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Strangers in the House by Shehadeh Raja
epub |eng | 2009-03-09 | Author:Shehadeh, Raja

CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE CONNECTION WAS bad. All I could hear was the faint pleading voice of my sister, Siham. “Raja, come home.” “Why?” I shouted into the receiver. “Why?” “Your ...
( Category: Middle Eastern March 10,2020 )
Ancient Egypt’s Most Famous Royal Family: The Lives and Deaths of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Tutankhamun by Charles River Editors
epub |eng | 2019-10-31 | Author:Charles River Editors [Charles River Editors]

( Category: Middle East February 27,2020 )
Theodor Herzl by Derek Penslar
epub |eng | 2020-02-17 | Author:Derek Penslar

4 Reaching for the Stars BETWEEN 1898 AND 1901, Herzl’s Zionist career was at its zenith. The Zionist Congresses, which continued to meet regularly, were only the tip of the ...
( Category: Middle East February 18,2020 )
St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate (Icons) by Karen Armstrong
epub |eng | 2015-09-21 | Author:Karen Armstrong [Armstrong, Karen]

This, of course, directly contradicts Paul’s insistence that “in Christ” there should be full gender equality. So glaring is this discrepancy that many scholars believe that this passage was inserted ...
( Category: Middle East December 11,2019 )
The Targeter by Nada Bakos
epub |eng | 2019-06-03 | Author:Nada Bakos

Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, was found guilty of crimes against humanity for the 1982 killing of 148 Shias in the small city of Dujail, approximately forty miles north ...
( Category: Iraq War June 5,2019 )
The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey From Prisoner to Peacemaker by Jen Marlowe & Sami al Jundi
epub |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:Jen Marlowe & Sami al Jundi [Marlowe, Jen & Jundi, Sami al]

I was quick to learn: money was essential on the outside. I was ashamed to take pocket money from my father. I needed a source of income. The brothers in ...
( Category: Middle East June 7,2017 )
Revolution for Dummies by Bassem Youssef
epub |eng | 2017-02-17 | Author:Bassem Youssef

THE CURIOUS CASE OF ABU ISMAIL Think of a zealous religious conservative like Mike Huckabee with his extreme fundamentalist quotes and his adorable smile. Then add some Michelle Bachman’s non-fact ...
( Category: Middle Eastern May 12,2017 )
From Terror to Freedom by Mano Bakh
epub |eng | 2011-01-21 | Author:Mano Bakh [Bakh, Mano]

5 New Improved Training Iran’s Source of Revenue Much had transpired during my hiatus away from Iran. Oil was still the main source of the country’s revenue. OPEC and its ...
( Category: Middle East February 27,2017 )
Leaving Iran: Between Migration and Exile by Farideh Goldin
epub |eng | 2015-02-23 | Author:Farideh Goldin [Goldin Farideh]

05 BABA 1981, Tehran I didn’t hear back from Mr. Rabizadeh’s office. Every time I called, the secretary picked up the phone and promised that she would convey the message. ...
( Category: Jewish February 24,2017 )
Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi
azw3 |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Shirin Ebadi

My two daughters were growing old enough that they came home from school each day with a barrage of questions. Thud. They would toss their backpacks in the hallway. Thud ...
( Category: Human Rights February 24,2017 )
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey by Izzeldin Abuelaish
epub |eng | 2010-04-26 | Author:Izzeldin Abuelaish [Abuelaish, Izzeldin]

FOUR Hearts and Minds SO MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS in my homeland results from decisions taken a long way from the streets of Jabalia City where I live. The Oslo ...
( Category: Middle East February 24,2017 )
God's Wolf by Jeffrey Lee
epub |eng | | Author:Jeffrey Lee

Reynald’s destination was the holiest place of all – the very wellspring of the crusading spirit. Pilgrims flocked from all over Christendom to pray nearby at Christ’s birthplace in Bethlehem, ...
( Category: General January 21,2017 )
The Terror Years by Lawrence Wright
epub |eng | 2016-08-22 | Author:Lawrence Wright

POSTSCRIPT Many of the people I interviewed in this piece are now in exile, along with millions of other Syrians. Ossama Mohammed is in Paris. Orwa Nyrabia was arrested and ...
( Category: Middle Eastern November 9,2016 )
The Fall of Heaven by Andrew Scott Cooper
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Scott Cooper

16 FIVE DAYS IN MAY My headstrong lord, consider now and say Whether you want to fight or run away! —THE PERSIAN BOOK OF KINGS The Americans want to eliminate ...
( Category: History & Theory August 3,2016 )
The Drone Eats with Me by Atef Abu Saif
epub |eng | 2014-07-17 | Author:Atef Abu Saif [Saif, Atef Abu]

Southern Gaza Saturday, 2 August DEATH IN RAFAH MY THROAT HAS GROWN WORSE. It’s excruciatingly dry and has been joined by a pain in my chest and a weakness all ...
( Category: Middle Eastern July 18,2016 )

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