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95 reviews
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps... and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind by Nick Littlehales
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging by
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. by Robin S. Sharma
1.0
Eewww. Cringy. Cheesy.
I'm Mauritian and no Sir, it is not SUV and villa and the beach to chill.
What is wrong with him.
I'm Mauritian and no Sir, it is not SUV and villa and the beach to chill.
What is wrong with him.
AZADI: Fascism, Fiction & Freedom in the Time of the Virus by Arundhati Roy
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Women and Men in the Qur'an by Asma Lamrabet
challenging
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.5
That was tough! Women and Men in the Qur'an is but 200 pages but took me 3 months to complete. Goodness.
I'll have to give it a 3.5*. -0.5 because it was tough and -1 because, gggrrr, it angered me the whole time.
I mean the disparity between The Sacred Text and the interpretations of it is disheartening.
I can't. My Heart.
And the fact that these misguided interpretations are being spread in some places every friday without ever taking a step back and think if the message is peaceful as Islam is, is even more concerning.
I quote last Friday sermon: "nou ban missier in donn nou pli boku lavataz, la force, lintelizence, responsabilité, pou ki nou pren compte nou ban madam et pa less zot egarer" 🙄 rolling my eyes to the other dimension.
I can't. My Mind.
Asma Lamrabet however, analysed the very beginning of the scared text and brought it to light. From Revelation, to Creation of Humanity, Marriage and Divorce (which was remarkably clear for those who need unbaised information about it and better know their rights). And also discussed SHARED responsibility of Men and Women, inheritance and ofc the Veil/khimar. (the veil/khimar was quite revelating as I didn't know the difference and how the verses came to be)
And she concludes with
"Muslim pray to God 5 times a day, respect the fast during the month of Ramadan, and memorise the Qur'an, all of which are important. However, this 'qiwama' - the provision of maintenance - of justice is virtually absent from their daily conduct. One thus note a huge gap between the religious practices and the sum of the Quranic ethics, a gap that seems to deepen, day after day, throughout the entire muslim world. This lag reduces the grandeur of this last monotheist révélation to a mere ritualised and formalised religious ceremony *carried to excess. "
which I couldn't agree more.
I'll have to give it a 3.5*. -0.5 because it was tough and -1 because, gggrrr, it angered me the whole time.
I mean the disparity between The Sacred Text and the interpretations of it is disheartening.
I can't. My Heart.
And the fact that these misguided interpretations are being spread in some places every friday without ever taking a step back and think if the message is peaceful as Islam is, is even more concerning.
I quote last Friday sermon: "nou ban missier in donn nou pli boku lavataz, la force, lintelizence, responsabilité, pou ki nou pren compte nou ban madam et pa less zot egarer" 🙄 rolling my eyes to the other dimension.
I can't. My Mind.
Asma Lamrabet however, analysed the very beginning of the scared text and brought it to light. From Revelation, to Creation of Humanity, Marriage and Divorce (which was remarkably clear for those who need unbaised information about it and better know their rights). And also discussed SHARED responsibility of Men and Women, inheritance and ofc the Veil/khimar. (the veil/khimar was quite revelating as I didn't know the difference and how the verses came to be)
And she concludes with
"Muslim pray to God 5 times a day, respect the fast during the month of Ramadan, and memorise the Qur'an, all of which are important. However, this 'qiwama' - the provision of maintenance - of justice is virtually absent from their daily conduct. One thus note a huge gap between the religious practices and the sum of the Quranic ethics, a gap that seems to deepen, day after day, throughout the entire muslim world. This lag reduces the grandeur of this last monotheist révélation to a mere ritualised and formalised religious ceremony *carried to excess. "
which I couldn't agree more.
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Every Last Tie: The Story of the Unabomber and His Family by David Kaczynski
dark
funny
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0