‘Returning to Haifa’: Ghassan Kanafani and the Hope Within Hopeless Spaces
Poster by David Polansky, courtesy of The Palestine Poster Project Archives.
The Importance and Limitations of Literature
Literature is so important … but it isn’t everything. It can carry thoughts and stimulates thinking … but it’s not the only way, and they aren’t always Islamic thoughts. Statements of the obvious – but let me unpack some of this. Literature is so important … but it isn’t everything Shaikh Taqiuddin al-Nabhani once wrote…
What about literature for Muslim children?
Introduction Once a medical college professor said to his students: “If you want to make good money as a physician, choose paediatrics as a career.” When children fall sick, parents generally become frantic in their attempts to provide medical care for them. They take their unwell children to paediatricians for advice and are ready to…
What went wrong with the Muslim response to the Rushdie affair
What is known as the Rushdie affair is an outgrowth of the publication of Salman Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses in September 1988 by Viking Penguin. It has been haunting the global Muslim population since then. The book sparked outrage and triggered large protests which led to street riots, deaths and injuries. All these fuelled…
The Signifying Slave
Dr. Mahmoud Khalifa