Middle East
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-24 | Author:Lesley Hazleton

Thirteen News of Muhammad’s arrival spread fast. People ran out to greet him as he rode in, begging him to stop and accept their hospitality, but he turned everyone down. ...
( Category: Islam August 19,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2012-03-09 | Author:Daniel Shayesteh

MUSLIM KILLS MUSLIM 8 Arrested! Prison The second election for parliament drew closer. I had announced my candidacy, but had to wait for the time of formal enrollment before I ...
( Category: Middle East June 18,2015 )
mobi, epub |ru | 2012-05-21 | Author:Wael Ghonim

* * * Accomplishments of the Egyptian government: 12,000 Egyptians committed suicide during the past four years! 5,000 committed suicide in 2009, and more than 100,000 suicide attempts occurred during ...
( Category: Democracy June 14,2015 )
epub |eng | 2008-06-03 | Author:Ariel Sabar [Sabar, Ariel]

Yona, right, recording “Mamo” (Uncle) Yona Gabbay’s stories, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, circa 1963. PROFESSOR POLOTSKY’S INTEREST was linguistics: what an informant’s words could reveal about Neo-Aramaic grammar, syntax, and its ...
( Category: Jewish June 12,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-10 | Author:Robert Wright [Wright, Robert]

In Ottawa, meanwhile, the opposition Liberals were doing everything in their power to confound the government’s efforts to keep a lid on Canada’s role in the hostage crisis. Day after ...
( Category: Diplomacy June 12,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-07-10 | Author:David Harris-Gershon

From the beginning, attempting to procure an audience with Mohammad – the process itself – proved to be nothing short of maddening. My frustration with the Israeli government bubbled over ...
( Category: Middle Eastern May 27,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jo Marchant

LORD CARNARVON’S DEMISE wasn’t the only source of dramatic stories constructed from evidence that some might consider rather thin. Attention also focused on Tutankhamun’s own death, or to be more ...
( Category: Royalty April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-05-23 | Author:Hiner Saleem

On the road there were many families, like us, going to give themselves up to the Iraqi authorities. Our small truck came to a stop; we climbed out and, after ...
( Category: Iraq April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-03-06 | Author:Joyce Tyldesley

Both these women chose to shun conventional female dress in order to challenge the way that their societies perceived them. However, there are clear differences between the two cases. Joan ...
( Category: Women April 5,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-10-05 | Author:Haleh Esfandiari [Esfandiari, Haleh]

THE BARREN YEARS: BUSH II These obstacles only multiplied during the presidency of George W. Bush. The new administration came to office believing that, as the world’s sole superpower, it ...
( Category: Women March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2010-01-28 | Author:Donald P. Ryan, PhD

Let it be clear that I am not advocating that the mummy in KV 60 is, indeed, that of Hatshepsut. Such an unequivocal position would be foolishly premature. The Hatshepsut ...
( Category: Egypt January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2006-10-03 | Author:Jeffrey Goldberg [Goldberg, Jeffrey]

One day I asked Rafiq why Fatah allowed Hamas to teach its principles at Ketziot. “Freedom of speech,” he said. The curricula were astonishingly different. The Hamas understanding of the ...
( Category: Middle East January 13,2015 )
mobi | | | Author:Michael Korda

Triumph: Lawrence, in the Blue Mist, arrives in Damascus. The arrival of Lieutenant-General Chauvel added to Lawrence’s burdens. Like General Barrow at Deraa, Chauvel was shocked and appalled by the ...
( Category: Great Britain January 6,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Asne Seierstad

The three boys have been driving for a couple of hours when they catch up with the backlog of pilgrims. The queue is immovable. It has started to snow. Fog ...
( Category: Operation Desert Storm December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:Nonie Darwish

Child rearing: American parents’ traditional upbringing standards are also very different. First of all, they instill in their children—boys and girls equally—the American values of respect, thrift, hard work, and ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism December 27,2014 )