Discover stories and rare images from the lives and times of these great souls
Michael Sugich
Peter Sanders
“There was also something subtle, almost imperceptible, something rare and precious-”
Internationally acclaimed photographer Peter Sanders (Meetings with Mountains, The Art of Integration, In the Shade of a Tree) and popular author Michael Sugich (Signs on the Horizons, Hearts Turn) have joined forces to produce Exemplars for Our Time, a deluxe limited edition nine-book box set of illustrated biographies of some of the most influential and inspiring Muslim saints and sages in our time.
This unique series profiles the lives of Sayyida Fatima Yashrutiyya, Habib Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad, Shaykh Murabit al-Hajj, Muzaffer Ozak Efendi, Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib, Sufi ‘Abdullah, Sayyid ‘Umar ‘Abdallah Mwinyi Baraka, and Shaykh Salih al-Ja‘fari.
Biographers include Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi, Shems Friedlander, Dr. Karim Lahham, Dr. Samer Dajani, and Michael Sugich. Each book is beautifully illustrated with the photography of Peter Sanders, Shems Friedlander, and others, as well as rare images from the lives and times of these great souls.
Volume One
The Luminous Virtues of the Sages of Islam
Volume Two
Shaykh Murabit Al-Hajj by Hamza Yusuf
Volume Three
Habib Ahmad Mashhur Al-Haddad, by Mostafa Al-Badawi
Volume Four