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The Last Word is Love

My Path of Courage through War, Healing and Faith

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If life is an adventure, Ruth Pfau lived it. If love is possible, she proved it. Ruth started as an atheist student in post-war Germany and became a medical doctor and then part of the Order of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary. A visit to Karachi as a young sister started her on her way to dedicating her entire life to the people of Pakistan. Her life is a model of understanding how to live in a ... Read more

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If life is an adventure, Ruth Pfau lived it. If love is possible, she proved it. Ruth started as an atheist student in post-war Germany and became a medical doctor and then part of the Order of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary. A visit to Karachi as a young sister started her on her way to dedicating her entire life to the people of Pakistan. Her life is a model of understanding how to live in a
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I Am a Bacha Posh

My Life as a Woman Living as a Man in Afghanistan

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Translated by Peter E. Chianchiano Jr. ...

A 2015 Amelia Bloomer List Selection"You will be a son, my daughter." With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy.In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son. These children are called bacha posh: literally "girls dressed as boys." This practice offers families the freedom to allow their child to shop ... Read more

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A 2015 Amelia Bloomer List Selection"You will be a son, my daughter." With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy.In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son. These children are called bacha posh: literally "girls dressed as boys." This practice offers families the freedom to allow their child to shop
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Arabic Stories for Language Learners

Traditional Middle Eastern Tales In Arabic and English (Online Included)

by Hezi Brosh, Lutfi Mansur ...

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Arabic Stories for Language Learners—a language learning experience for beginner to intermediate students of the Arabic language.The traditional stories of a country are invaluable at providing insight into understanding the culture, history and language of a people. A great way to learn Arabic, the sixty-six stories found in Arabic Stories for Language Learners present the vocabulary and grammar ... Read more

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Arabic Stories for Language Learners—a language learning experience for beginner to intermediate students of the Arabic language.The traditional stories of a country are invaluable at providing insight into understanding the culture, history and language of a people. A great way to learn Arabic, the sixty-six stories found in Arabic Stories for Language Learners present the vocabulary and grammar
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Arab and Jew

Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • “A rich, penetrating, and moving portrayal of Arab-Jewish hostility, told in human terms.”—NewsdayNow expanded and updated • “The best and most comprehensive work there is in the English language on this subject.”—The New York TimesIn this monumental work, extensively researched and more relevant than ever, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • “A rich, penetrating, and moving portrayal of Arab-Jewish hostility, told in human terms.”—NewsdayNow expanded and updated • “The best and most comprehensive work there is in the English language on this subject.”—The New York TimesIn this monumental work, extensively researched and more relevant than ever, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that
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Shah of Shahs

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This journalist's portrait of life in Iran just after the Revolution is "a book of great economy and power [with] a supreme sense of the absurd" ( New Republic).Iran, 1980: the revolutionaries have taken charge. In a deserted Teheran hotel, Ryszard Kapuściński tries to make journalistic and human sense out of the mass of notes, tapes, and photographs he had accumulated during his extended stay in ... Read more

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This journalist's portrait of life in Iran just after the Revolution is "a book of great economy and power [with] a supreme sense of the absurd" ( New Republic).Iran, 1980: the revolutionaries have taken charge. In a deserted Teheran hotel, Ryszard Kapuściński tries to make journalistic and human sense out of the mass of notes, tapes, and photographs he had accumulated during his extended stay in
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Gate of the Sun

by Elias Khoury ...

Translated by Humphrey Davies ...

A New York Times Notable BookThis “imposingly rich . . . a genuine masterwork” vividly captures the Palestinian experience following the creation of the Israeli state (New York Times Book Review).After Palestine is torn apart in 1948, two men remain alone in a deserted makeshift hospital in the Shatila camp on the outskirts of Beirut—entering a vast world of displacement, fear, and tenuous hope ... Read more

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A New York Times Notable BookThis “imposingly rich . . . a genuine masterwork” vividly captures the Palestinian experience following the creation of the Israeli state (New York Times Book Review).After Palestine is torn apart in 1948, two men remain alone in a deserted makeshift hospital in the Shatila camp on the outskirts of Beirut—entering a vast world of displacement, fear, and tenuous hope
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The Yellow Wind

by David Grossman ...

