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Another dust collector, I finally managed to read, after years of putting it off. I bought this book even before I got married. So it has obviously taken years for me to read it. I went with an out of town audit in some klein plaas town. It took us about an hour to [...]
I bought this book a few years ago and procrastinated until this holiday to finally read it. For some reason I needed some encouragement to read it. I downloaded the pdf version and found it much quicker to read for some reason. Once I picked it up I couldn’t put it down. Quickest book [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
The March Book 8 Oscars, still boggles me.. 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 the [...]
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