The concept of leadership has always intrigued me because it is not only a huge responsibility, but one we often find Muslims complaining about in the modern world – we argue that we don’t have leaders in the Muslim community, we feel frustrated that there is no one taking a lead whilst conflicts prevail in
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Book Review: The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard is an in-depth and well-researched book, drawing on her 20 years of experience researching the effects of consumerism and materialism on the global environment. Breaking the life cycle of our stuff into 5 components: extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal, she gives you
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Book Review: The Ideal Muslimah
The Ideal Muslimah: The true Islamic personality of the Muslim woman as defined in the Qur’an and Sunnah. Author: Muhammad Ali Al-Hashimi translated by Nasiruddin Al-Khattab I’ve always found that buying presents for women is extremely easy, and now I have another suggestion to add to the list of recommended gifts – the book: ‘The
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Book Review of Du’a: The Weapon of the Believer
Book: Du’a: The Weapon of the Believer Author: Sheikh Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi Review by: Miss Faatimah Dulull Du’a: The Weapon of the Believer by Sheikh Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi is a treatise on the concept and manners of du’a (invocation). The aim of the author is to arouse the heart and soul of readers. The book has a special importance to the author as it was written in a period when
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Book Review: The On-Time On-Target Manager
Title: The On-Time, On-Target Manager. How a ‘Last-Minute Manager’ Conquered Procastination Author: Ken Blanchard, Steve Gottry. I used to be a typical flip-through-books type of person, not what you’d call a ‘big fan’ of reading. I decided to purchase The On-time, On-target Manager as a recommendation during a personal development programme called ‘Bring-it’. Committed to change my
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Book Review: Rework
There are quite a few books that I cannot wait to receive through the post as soon as I make the order for them, and REWORK was one such book.
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