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white moguls..i couldnt get past the first 50 pages....i dunno...its too historical for me...
just ordered a bunch of recommened books....cant wait to start reading!
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i just read salt and saffron..and like mehnaz said....it was boringin the first half....just dragging it out...but the other half i just couldnt put down....even though it was a little predictable...but still a good read...i admit, i did get a little teary eye close to the end...
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I don't know if this book has been mentioned because I haven't read gone through all pages in the thread, but "In the country of Men" by Hisham Matar is really good read.
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I'm halfway through the book Snow by Orhan Pamuk. It's interesting .... lots of different things going on in this book - poetry, politics, religion, hijabis killing themselves, "Islamists" being attacked by the state, etc. The book takes place in a small town called Kars in Turkey. It is extremely beautifully written.
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my personal fave fiction work is "ALI AND NINO" byKurban Said. its a beautiful story set in Azerbaidjan-it is social, it is romance n it is political in the perfect degrees.
Apart from this, i love the work of Maulana Rumi.
hey i thought Da Vinci code was bit..erm...blasphemus-what with Jesus having a lineage from him....!!
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its a pity that pakistani books an magazines are not easily available my side of the world :(....i enjoy reading stuff i can relate to.
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Al-Murtaza by Muolana syed Ali Hassan Ali Nadvi......
the personality like ali(ra)...and the pen of Ali Mian....(do aatsha sharab) !!!!!
Al-Farooq by Shibli Naumani
the un-parallel gem of human history...the master piece of shible naumani and considered as the best bbok in 1400 years...on this unique and unmatched personality of human history.....umar...whose match...can never ever be able to produce by world...ever...ever...ever......
*Shahab Nama by qudrat ullah sahab *
(a tilasmai hoshrubba of pakistani political history)
Tafheem ul Quran ....the tafseer of legendary Syed Maudoodi
(one of the best of all)
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and of course...all novels Col Faridi and Imran series..... of Ibne Safi...who foget that....!!!!!
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Can you hear the nightingale call? by Anita Rau Badami. Excellent novel.
Set in India and Canada, Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? is the story of three women linked and destroyed by the political turmoil that sweeps through the Punjab first during the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, and then in the 1980s when the demand for an independent Sikh state called Khalistan comes into violent existence.
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Well, about history I did bring this 3-Vol set called History of Islam from Lahore last year but haven't read it Yet. It is written by Akbar Shah Najeebabadi and is revised by Safi-ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri.
As for your second one, I have read this books called Stories of the Prophet. It is written by Ibn Kathir and translated into english by Rashad Ahmad Azami. This book was real good. I got it from my friend and finished it in like a day. Then I bought my own when I went to Pak last year.
As for islamic jurisprudence, I need to buy books in this category so can't help you there. :)
I am reading Stories of the Prophet online....halfway done...its really good!! i'll provide the link when i get the chance....
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Mehnaz, I loved SNOW!! I am reading My name is Red right now...
Other good books I recently have read or am reading
1) Kiran Desai- Inheritance of Loss
2) Hassan Matar- In the company of Men
3) Banker to the Poor- Muhammad Yunus
4) In the line of Beauty - stunning prose
My upcoming books include:
Anita Rau Badami - the nightingale book
Mohsin Hamid - Reluctant Fundamentalist...
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I have started reading "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Relin.
An eye opener for us who only sit back and talk but barely do anything for our country.
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I have started reading "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Relin.
An eye opener for us who only sit back and talk but barely do anything for our country.
Three Cups of Tea is one of my favourite books of all time.
I read it last year and posted about this on this Forum:
Page 11, Post #327
I would love to hear about your most favourite moments in the book.
I wish more Pakistanis know about Americans Like Greg Mortenson. I am trying to e-mail as many Pakistani TV shows as possible to have him as thier guest.
Wishful thinking, I know..but one has to try.
