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Sister Imrana discusses the story behind the story. Digging into the concept and background of the ideas shared in gripping books. Inspire FM - Positively Inspiring the Community


    • Mar 8, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Lunchtime Book Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 52:09


    Imrana sits down with students from Beechwood Primary School to talk about the Lunchtime Book Club initiative and how it's nurtured their love for reading.

    Prayers of The Pious

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 48:04


    Imrana sits with Neelum to talk about 'Prayers of The Pious' complied by Dr Omar Suliman and share their favourite duas (prayers) from the book.

    The Sickness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 52:08


    Imrana discusses 'The Sickness' - a dark fantasy novel with author and psychology graduate Yazarah who's breaking stereotypes with her writing.

    Minarets in the Mountains

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 48:06


    Imrana Mahmood is joined by Tharik Hussain to speak about his book 'Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim Europe'.

    Cut from the Same Cloth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 51:44


    Imrana is joined by an amazing panel of guests to discuss the beautiful anthology 'Cut from the Same Cloth'.

    Prayers of the Pious

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 52:10


    Imrana dives into 'Prayers of the Pious' by Shaykh Omar Suleiman. This book provides spiritual gems with thirty short prayers taken from the duas of the righteous. Each prayer has a short reminder, giving valuable wisdom and practical advice for the soul.

    In The Shade of The Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 48:51


    In this episode of the Book Club, Imrana discusses 'In The Shade of The Tree', a photographic journey through the Muslim world by Peter Sanders.Listen to more episodes or find other shows on inspirefm.org

    Khidr Collective: The Water Issue

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 52:21


    Imrana speaks to Nishat Alam from Khidr Collective alongside their youngest contributor, Abu Nur, exploring his piece inspired by Hokusai's 'The Great Wave'.

    Ramadhan Reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 52:20


    Imrana is joined by two young guests, Zahra and Sofiya to share some of their favourite books and how they're spending their Ramadhan.

    In the Company of Strangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 52:10


    On this edition of The Book Club Show, Imrana is accompanied by guest Awais Khan to discuss the book "LAHORE. A CITY OF SECRETIVE GLAMOUR, WHISPERING ELITES, AND SORDID AFFAIRS".

    Wild Boar in the Cane Fields

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 52:21


    On this episode of The Book Club Show, Imrana interviews Anniqua Rana to talk about her book: "Wild Boar in the Cane Fields".

    2020 Reading List

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 54:02


    The Boy at the Back of the Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 52:03


    Imrana is joined in the studio by young book worms to discuss The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Rauf

    The Four Traits of a Cherished Muslimah

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 48:37


    On this edition of The Book Club Show, Imrana explores the book 'The Four Traits of a Cherished Muslimah' by Sara Malik.

    When I Hit You

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 52:19


    Seduced by politics and poetry, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor and agrees to be his wife, but what for her is a contract of love is for him a contract of ownership. As he sets about reducing her to his idealised version of a kept woman, bullying her out of her life as an academic and writer in the process, she attempts to push back - a resistance he resolves to break with violence and rape.Smart, fierce and courageous When I Hit You is a dissection of what love meant, means and will come to mean when trust is undermined by violence; a brilliant, throat-tightening feminist discourse on battered faces and bruised male egos; and a scathing portrait of traditional wedlock in modern India.

    Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 52:11


    Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal's Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, she's busy pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when—as the eldest daughter—she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings. Amal is upset, but she doesn't lose hope and finds ways to continue learning. Then the unimaginable happens—after an accidental run-in with the son of her village's corrupt landlord, Amal must work as his family's servant to pay off her own family's debt.Life at the opulent Khan estate is full of heartbreak and struggle for Amal—especially when she inadvertently makes an enemy of a girl named Nabila. Most troubling, though, is Amal's growing awareness of the Khans' nefarious dealings. When it becomes clear just how far they will go to protect their interests, Amal realizes she will have to find a way to work with others if they are ever to exact change in a cruel status quo, and if Amal is ever to achieve her dreams.

    Muslim Mothers and Their Children's Schooling

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 52:22


    A FLY Girl's Guide to University

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 46:58


    On this episode of The Book Club Show Imrana discusses A FLY Girl's Guide to University: Being a Woman of Colour at Cambridge and other institutions of Elitism and Power by Lola Olufemi, Odelia Younge, Waithera Sebatindira and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, with guest Ailsa Harris

    Favourite Children's Stories | The Children's Peace Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 52:22


    Imrana is joined by Moriam Grillo and Mary Hearne to discuss favourite children's stories and run up to the The Children's Peace Party at Wardown Park.

    Being British Muslims: Beyond Ethnocentric Religion and Identity Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 49:00


    Meeting with Mountains

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 52:12


    On this edition of The Book Club Show, Sister Imrana is joined by guest Peter Sanders as they discuss the book: "Meeting with Mountains" by Peter Sanders.

    Educating Children : Riyadatul Sibyan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 52:08


    In this week's episode of The Book Club Show, sister Imrana is joined by guest Umm Mohammed as they discuss the book "Educating Children: Riyadatul Sibyan" by Imam Al-Ramli.

    Graphic Novel Luton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 52:17


    On this debut edition of the Book Club Show Imrana will be discussing #graphicnovel #luton with Nicole Mollett

    Empty and the Ocean by Baraka Blue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 51:38


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