Du’as for Happiness: Finding Joy Through Daily Adhkar
In an age of affirmations and self-help mantras, Islam offers timeless du'as that cultivate happiness, contentment, and trust in Allah.
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Voices We Follow
The Pressure to Excel: When Success Feels Like Survival
“To tie your worth to achievements is a recipe for suffering.” ~Brad Bizjack Children don’t just learn mathematics, science, and languages in school. They also learn what success feels like, what…
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Why You Should Focus on Local Book Publicity First
People take pride in supporting someone from their community, and readers are far more likely to buy a book if they feel a personal connection to the author, even a small one.
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Female Scholarship In Islam: A Living Legacy [Part 1]
Female scholarship is not a relic of the past, but a living tradition that continues to guide and strengthen Muslim communities around the world.
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Links of Interest: July 29, 2026
A former Congresswoman is pivoting to book influencing, the rise of romance bookstores in rural areas, and more.
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Oslo-based bookstore launches publishing imprint
Oslo’s sole English-language bookstore has launched an imprint, Prismatic Press, to serve Norway-based authors who write in English.
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Gay adult entertainment company launches publishing arm
San Francisco–based Falcon | Naked Sword is launching FalconInk, a publishing house focused on erotic fiction and targeting women readers.
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Harlequin launches a new romantasy imprint: MoonFire
According to the publisher, “MoonFire will publish…paranormal, cosy, and dark fantasy romance, both accessible and commercially appealing.”
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How “Missing the Boat” Led Me Somewhere Better
A few months ago, I found myself wondering whether I had made a mistake. It is not a question I expected to be asking in my seventies. Like many people my age, I sometimes think about retirement…
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The Power of Waiting When You Don’t Know What to Do
“Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal.” ~I Ching Waiting has a bad rap in modern Western society. It’s not surprising that I had to look to an ancient…
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Once You See the Relationship Pattern, You Can’t Unsee It
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” ~Maya Angelou The weekend started like any other family visit. Our family was in town, and it began with real excitement. Kids…
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Far Away [Part 21] – Opium
The Five Stars caravan is plagued by thievery, and Darius stumbles upon Arslan's dark secret.
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Selective Memory undermines Lebanese Patriotism and Populace
A significant aspect in the ongoing war and negotiations between the United States and Iran has been the related Israeli attack on Lebanon, whose Shia community and in particular Hezbollah militia…
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How a Chronic Illness Changed My Life for the Better
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~Viktor Frankl I smiled when the doctor told me I had a disease I would carry for the rest of my life. He…
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The Arithmetic Of Longing: On Loneliness, Desire, And Learning To Want Well
Loneliness wears its finest clothes on Saturday afternoons, and it gathers by the hundred in hotel ballrooms, drawing the accomplished and the ordinary, the celebrated and the overlooked, each one…
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Thriving Without External Validation: Prophetic Wisdom on Looks, Insecurity, and Self-Esteem
Modern constructions of self-esteem are increasingly tied to appearance. Social comparison, curated images, and constant exposure to filtered faces, manicured lives, and embellished existences…
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Fear of Death and the Afterlife: The Islamic Perspective
Can the fear of death be conquered? And should it be? With rare exceptions, it is a universal fear that has haunted generations and remains one of society’s most complex underlying concerns…
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Toward an Islamic Ethics and Fiqh of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved rapidly from the realm of futuristic speculation to an indispensable part of modern life. Embedded in everyday technologies, AI now fundamentally shapes how we…
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