Books by Tharik Hussain
Tharik Hussain is an award-winning author, travel writer and journalist specialising in Muslim heritage and culture. He is a Fellow at the Royal Geographical Society in London and the Centre of Religion and Heritage at the University of Groningen. Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim Europe, won the British Guild of Travel Writers’ Adele Evans Award for best travel narrative book of 2022. It was also shortlisted for the 2022 Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year award and longlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize. In 2017 he was named one of the UK’s most inspiring British Bangladeshis.
Interviews with Tharik Hussain
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Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
by Martin Lings -
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Mumbai To Mecca: A Pilgrimage to the Holy Sites of Islam
by Ilija Trojanow, translated by Rebecca Morrison -
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Mecca: The Sacred City
by Ziauddin Sardar -
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Islam: A Short History
by Karen Armstrong -
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Islamic Mystical Poetry
ed. Mahmood Jamal
The best books on The Meaning of Ramadan, recommended by Tharik Hussain
The best books on The Meaning of Ramadan, recommended by Tharik Hussain
During Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims fast during daylight hours and refrain from sinful behaviours. We asked Tharik Hussain, author of acclaimed travelogue Minarets in the Mountains and the new companion guide Ramadan Mubarak, to choose five texts that offer readers insight into the true meaning of Ramadan.
