The Nightingale

Reading Is Not History

You have the choice of not drowning in a deluge of data and dispersion.

Choose a medium that does not consume you.

Choose to read a book.

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Reflections on 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'
Don't worry. I won't be asking you to throw away your tv. That would be naive. And naivety is what the author Neil Postman says is what we are all guilty of with regards tv. To understand tv and to...
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Reflections on 'Joy Jots: Exercises for a Happy Heart'
Ostensibly addressed to Muslim women, all Muslims young and old will be able to gain an understanding of what it is to improve the quality of their religious lives as well as their relationships with people around them.
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Reflections on 'A Thinking Person’s Guide to Islam'
Indeed, this book is no dead-end; it is a gateway. Certainly one of the best books of 2017.
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Power of Reading
The conception of a reading crisis is a sublimation of moral panic against the rise of new media and the concomitant contest of values this has brought about. Consequently, the meaning of reading has been obscured amidst impassioned debate, even...
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Reflections on 'The Book of Illumination'
The main theme of the Book of Illumination is 'desisting from selfish calculation'. The rather awkward phrase, 'selfish calculation' is a translation of the concept of administrating/arranging for one's self.Shaykh Ibn Ata Illah al-Iskandari talks about the ego's disposition for...
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Reflections on 'Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century'
If you find yourself becoming desensitized to the news and the images on television, start worrying now. Your humanity is at stake.
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Past Events at Wardah Books
Here is a list of past events at our store. 2017 24 Oct 2017: The GatekeeperAuthor session with Nuraliah Norasid 18 Sep 2017: Living With Myths in Singapore Author session with Laavanya Kathiravelu and Lai Ah Eng, co-hosted with Ethos Books...
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Reflections on 'The Disappearance of Childhood'
The Pied Piper raises his flute to his lips, casts a knowing backward glance, and leads the children away. All our children have gone, yet there are no mourners and no one regrets not paying the Piper his due.
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