{"product_id":"revolutionsoftheheartliteraryculturalspiritual","title":"Revolutions of the Heart: Literary, Cultural, \u0026 Spiritual","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYahia Lababidi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781725264946\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a genre-bending book where literature, social activism, and mysticism intersect. In this follow-up to Lababidi's first essay collection, \u003cem\u003eTrial by Ink: From Nietzsche to Bellydancing\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), the author is undergoing an inner change, as is the world around him. The multifaceted meditations in Revolutions – essays, poems, aphorisms, conversations, and even fiction – explore the edifying power of art, Islamophobia and its antidotes, the Egyptian Revolution and its aftermath, American popular culture, and much else in our complex modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA series of rich conversations with Lababidi, and his various provocative interlocutors, shed more intimate light on the subjects under discussion. At times serious, playful, and seriously playful, these exuberant exchanges chart the personal evolution of Lababidi from angst-ridden existentialist thinker, besotted with the life of the mind, to someone chastened, drawn to Sufism and seeking to surrender before the primacy of spiritual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a political level, as the work of an immigrant and Muslim (living in Trump's divided America and our wounded world), Revolutions is a book of hope and healing, arguing for nuance and compassion, as it attempts to present art as a form of cultural diplomacy and tool for transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelect Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eESSAYS, APPRECIATIONS, REFLECTIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Books We Were\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoetry and Journalism of the Spirit\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeking the Light Through Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eC.S. Lewis \u0026amp; the Spiritual Tipping Point\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRadical Love: Mysticism in Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Makes for Good Conversation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShort Meditations on Inspiration and Hope\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoes a Sex Beast Lurk in the Breast of Men?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Failure of Misanthropy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrish Singer, Sinead O’Connor, Converts to Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReview By Fire: Writings on the Arab Spring\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONVERSATIONS \u0026amp; FICTIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions \u0026amp; Aphorisms: Idris Shah Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If It Weren’t For My Wound…” with Rob Vollmar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe City and the Writer: In Cairo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAphorisms: A Brief Art - With Yuna-D’Inca\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrial by Ink: A Conversation with Tyler Malone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDear Eighty-Year-Old Self\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Softer Light of Middle Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Limits of Love\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Millennials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hazards of Shaving: A Study in Vanity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Resource Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32158411948067,"sku":"9781725264946","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/IM102713.jpg?v=1590834651","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/revolutionsoftheheartliteraryculturalspiritual","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}