Note: This essay on the Hunger Games phenomenon and the rise and fall of YA dystopias was originally published in 2021. It has been updated and republished due to the 2023 release of the prequel ...

The last sermon of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage, also known as the "Khutbatul Wada," occupies a sacred place in the hearts of all devout Muslims, as at the end ...