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05/27/2026

Mubarak!

05/27/2026

Tani edhe ne platformen Bookshop!

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Check out Rigjetja e Vetes - Ky vëllim me mbi 50 poezi është një kujtesë e bukur për mrekullinë e jetës, mirënjohjen dhe kërkimin e vazhdueshëm të kuptimit. Me një zë të qetë, por depërtues, ai fton lexuesin në përsiatje të thellë mbi vetveten dhe botën përreth. Kjo është...

05/11/2026

✨ Më në fund! Ky libër i bukur nga Prof. Milazim Krasniqi tani gjendet në Amazon dhe në platforma të tjera online! 🎉

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Rigjetja e Vetes (Albanian Edition)

05/09/2026

Coming soon! 'The Adhan: A Brief Chronology' by Flamur Vehapi. Follow us for updates: thecrescentbooks.com

This upcoming publication offers a sweeping yet accessible exploration of Islam’s most enduring and recognizable ritual. Tracing the Adhan from its divinely inspired beginnings in 7th-century Madinah to its global resonance across empires, cultures, and modern technologies, the author presents the first concise English-language work devoted entirely to its historical journey.

Blending history, culture, and lived practice, this book reveals how a call simple in form yet profound in meaning has shaped sacred time, unified communities, and echoed continuously across the world for over fourteen centuries.

05/05/2026

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Palermo Cathedral stands as a testament to Sicily’s turbulent history, with layers of architectural flourishes added over the centuries by each new wave of conqueror (from Arab to Norman to Spanish).

It's a living time capsule.

Every turret, column, and inscription tells the story of an era, and in doing so, the cathedral becomes an eclectic monument to the island's past.

One of the most fascinating pieces of this puzzle is an Arabic inscription on a column at the entrance.

The pillar inscription, incongruous in a Catholic cathedral, harks back to Sicily’s Islamic period, when from the 9th to 11th centuries, Palermo was home to the Great Mosque of Bal’harm, the Arabic name for the city.

They had adapted the city's ancient Greek name, Panormus (meaning “complete port”), into "Bal’harm"...the root of the modern name, Palermo.

The verse seen on the pillar, taken from the seventh Surah of the Quran, reads:

"Your Lord is God; He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself on the Throne. The night overtakes the day, as it pursues it persistently; and the sun, and the moon, and the stars are subservient by His command. His is the creation, and His is the command. Blessed is God, Lord of all beings."

How did this sacred verse from a mosque find its way into a Catholic cathedral?

It’s a story woven into Sicily’s complex history of conquest and adaptation.

The column itself is likely of Roman origin, repurposed during the Byzantine period and eventually integrated into the Great Mosque when Islamic rulers took over the island.

After the Normans reclaimed Sicily in the late 11th century, converting the mosque into a cathedral, the column wasn’t discarded.

Instead, it was later added to the Catholic portico during the 15th century, when Sicily was under the rule of Spain. By then, the inscription had been largely forgotten, or perhaps simply overlooked in the rush to reuse valuable marble.

From a Roman column repurposed by Byzantines, to an Islamic inscription tucked into a Catholic portico, Palermo Cathedral is one of many living monuments to the Arabic rulers that left their mark on this island.

05/02/2026

"Throughout his clear translation, concise introduction and helpful notes, Flamur shows us why Sami matters to us, today, to both knowledge-seekers and our society at large." —Yahia Lababidi, author of Where Epics Fail and Quarantine Notes
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"Throughout his clear translation, concise introduction and helpful notes, Flamur shows us why Sami matters to us, today, to both knowledge-seekers and our society at large." —Yahia Lababidi, author of Where Epics Fail and Quarantine Notes

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04/28/2026

For US & UK readers, get a permanent discount on select paperbacks by buying directly from our printer (which in turn helps support us as a small publisher!)

Access this discounted price any time via the Discount buttons on our website: thecrescentbooks.com/shop-all

Thank you for supporting independent and small publishers!

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04/17/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the book fair this past Sunday!!

Attendees, event speakers, vendors, setup coordinators, tent wranglers - this book fair couldn't have happened without you!

04/11/2026

Join us tomorrow for the book fair! Featuring a Q&A and book signing with Omar El Akkad.

Crescent Books will be selling our publications. We will also have some books of Omar's for purchase.

There may be some rain tomorrow, but we've got you covered ☔ Vendors will be under tents or covered areas, and the events will be indoors: kids' crafting, calligraphy class, and Q&A.