Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid is a PhD candidate in History and the Prince of Wales Student at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. A Singaporean historian, Suhail researches the broader history of decolonisation in the Malay World, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the Global South. His book He Who is Made Lord recovers the multiple meanings o…

Baraka Blue with Ameera Aslam: Truth and Beauty by Wardah BooksOleh Wardah Books

Hanna Alkaf is the author of Hamra and the Jungle of Memories (HarperCollins). In this recording of a session conducted at Wardah Books titled The Art of Weaving Mythology with Fiction on 28 May 2023, Hanna Alkaf speaks about storytelling and representation, reverse colonisation, and helping children (and adults) see the light out of their darkest …

Farhat Amin speaks about her two books Smart Single Muslimah and Smart Teenage Muslimah. Our guest host for this episode is Ameera Aslam.Farhat Amin is an author and has been involved in UK dawah for over 25 years. Through her books and courses, she promotes Islamic family values to Muslim women amplifying the Islamic alternative to feminism and pr…

This is an archival atmospheric recording of an impromptu performance by an Indonesian qasida group that sang in the bookshop. It was recorded in the shop in February 2010; you can hear the door chime and customers speaking in low voices in the background. Qad Kafani is a qasida written by Imam 'Abdullah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad.…

Madiha M Saeed, MD is the author of The Quranic Prescription: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health. In this episode, we are privileged to speak to someone who believes so passionately in the importance of a lifestyle grounded in tayyib, as 'prescribed' by the Quran.Oleh Wardah Books

We speak with Aliyah Umm Raiyaan, author of Ramadan Reflections: A Guided Journal, on her book and on journaling as a practice to become more akhirah-focussed. Aliyah Umm Raiyaan converted to Islam more than two decades ago and has been involved in UK dawah for over 20 years. In 2010, she founded Solace UK, a charity that helps women who have conve…

Dr. Hisham A. Hellyer is an academic and public intellectual who researches the politics and geopolitics of the contemporary Middle East, security studies globally, and the interplay between faith and modernity. A scholar in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA), and Senior Associate Fellow in International…

Sukina Noor is an internationally renowned poet, spoken-word artist, playwright, workshop facilitator, educator and public speaker who has toured extensively across UK, Europe, America and Africa performing, delivering poetry workshops, partaking in panel discussions and delivering lectures. She holds a BA (Hons) Degree in English Literature and Ca…

‘From Walden to Woodlands: An Anthology of Nature Poems’ published by Ethos Books, is a Singapore interfaith initiative. In this Wardah Session, we hear from the editors Ow Yeong Wai Kit and Muzakkir Samat.Oleh Wardah Books

On 17 August 2015, Maryam Amelie came to Wardah Books to talk about, and read from, her a new book, ‘The Truthseekers @ Haji Lane’, a romance novella set in contemporary Haji Lane. This is a podcast produced by Wardah Books, Singapore.Oleh Wardah Books