Reading is transformation

The Nightingale

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Author Session with Kosser Abdul Aziz: Zoom Recording

Reader, we have to read to children. We have to ensure that we raise children who read for enjoy...

The Islamic Civilisation Book Club 2021

For 2021, the theme of the book club is Islam and Other Civilisations. The aim is to understand...

Newsletter: The Real Entertainment

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

Author Session with Dr Mubarak: Zoom Recording

This is a recording of our author session with Dr Muhd Mubarak on 7 December 2020. Dr Muhd Mub...

Reflections on the 2020 Book Club

The Islamic tradition's dynamism has within it continuity, yet a latitude for disruption; unity,...

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.

Author Session with A. Helwa: Zoom Recording

What stuck with us during the session was not so much what Helwa said but rather how she says th...

Newsletter: Journaling for Understanding and Development

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

Newsletter: Reading Aloud

Story time is a gift of parental love, a gift that keeps on giving because it establishes the re...

Newsletter: The Emotion Question

Emotion does not have to be a force that pushes us apart and disperses us into separate cells.

The Legacy of Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore

His poems bridge cultures and invite the reader to look at seemingly minor details of our lives ...

Share a Read

Click on the above image to watch a video by the National Reading Movement.

'Wardah' by Faris Joraimi

Faris Joraimi is a heritage enthusiast. When not reading up on classical Malay literature, he is...

Newsletter: The Unknown Unknown

Just like how spellcheck cannot replace the discerning eye and sensibility of an experienced edi...

Reader Spotlight: Suryati

Readers: In Their Own Words is a series in which we pose four questions to some of Wardah's top...

Reader Spotlight: Kay Deen

Readers: In Their Own Words is a series in which we pose four questions to some of Wardah's top ...

Reader Spotlight: R

Readers: In Their Own Words is a 4-part series in which we pose 4 questions to 4 of Wardah's to...

Reader Spotlight: Sam

Readers: In Their Own Words is a series in which we pose four questions to some of Wardah's top ...

Newsletter: Thinking Ahead

It may be cheaper, more convenient, easier and faster to destroy knowledge than to appraise, cat...