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"A brilliant, searing examination of Israel's occupation of the West Bank . . . beautiful, passionate, and profoundly disturbing" ( Chicago Tribune ).The Israeli novelist David Grossman's impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987—not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the Israelis, but also the cost of occupation for both ... Read more

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"A brilliant, searing examination of Israel's occupation of the West Bank . . . beautiful, passionate, and profoundly disturbing" ( Chicago Tribune ).The Israeli novelist David Grossman's impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987—not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the Israelis, but also the cost of occupation for both
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The Wall Between Us

Notes from the Holy Land

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"The biology of Israel/Palestine simply and beautifully revealed," from the author of Down and Out Today: Notes from the Gutter (Jon Snow, journalist and presenter).Writer Matthew Small traveled to the Holy Land to further his understanding of the enduring conflict between Israel and Palestine. While there, he discovered beauty, fear and suffering like nowhere else in the world. In these honest ... Read more

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"The biology of Israel/Palestine simply and beautifully revealed," from the author of Down and Out Today: Notes from the Gutter (Jon Snow, journalist and presenter).Writer Matthew Small traveled to the Holy Land to further his understanding of the enduring conflict between Israel and Palestine. While there, he discovered beauty, fear and suffering like nowhere else in the world. In these honest
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Son of Karbala

The Spiritual Journey of an Iraqi Muslim

by Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri ...

Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri was born in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, sacred to the whole Muslim world. Educated in Europe, living in the USA, working for many years in the oil industry, he has developed a unique perspective on the social and political history of the region. Interwoven with episodes from his own life, and meetings with prominent politicians, theologians and Sufi masters, he traces ... Read more

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Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri was born in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, sacred to the whole Muslim world. Educated in Europe, living in the USA, working for many years in the oil industry, he has developed a unique perspective on the social and political history of the region. Interwoven with episodes from his own life, and meetings with prominent politicians, theologians and Sufi masters, he traces
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Sleeping on a Wire

Conversations with Palestinians in Israel

by David Grossman ...

Translated by Haim Watzman ...

Based on conversations with Palestinians in Israel, David Grossman's Sleeping on a Wire, like The Yellow Wind, is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the Middle East today.Israel describes itself as a Jewish state. What, then, is the status of the one-fifth of its citizens who are not Jewish? Are they Israelis, or are they Palestinians? Or are they a people without a country? How ... Read more

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Based on conversations with Palestinians in Israel, David Grossman's Sleeping on a Wire, like The Yellow Wind, is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the Middle East today.Israel describes itself as a Jewish state. What, then, is the status of the one-fifth of its citizens who are not Jewish? Are they Israelis, or are they Palestinians? Or are they a people without a country? How
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Out of Pakistan

A Testimony of the Miraculous Hand of God in My Life

by Hashmat Shah ...

From a horrible jail in Pakistan to an amazing faith healing in Loveland, Colorado, Hashmat Shah has been blessed with a life filled with miraculous events. As the son of a convert from Islam to Christianity, living in a predominantly Muslim country, Hashmat's experiences growing up are quite unique. This book takes you into the spiritual journeys of two men: Hashmat and his father, Rahmat Ullah ... Read more

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From a horrible jail in Pakistan to an amazing faith healing in Loveland, Colorado, Hashmat Shah has been blessed with a life filled with miraculous events. As the son of a convert from Islam to Christianity, living in a predominantly Muslim country, Hashmat's experiences growing up are quite unique. This book takes you into the spiritual journeys of two men: Hashmat and his father, Rahmat Ullah
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The Little Book of Sufi Stories

Ancient Wisdom to Nourish the Heart

by Neil Douglas-Klotz ...

"Entertaining. . . . practical, ghostly, and often very funny tales . . . including those by saints like Rumi as well as lay storytellers from Turkey and Persia." — Publishers WeeklyThe stories in this book are drawn from the dozens of Sufi tales that Douglas-Klotz has enjoyed telling in his seminars over the past 20 years. Most of them appear in works of the classical Sufis, such as Rumi, Attar, ... Read more

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"Entertaining. . . . practical, ghostly, and often very funny tales . . . including those by saints like Rumi as well as lay storytellers from Turkey and Persia." — Publishers WeeklyThe stories in this book are drawn from the dozens of Sufi tales that Douglas-Klotz has enjoyed telling in his seminars over the past 20 years. Most of them appear in works of the classical Sufis, such as Rumi, Attar,
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