Samna Ghani

                                                                                       Image Credit: rgbaptist.org Exodus: Gods and Kings may not be exactly what history buffs are looking for. It is also not being taken well by religious people. Why? Simply because the movie is both historically inaccurate and religiously incorrect. As in incorrect in terms of Torah, Quran and the Bible.   I had already read the poor reviews before I watched the movie but I thought hey what the heck….soo maybe the movie is not all that accurate (okay, not accurate at all) but it still has Christian Bale right? I mean, hot, suave, made to be swooned over Christian Bale? So I decided to give it a try. I must say I am disappointed. Christian Bale looks great. Let’...

              Image Credit: Books To Go Now About ‘Tis But A Dream: When ambitious and talented Snow Donovan finds the job of her dreams, she thinks she has finally found her fairy-tale ending. The right job, the ultimate home and financial security. However, a hostile supervisor is all set to shatter her aspirations. Snow is unprepared for not only the hostility but also the irresistible attraction she feels for Richard Wilder, a dynamic and successful business-man who is committed to protect her at all cost. Will Snow be able to control her attraction to him and keep things professional or will she finally give in and find her true “happily ever after?” About Samna Ghani: Samna Ghani is a published author. She writes romance novels and adventure stories for children. She also works as a creative writer and is an active member of the Mississauga Writers Group, Canada. Her work has been featured on several online platforms including Yahoo, ...

              Image Credit: Books To Go Now Violet Osborne, a successful lawyer and workaholic, had given up all hope of ever finding a man she could love and trust. Things change dramatically for her when she decides to go on a dream vacation to Europe. Her idealist romantic notions had made her believe that the right type of man did not exist ... until she met the wrong type.... Or so she thought. Reed Kendall, a handsome and dashing playboy never thought he would feel the need to settle down. Wealth and women came easy to him. His work was all he was really passionate about until he meets Violet. Seducing women had never been much of a challenge for him and he didn’t expect it to be any different with Violet... or so he thought. Sparks fly as Reed and Violet try to resist each other... but some people are just too hard to resist. About Samna Ghani: Samna Ghani is a published author. She writes romance novels and adventure sto...

Mississauga Writers Group proudly launches its first book, “Word Fest, Celebrating Ideas”.  Showcasing different themes, this anthology includes a diverse collection of poetry and prose. From playwrights to poets, from screenplay writers to journalists, from meditation experts to therapists, sixteen talented members of the Mississauga Writers Group have contributed to this collection.                                                     Image Credit: Mississauga Writers Group The Mississauga Writers Group was established in January 2013 with the underlying objective of providing writers a forum to share their experiences and their dreams through creativity, knowledge and mutual respect. Word Fest is the first of many achievements of the members as a collective force and is a celebration of ideas, inspiration and dreams. Whet...

The Casual Vacancy may not be what Harry Potter fans are expecting from J.K. Rowling. However, there is no denying that the author's writing style is engaging and entertaining. Rowling has created characters that have a lot of depth and while they may not appear to most people as the ideal "heroes and heroines" generally found in books, she has succeeded in giving them a disturbing yet realistic identity.                                                                                        Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons             The book highlights the negativity inherent in most human beings and how for the sake of selfish goals, normal people can become cruel.  This book will not appeal to ...

There are approximately one million Muslim women in America.  Around 43% of them wear the hijab (a headscarf). (Khalid, 2011) For years, the headscarf or the hijab has been a divisive issue not just within the Muslim community but between the Muslim community and the West. With all the anti-Muslim sentiments going on around the globe, wearing the hijab is becoming more and more of a challenge for Muslim women. It has also become a complication between Eastern and Western cultures and within Islam itself. The general perception with respect to the hijab is that it is a tool to suppress women.  People in the West seem to think that women who cover their head or cover themselves from head to toe in a burqa are somehow oppressed and subservient.  I am a Muslim woman. I was born and raised in a Muslim country and I have been living in the West for almost a decade. A large number of women in my family back home in Pakistan and in the West wear the hijab.  They do no...

I am sure I am not the only bookworm out there who craves the writing style of Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, P.G. Wodehouse and other classic authors. Let's be real. While it's a treat to read the Ludlums, Grishams and Dan Browns of the world, the classics will always remain in a class of their own. Jason Bourne is all cool and sleek but would he have been created without Ian Fleming's James Bond? Would Grisham's legal thrillers be appealing if there had been no Perry Mason by Earl Stanley Gardner? And come on! We all know that the mushy romances of today would not even exist without the romantic works of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte  and Georgette Heyer. The sad part however is that a large majority of people today have forgotten the look and feel of a pure classic. Wasn't it Jane Austen who once said, "the person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not had pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." Well said Ms. Austen! Anyway...