Search Results: Returned 12 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 12
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2006, Rosen Pub. Group Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Great Muslim philosophers and scientists of the Middle Ages
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2016., Metropolitan Books Call No: GN Arab vol.2 Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents a graphic novel memoir of the author's childhood in the country of Syria. Having settled into his father's village of Ter Maaleh, Riad begins school, dedicated to becoming a true Syrian. However, as school goes on and things in the country worsen, the family strains to fit in, until finally forced to take a dramatic step to make their lives better.
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2018., Metropolitan Books Call No: GN Arab vol.3 Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Riad and his family experience difficulties in the Syrian village they call home. As Riad grows, he witnesses cruelty all around him and his parents reach their breaking points in the restrictive village, forcing them to make another big decision.
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2015., Metropolitan Books Call No: GN Arab vol.1 Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Riad Sattouf shares the story of his childhood growing up in rural France, Libya, and Syria--living a nomadic life alongside his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist, and his mother, a French student, in pursuit of the dream of a better life just out of reach.
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2012., Palgrave Macmillan Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "During the Arab Spring, the world saw a long-suppressed group in the Middle East--young people--assert itself and demand its rights. But youthful dissent did not appear overnight; for decades it has been simmering beneath the surface in countries from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, from Iran to Egypt. In Arab Spring Dreams, a number of young Middle Easterners describe their experiences with the region's laws and cultural mores, including the crime of holding hands before marriage, discrimination and harassment over religious beliefs, and young women fighting for the right to complete their educations. They also discuss how previous uprisings, particularly the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, might be channeled to effect change in their own countries. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, these stories present a decisive call for change at a crucial point in the evolution of the Middle East"--
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2012., Palgrave Macmillan Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "During the Arab Spring, the world saw a long-suppressed group in the Middle East--young people--assert itself and demand its rights. But youthful dissent did not appear overnight; for decades it has been simmering beneath the surface in countries from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, from Iran to Egypt. In Arab Spring Dreams, a number of young Middle Easterners describe their experiences with the region's laws and cultural mores, including the crime of holding hands before marriage, discrimination and harassment over religious beliefs, and young women fighting for the right to complete their educations. They also discuss how previous uprisings, particularly the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, might be channeled to effect change in their own countries. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, these stories present a decisive call for change at a crucial point in the evolution of the Middle East"--
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1996., Facts on File Inc Call No: 956.05 WAK Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Hussein of Jordan, Saddam Hussein, Hafez al-Assad, Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Qaddafi, Yasir Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres.
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c1996, Facts on File Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Global profilesSummary Note: Profiles eight Arab and Israeli leaders who have been instrumental in shaping the turbulent and sometimes triumphant histories of their lands.
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2018., Adolescent, Flatiron Books Call No: B Fleming Edition: First Flatiron Books young readers' edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea tells the story of Doaa Al-Zamel, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by her country’s brutal civil war. She and her family escape to Egypt, where life soon quickly becomes dangerous for Syrians. .
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: Social Issues Edition: Young readers ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Malala Yousafzai's describes her fight for education for girls under Taliban rule, the support she received from her parents to pursue an education, and how the Taliban retaliated against her by trying to kill her.
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c1985., Enslow Publishers Call No: 920 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents biographical information on nine men who have been in leadership positions in the Middle Eastern countries.
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2002., Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 921 BIN LADEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents biographical information about militant Islamic leader Osama bin Laden, including his role in international terrorism and the beliefs that fuel his actions.
