The Book Club Show: Recent Episodes
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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.
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This week on The Book Club Show, Imrana Mahmood speaks to award-winning author Awais Khan about his heart-wrenching new novel - Someone Like Her
In this week's edition of The Book Club Show, Imrana speaks to her daughter, Zahra, about the books that she's enjoying currently during the summer holiday.
This week on The Book Club Show, Sister Imrana speaks to Farhat Amin about her book 'Hands Off Our Hijab', which is dedicated to empowering Muslim women & understanding the struggles women face while wearing hijab.
Imrana speaks with Iffat Tejani (British Cycling Breeze Champion) on today's edition of the Book Club Show. Tune in to hear about her cycling journey & the work that Evolve Cycling Network does.
This week on #TheBookClubShow Imrana speaks to Suma Din about her book 'Dear Mother: Letters from the Heart' which brings together mothers of all backgrounds in a compendium of fictional letters, written from the heart.
Museum of Stories is a new community-led audio walk down Dunstable Road led by Applied Stories.
In this week's episode of The Book Club Show, Imrana speaks with Fin Kennedy and Titilola Dawudu to speak about the audio drama and how residents can get involved.
In this edition, Imrana pauses and reflects on books she has read and enjoyed throughout the year.
In this edition, Imrana is joined by Revolution Fitness to discuss books and how to get active.
In this edition, Imrana is joined by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid to discuss her book 'Finding Mr Perfectly Fine'.
In this edition, Imrana discusses Part 1 of the book 'The True Story of Jihad in Islamic History' by Yasmine Watson.
In this edition, Imrana discusses the themes and ideas around the book 'The Bone Sparrow' by Zana Fraillon.
In this edition, Imrana is joined by Tahir Adel to discuss his poetry collection called 'Lost and Found'.
In this edition, Imrana is joined by students from a local girls school to discuss their writings on a book named 'Empowered'.
In this edition, Imrana is joined by Dee Bailey and a host of other guests to discuss her new book 'Life Outta Lockdown : 2021'.
In this edition, Imrana is joined by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan to discuss her new book 'Tangled in Terror'.
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.
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.
Imrana discusses 'The Sickness' - a dark fantasy novel with author and psychology graduate Yazarah who's breaking stereotypes with her writing.
Imrana Mahmood is joined by Tharik Hussain to speak about his book 'Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim Europe'.
Imrana is joined by an amazing panel of guests to discuss the beautiful anthology 'Cut from the Same Cloth'.
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 this episode of the Book Club, Imrana discusses 'In The Shade of The Tree', a photographic journey through the Muslim world by Peter Sanders.
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Imrana speaks to Nishat Alam from Khidr Collective alongside their youngest contributor, Abu Nur, exploring his piece inspired by Hokusai's 'The Great Wave'.
Imrana is joined by two young guests, Zahra and Sofiya to share some of their favourite books and how they're spending their Ramadhan.
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".
On this episode of The Book Club Show, Imrana interviews Anniqua Rana to talk about her book: "Wild Boar in the Cane Fields".
For the first show of the new year, Imrana talks about the books she is looking forward to reading.
Imrana is joined in the studio by young book worms to discuss The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Rauf
On this edition of The Book Club Show, Imrana explores the book 'The Four Traits of a Cherished Muslimah' by Sara Malik.
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.
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.
On this edition of The Book Club Show Imrana interviews the author of Muslim Mothers and Their Children's Schooling, Suma Din
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
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.
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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.
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.
On this debut edition of the Book Club Show Imrana will be discussing #graphicnovel #luton with Nicole Mollett
On this edition of The Book Club Show, Imrana discusses the book Empty and the Ocean by Baraka Blue