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Surviving: Chapter one: The Past – Part One

Surviving: Chapter one: The Past – Part One

Written by on November 27, 2013 in Book Club with 1 Comment

Author: Asmaa Dangorgeos Khan   Chapter one: The Past – Part One They say when life hands you lemons, you should make lemonade. Probably to sweeten the bitterness, maybe to cool you off and allow you time to stop and think. Maybe they just say that. I wouldn’t know what to do with lemons, because I […]

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Peter Rabbit – Mystery Thief and Peter Rabbit Sticker Activity Book

Peter Rabbit – Mystery Thief and Peter Rabbit Sticker Activity Book

Written by on November 21, 2013 in Book Club, Children's Books with 0 Comments

Peter Rabbit is a timeless classic. I remember these stories from when I was younger. My 7 year daughter bachoo read the story to us, my 4 year old son favourite character was cotton tail. The book was well written and I really happy to see that my 7 year old managed to read it […]

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Book – Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

Book – Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

Written by on January 4, 2013 in Book Club with 0 Comments

  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 […]

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Book  – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Book – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Written by on January 4, 2013 in Book Club with 0 Comments

  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 […]

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Enjoy your life competition

Enjoy your life competition

Written by on August 3, 2011 in Book Club with 1 Comment

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 […]

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Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth Gilbert

Written by on July 27, 2010 in Book Club, Self Help with 6 Comments

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 […]

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Book Review – The life of Pi – Yann Martel

Book Review – The life of Pi – Yann Martel

Written by on June 29, 2010 in Book Club with 1 Comment

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 […]

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April Book Review – Confessions of a gambler- Rayda Jacobs

April Book Review – Confessions of a gambler- Rayda Jacobs

Written by on April 12, 2010 in Book Club with 2 Comments

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 […]

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

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

Written by on March 10, 2010 in Book Club with 2 Comments

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 […]

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April Book – Purification of the heart Hamza Yusuf

April Book – Purification of the heart Hamza Yusuf

Written by on April 3, 2009 in Book Club with 2 Comments

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 […]

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