Biography & History

Rumi Prescription: How An Ancient Poet Changed My Life

Quick! Name your favorite 13th century poet! Odds are that you thought of Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, the Iranian poet better known in the west as Rumi. His simple poems are as inspiring as they are mystical, and for author Melody Moezzi,...

The Biography of the Noble Prophet (PBH) Series (20 books)

The Biography of the Noble Prophet (s) is a series of 20 stories from the life of Prophet Muhammad (s). Written in easy-to-read language, this series inspires children to be moral, conscious and virtuous. The books also show kids the value of respect and...

Life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Quiz Book

How familiar are you with the life of Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him)? Do you know all the important events from his early life, the tribulations he faced after declaring prophethood, the circumstances that led to his migration to...

Palestine: The Reality

A comprehensive history and analysis of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, published in the run up to its 100th anniversary. First published by Longman Green, London, this book had a short life; the entire stock and the publisher's premises were destroyed...

Glimpses of Islamic History

This timeless book on the rise and rule of Islam is a must have for for the lay person as well as the connoisseur of Islamic history. The author traces the development of Muslim rule by dividing it into four distinct periods. The first period is the...

Salat & Salam: In Praise of Allah's Most Beloved

Based on the works of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi, Shaykh Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi, Shaykh Yusuf ibn Sulayman Motala, and Makhdum Muhammad Sindhi The greatest source of blessings and mercy for the Muslim and for all of mankind is Muhammad,...

The Mother of the Believers (Study of Her Age at the Time the Prophet Married Her)

In The Mother of the Believers, Dr. Assad Nimer Busool presents a scholarly and methodical examination of one of the most debated topics in early Islamic history: the age of ʿĀ’ishah bint Abī Bakr at the time of her marriage to the Prophet Muhammad...

Muhammad: A New Systematic Approach of the Prophetic Sunnah

Isn't Muhammad (pbuh) a human being sent by Almighty Allah to make out of the prophetic guidance an excellent model whereby our actions are rightly guided to attain happiness and prosperity in this present world and the hereafter? Isn't he a warner and...

The Greatest Man of All Time: A Mercy to The World. Limited Edition

As seen on NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, The Boston Globe, and The Miami Herald. Over a billion people love his true story. Do you? Life is a chain of trials. From infancy, to childhood, to adolescence, to adulthood and old age, struggles are everywhere throughout...

The Secrets of Dialogue and Persuasion

Dialogue has the greatest influence on humans during interactions and is the loftiest method of enlightenment and preaching. After the advent of prophethood, our beloved Prophet Muhammad (S) stayed in Makkah for thirteen years without engaging in...

The People on the Edge: Religious Reform and the Burden of the Western Muslim Intellectual

Are western Muslims an endangered species, or are they the future of Islam? The accelerated adaptation and change western Muslims are pushed to make in order just to survive has galvanized them into a serious effort of rethinking and reflection. This...

Seeking the Treasures of the Quran

The book consists of 5 concise chapters. The first presents the history of the documentation of the Quran. The second, presents the validity of the Quran as a divine book. The third, gives an overview of the Quran. The fourth, gives the ways and means to...

A Traveller's History of Turkey

Throughout the millennia Turkey formed the core of several Empires- Persia, Rome, Byzantium- before becoming the center of the Ottoman Empire. All these civilizations have left their marks on the landscape, architecture and art of Turkey- a place of...

A Traveller's History of Cyprus

A Traveller’s History of Cyprus offers a complete and authoritative history of the island’s past and also touches on the sensitive present-day issues for both sides of the island. Although Cyprus is a relatively small island, its...

A Traveller's Companion to Istanbul

The history of the city where East meets West spans 28 centuries. Istanbul, the ancient and timeless heart of modern Turkey, is a city with its mythological origins in the seventh century BC. Founded as Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern...

Old Woman and the River

After the ceasefire in 1988, the devastation to the landscape of Iraq wrought by the longest war of the twentieth century—the Iran-Iraq War—becomes visible. Eight years of fighting have turned nature upside down, with vast wastelands being...

The Storyteller of Jerusalem The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948

The memoirs of Wasif Jawhariyyeh are a remarkable treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of Jerusalem. Spanning over four decades, from 1904 to 1948, they cover a period of enormous and turbulent change in...

Under the Gaze of Angels--Stories

Under the Gaze of Angels offers treasured views of family and neighborhood life, native to the Galilee, in the years leading up to and following the upheavals of 1948.  A collection of four stories, told with simplicity and warmth, they...

The American Quarter

A love letter to a city of his childhood, Jabbour Douaihy’s The American Quarter is set in a small neighborhood in Tripoli, the ancient port on the northern coast of Lebanon. Unfolding at the height of the US-led invasion of Iraq, it...

Sabriya Damascus Bitter Sweet

Sabriya portrays life in Damascus in the 1920’s. Central to the story is Sabriya’s journey to self-knowledge, intertwined with the rise and eclipse of national and feminist awareness during her painful life. The national revolt is...