The Nightingale

Social Reading and its Inversion by Social Media

Apart from the scary scenes and a power-greedy bully in a form of a bomoh, the book teaches us the strength of friendship and how this is so important in going through the hurdles of life. Suraya’s forgiving character is a reminder to us all to not inflict harm in retaliation to anyone who has caused us pain. By the end of the story, we are left with the familiar heartbreak of goodbyes. (Alas all good stories must end.)

Artificial Intelligence and Weretigers

Acedia and Reading

On the Need to Archive

This is an archival atmospheric recording of an impromptu performance by an Indonesian qasida group that sang in the bookshop. It was recorded in the shop in February 2010; you can hear the door chime and customers speaking in low voices in the background. Qad Kafani is a qasida written by Imam ’Abdullah ibn ’Alawi al-Haddad.

Of books and value.

Madiha M Saeed, MD is the author of The Quranic Prescription: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health. In this episode, we are privileged to speak to someone who believes so passionately in the importance of a lifestyle grounded in tayyib, as 'prescribed' by the Quran.

The curious case of Maktabah Al-Tahdir