Reading Lists

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A few weeks ago this is me did a post on women and hijab in Australia. Velveteen Rabbi asked about some readings, and Hijabman has recently proved people do read what we post about books, so I thought we’d begin an irregular series of reading lists. We made an effort earlier at one, but we are going to formalize it into topic based material.

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2 thoughts on “Reading Lists”

  1. So, post your wish list on the site! Did u see HijabM’s? huge! Get him a graduation/birthday present lol

  2. His list is huge! I thought I was a voracious reader. I’m not interested in my wish list though. I want to share books I find interesting and enlightening, and if you buy through these links and help support the site, all the better. My main concern is to the aql exercised.

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