[1] Guy Debord’s, The Society of the Spectacle. [2] The Predicament of Culture by James Clifford. [3] Richard Dyer’s, White; [4] al-Ghazāli’s, Kitāb Sharh ‘Ajā’ib al-Qalb/The Marvels of the Heart; [5] Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s Lectures, Speeches and Addresses edited by K. K. Aziz; [6] Salman Rushdie’s, Satanic Verses; [7] Delete, by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger; [8] The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul; [9] The Secrets of Asceticism, by Imam al-Qurtubi, annotated by Abu Salif Ahmad Ali al-Adani; [10] Sachiko Murata’s, Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light; [11] In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto and [12] The Omnivores Dilemma, by Michael Pollman; [13] A Study of Some Negro-White Families in the United States, by Caroline Bond Day; [14] Islam In Black America, by Edward E. Curtis; [15] Mukhtasar al-Akhdarī fī al-’Ibādāt ‘alā Madhab Imām Mālik, by Abī Zaid ‘Abd ar-Rahmān Bin Muhammad al-Sagīr al-Akhdarī; [16] and finally, The Buttefly Mosque by Willow Wilson [recommended by Husayn].
Summer Reading List 2010
– July 7, 2010Posted in: Book Reviews, Manrilla
About the Author
Marc has an extensive background as an educator, having taught such diverse subjects as ESL, Arabic, and Islamic studies in both the Detroit area and now in Philadelphia. In 2008, he receive his certificate [ijāzah] in the rules of delivering the Friday sermon [ahkām al-Khutbah] from Imam Anwar Muhaimin of the Quba Institute. Marc now works as a public speaker and khatib in the greater Philadelphia area and many points East and West.
Marc,
Salaams,
I am currently reading Butterfly Mosque and would strongly recommend adding it to your list.
Wa ‘alaykum salaam, Husayn. I will add it to my list!
English professor Amin Malak offers a nice supplement to the reading of Rushdie in his book Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English from SUNY press.