his background as an editor, Ibrahim, founder of Wardah Bo...

The Secret Gift of Reading is Time

If you spend less time for beauty, truth and reading, your valuing of beauty and truth will dimi...

Silent Online Book Club

Read from anywhere as long as you have internet connection: a coffeeshop, East Coast Park, your ...

Not Out of the Woods

When I look at maps of Singapore from the 80s and the 90s, I see that the Changi wood and the Be...

Spiritual Insights and Reading in the Age of Distraction

The covenants clearly outline that the lives, property, wealth, and faith of the non-Muslims are...

Wardah Books Calendar

The Wardah Books Calendar

Newsletter: Maka Tersebutlah Kisah...

Perhaps this new translation of the Sejarah Melayu will remind us that we are not marooned and c...

Wardah Books of the Year 2020 (Children)

This was a good year for Children's Books, and as promised, here are our bookseller picks for th...

Wardah Books of the Year 2020

To wrap up the year, our six booksellers present the books we consider to be Wardah Books of the...

Newsletter: The Real Entertainment

What a difference a few decades make for today ‘hiboran’, or rather ‘hiburan’ to use the modern ...

Newsletter: Turning the Tide

Turning the Tide: Reawakening the Woman's Heart and Soul is very intricately written, and a curs...

Newsletter: On Poetry and Kindness

In Islam, poetry (in its many forms) has been a mainstay in devotional expression.

Newsletter: Journaling for Understanding and Development

We write not only to record, but more importantly to think through ideas, to integrate them, and...