Crescent Books

01/08/2025

More on Prizren from Flamur Vehapi‘s ‘Kosovo: A Brief Chronology’
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Music: Salam, Shams and Rumi

12/25/2024

Last day to download this book for FREE in the US. Hop into Philo’s little turquoise coupe for an adventure across time, memory, and space.
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And while you’re there, look up this book’s philosophical companion - ‘Atheism Versus Belief’ - also by Brandon Mayfield.
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12/24/2024

🗓️ Pencil us into your calendars, book lovers! Everyone is welcome to the Oregon Muslims’ Lit. Festival & Book Fair. Sunday, Feb. 23 12-4:30pm

Sponsored by The Crescent Institute, Bilal Masjid (Beaverton, Oregon) , Islamic Community Center of Hillsboro (ICCH) , Cool Islam , Islamic Society of Greater Portland - ISGP

12/22/2024

Tunisian artist: Assala Chouk

12/21/2024

Available now for FREE in the US: the eBook for ‘Grains of Destiny’ by Brandon Mayfield. Don't miss out on your chance to get this book (promo through Dec. 25). Goes well with tea and scones 😉

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12/18/2024

For orders in the US, download 'Grains of Destiny' by Brandon Mayfield for FREE. Available Dec. 21-25. Happy reading!

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12/12/2024

12/10/2024

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/refaat-alareer/

December 6, 2024 marks one year since Israel assassinated Palestinian writer, poet and educator Refaat Alareer with a targeted airstrike on the second floor apartment where he was taking refuge with extended family. Israel’s targeting of poets and intellectuals was not new, but his killing–his b...

12/07/2024

The Islamic Book Cafe will be a vendor at Winter Bazaar come get your books as you prepare for your learning and as you get ready for Ramadan. We will have kids, teen and adult books. From classic books of Sahih Muslim to self development books from collection. If you can't make it. You can shop our whole collection online. Free automatic US shipping after $75. No code needed.

Let us know what you want us to bring to the event. See you there InshAllah.

12/07/2024

12/07/2024

Are you curious what others are reading? Love snooping your friends' shelves? 👀

Check out our booklist here (shipping to US & UK):
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Purchases help support local bookstores and us as affiliates.

12/03/2024

www.publishersforpalestine.org for free eBooks and resources for action.

Publishers and writers from all over the world are participating in Read Palestine Week (29 Nov - 05 Dec) organized by

11/23/2024

Welcome to ’s Bookshelf Podcasts, where we delve into the minds of groundbreaking authors and their transformative works. Today, Zubair Qamar intervie...

11/18/2024

Know your world! Édith Piaf was a famous singer of French, Moroccan, and Italian heritage, whose music is still globally known.

As a child she traveled as a singer with her father before eventually settling in Paris and establishing herself as a famous chanteuse réaliste. This genre was popular among the working class and often featured melancholic sounds and harsh subject manner (hence "realistic"). Piaf's mother also traveled as a chanteuse réaliste, including for a period in Türkiye (though not with Piaf, as she was essentially absent from her daughter's life).

In fact, many members of both Piaf's maternal and paternal family were singers and stage performers. Her grandmother, Emma (Aïcha) Saïd Ben Mohamed, was a famous circus performer in France.

Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved singers of the 20th century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe. In this biography Carolyn Burke gives us Piaf in her ...