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My upcoming books include:
Anita Rau Badami - the nightingale book Mohsin Hamid - Reluctant Fundamentalist...
I picked up The Reluctant Fundamentalist from the library a week ago. I picked it up before I read any reviews..I barley glanced at the book jacket. Making the cardinal mistake of judging the book by its cover, I thought this book will be about a Muslim kid who either immigrates to U.S or a second generation Pakistani youth who is converted by 'Radical' imams of his local mosque.
Boy, was I far from the truth.
This book is written very intelligently...Lahoree people are specially going to get a kick out of me..there was some reference made to my neck of the woods (NWFP) and Hamid is a kind of writer that he can dish anything out and we would lap it up....Yup, he is that good.
Hey Mohsin! if by any crazy chance you stumble upon this post...please know you have a devout fan in Washington DC area. We would love to have you as our guest { I cook killer Baryani and nobody in Mid-Atlantic area can touch my hubby's Chabbley Kabobs ( he is from Mardan...my husband that is)}
I belive we'll have some in-teres-ting discussions.
Great book! brother, kep'em coming
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Short list of some of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy authors and some of their books. Terry Practhett has a Discworld series, Erikson has the Malazan series, and Bujold the Miles Vorkosigan series. In my opinion, these authors are the BEST at what they do. The books for these authors are the first books, if you like the first ones, you'll love the rest that are in each of their series:
Good Omens - terry pratchett & neil gamen (terry pratchett is superbly funny) Gardens of the Moon - steven erikson Warrior's Apprentice - Lois McMaster Bujold Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
I see you are also Terry Pratchet fan. I find him to be very creative.
Recently I started reading a book called "The Prize" by Daniel Yergin. This book has won pulitzer prize.
The prize recounts the panoramic history of oil and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. The canvas of this history is enormous - from drilling of the first well in Pennnsylvania through two world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and operation desert storm. The cast extends from wildcatters and rogues to oil tycoons (The making of Rockefeller), and from Winston Churchill and Ibn Saud to George Bush and Saddam Hussein.
It is undoubtedly the defenitive work on the subject of oil and a major contribution to understand last century.
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Three Cups of Tea is one of my favourite books of all time. I read it last year and posted about this on this Forum: Page 11, Post #327 I would love to hear about your most favourite moments in the book.
I wish more Pakistanis know about Americans Like Greg Mortenson. I am trying to e-mail as many Pakistani TV shows as possible to have him as thier guest. Wishful thinking, I know..but one has to try.
Most favorite moments...hmm..many...ok...
The first one was when he mentions that he lived in his car for an entire year to save money to fulfil the promise he made ith the kids of Pakistan. It just melted my heart.
When he is looking for that typing cafe(?) and meets the pakistani guy who owns a computer cafe. He then teaches him how to use computer and togather they write 500 letters
Then when he realizes that what difference the bridge has made in the liberation of the women of kholti
Advice of Haji Ali
When the leader of waziristan agrees on letting him to open a school
When Haji Ali's granddaughter comes in the jigra meeting and asks him to sponser her futre education... I loved that moment, I think that was his biggest achievement.
The airport scene when he delays his flight 2-4 times... that was so cute...
The positive image of mulans he has portrayed...
oh and when 9/11 took place and people of kholti surrounded his quarter to safeguard him
ahhh... it is just so difficult to pick few moment, every moment is a defining moment in that book.
I so agree with you, we all should be proud of him, what he is doing in our country for our people. I would also love to see him on Pakistani TV.
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I see you are also Terry Pratchet fan. I find him to be very creative.
Your avatar....is that "death" from Discworld series Terry Pratchet?
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The Edible Woman...:) itz by margaret atwood
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mishtake:blush:
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recently read:
Babyproof by Emily Giffin
The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards
Harvesting the heart by Jodi Picoult
all three were about families, relationships, and motherhood
I would like to read more books about these topics. If someone has read any of these and can recommend any similar books then plz let me know.