Category: Nanima Book Club

Enjoy your life competition

Enjoy your life competition

A month ago we noticed that there are so much negativity around and we people to start enjoying their lives. We started posting excerpts from the book Enjoy your life  by - Dr. Muhammad Adb Al-Rahman Al-Arifi. We are having a competition. One lucky person from South Africa will have a chance to win this hard [...]

August 3, 2011 | 1 Comment More
Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth Gilbert

So I was watching Oprah last year and I saw this pale lady speaking to Oprah about how her life changed by finding herself to finding peace and  true love. She was full of energy and full of life. I wanted a piece of that. What got me was that she said she learnt to [...]

July 27, 2010 | 6 Comments More
Book Review – The life of Pi – Yann Martel

Book Review – The life of Pi – Yann Martel

Reviewed by Saaleha Bhamjee - Afrocentric Muslimah That Life of Pi by Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and has sold seven million copies world wide comes as no surprise. Simply put, it is an astonishing tale. “a story that will make you believe in God,” as the old man says. Imagine the scenario: A [...]

June 29, 2010 | 1 Comment More
April Book Review – Confessions of a gambler- Rayda Jacobs

April Book Review – Confessions of a gambler- Rayda Jacobs

Reviewed by Saaleha Bhamjee - Afrocentric Muslimah Let me say from the outset. It is compulsive reading. Take it up only when you have the time to finish it. Once you start you’ll be itching to get to the last page. Confessions of a gambler by Rayda Jacobs is a multi faceted read, simply written, yet [...]

April 12, 2010 | 2 Comments More
March Book Review: My sister's keeper – Jodi Picoult

March Book Review: My sister's keeper – Jodi Picoult

by Ziyaad Zico Bahadur Every now and again you read a book that really gets to you.. that touches deep to the core and leaves you thinking about it long after you have finished reading it. Well for me this was one of those books. “My Sister’s Keeper”… beautifully written by Jodi Picoult. My Sister’s Keeper [...]

March 10, 2010 | 2 Comments More
April Book – Purification of the heart Hamza Yusuf

April Book – Purification of the heart Hamza Yusuf

Where can you find in South Africa: I saw radio islam book shop had a copy and I think Iqra in Laudium might have it. Otherwise you will have to get from London like I did. Purification of the Heart, as its title states, is a course on the vessel of human spirituality, character, and [...]

April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments More
February Book – Three Cups of Tea By Greg Mortenson

February Book – Three Cups of Tea By Greg Mortenson

Book – Three cups of tea Author: Greg Mortenson Where can you find it – 1 copy at Rosebank exclusive books, a few copies at the Sandton Exclusive books. Killarney said out of stock and won’t be stocking it. Date of meeting: Wednesday 25 February 2009 Time of meeting : after Maghrib around 7:30pm Venue: [...]

January 31, 2009 | 5 Comments More
March Book: Vikas Swarup: Slumdog Millionaire aka Q&A

March Book: Vikas Swarup: Slumdog Millionaire aka Q&A

The March Book 8 Oscars, still boggles me.. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIzbwV7on6Q 23/02/2009 Slumdog Millionare, India’s version of Tsotsi,  has won eight Oscars in total,best director, for best adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound mixing, film editing, best original score and best song. Famous Indian Composer AR Rahman, won two Oscars – for best song and best score. He dedicated [...]

January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment More
January Book -Shantaram

January Book -Shantaram

Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts. (saw a pic of him now on the net.. looks like those wrestler Dolph Lundgren types.. never thought they could spell, let alone write.. anyway Arnold Schwarzenegger is the governor of California, some don’t only have brawn but brains as well- Don’t judge a book by it’s cover) Venue: Zoo [...]

November 28, 2008 | 2 Comments More
November Book -Road to Makkah Muhammad Asad

November Book -Road to Makkah Muhammad Asad

We had another successful book club meeting today at Kashif’s fusion food discussing the road to Makkah. MashAllah it is growing from strength to strength. We introduced the talking stick miswaak concept which worked a bit but because the crowd was scattered wasn’t as effective. I think it did serve it’s purpose and most who [...]

November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment More