Hameed Naseem: Golden Age sent wisdom across world
Faith Matters: Hameed Naseem Allah instructed Muslims to learn by Hameed Naseem | November 6, 2021 Growing up in a small town in the province of Punjab in the ’60s, […]
Books to Mend a Divided America. New books offer ways to mend a divided country
By Lynn Garrett | Jan 25, 2019 Wrestling with Religious Freedom Evolving ideas about which civil rights should be protected by law are increasingly clashing with what some see as the principles and practices of their religious groups. A baker in Colorado who refused to make cakes for gay weddings […]
Paperback writers: Can ‘pop-lit’ give literary classics a run for their money?
In the traditional pantheon of ‘great literature’ there is no room for authors such as Maeve Binchy and Len Deighton, whose rollicking reads meet with mass-market appeal but critical snobbery. […]
Baghdad book market turns the page on a new Iraq
By Reuters – Jun 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi men read books at a coffee shop in Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, on June 22 (Reutres photo) BAGHDAD, Iraq — When […]
READ IN PEACE: Zurich cemetery tempts bookworms with special benches
APR 27, 2017 – (Stadt Zürich) The city of Zurich has installed five special reading benches in its Sihlfeld cemetery, each equipped with a metal box full of books for people to dip into. “Cemeteries are not just places for mourning and for saying goodbye to loved ones,” the […]