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Poetry in Praise of Prophetic Perfection includes translations of numerous extracts from madih poetry (accompanied by the original Arabic)

runs like a scarlet thread throughout his doctrinal studies

Named one of the Times Literary Supplement’s 100 Most Influential Books Since World War II

The renowned literary and cultural critic Edward Said was one of our era’s most provocative and important thinkers

Social mobility

the Baba Malay dialect

and interviews with his friends and colleagues to cast new light on his youth

Jon Day asks whether an urban community garden can be a radical place

where she and her first husband lived in forced residence under Fascist rule

waktu yang luka

or along country lanes on a summer’s day

Boldly original