Middle World

It is the year 1915, and the British and Ottoman Empires clash in a deadly struggle in the Middle East. Tasked with keeping the Ottomans out of Suez Canal, Major Andrew Selkirk discovers that his real assignment is to retrieve a Bengali spy working for those who vow to see British rule out of India. After landing on the west coast of Palestine, Selkirk discovers the Ottomans have taken the spy captive. Even more troubling are the plans by Ottomans and Germans to draw Afghanistan and Persia into the war against Great Britain.

שנות השישים בקאבול, בירת אפגניסטן. שני ילדים, אמיר וחסן, נולדים באותו בית מידות ויונקים משדיה של אותה מינקת, אך למרות זאת, הם גדלים בעולמות שונים לחלוטין. אמיר הוא בנו של איש עסקים עשיר ומכובד, מעמודי התווך של קאבול; חסן הוא בנו של עלי, המשרת של באבא, אביו של אמיר. אמיר הוא פאשטוני, מוסלמי סוני, בן לאליטה השלטת באפגניסטן. חסן הוא האזארי, בן למיעוט אתני נחשל ומנודה. לשני הילדים האלה — קאבול שלפני הפלישה הסובייטית היא עיר קסומה, ססגונית, מלאה ריחות אקזוטיים, בזארים שוקקי חיים ותחרויות להפרחת עפיפונים, שכל העיר יוצאת לקחת בהן חלק.

Gershon Baskin's memoir of 38 years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family. Baskin joined Young Judaea back in the States, then later lived on a kibbutz in Israel, where he announced to his parents that he had decided to make aliya, emigrate to Israel. They persuaded him to return to study at NYU, after which he finally emigrated under the auspices of Interns for Peace. In Israel he spent a pivotal two years living with Arabs in the village of Kufr Qara.

Printemps 1979, Téhéran. Alors que la révolution islamique met les rues de la capitale iranienne à feu et à sang, les mollahs brûlent tout ce qui représente le modèle occidental vanté par le chah déchu, désormais en exil. Seul dans les sous-sols du musée d'Art contemporain, son gardien Cyrus Farzadi tremble pour ses toiles. Au milieu du chaos, le jeune garçon des quartiers ouest convoque ses souvenirs. Il raconte la splendeur et la décadence de son pays à travers le destin incroyable de son musée.

World history began in the Persian Gulf. The ancient port cities that dotted its coastlines created the first global seaboard, a place from where faiths and cultures from around the world set sail and made contact. More than a history, The Center of the World shows us that contradictions that define our modern age have always been present.

Beim Einloggen in die WELT fliehen Startum Eisenwolf und seine Freunde gerade noch rechtzeitig aus Palnisdale vor den nördlichen Invasoren. Ihre einzige Chance zu überleben besteht darin, der Orkhorde irgendwie lange genug vorauszueilen, um die Schiffe erreichen zu können, die in Darom auf sie warten. Ein nahezu unmögliches Vorhaben, da die Hafenstadt fast zwei Tagesmärsche entfernt ist. Irgendwie muss Startum einen Weg finden, das Unmögliche zu vollbringen oder er wird alles verlieren.

Uri Bialer lays a foundation for understanding the principal aspects of Israeli foreign policy, from the early days of the state's existence to the Oslo Accords. In addition to identifying important state actors, Bialer highlights the many figures who had no defined, diplomatic roles, but were influential in establishing foreign policy goals. He shows how foreign policy was essential to the political, economic, and social well-being of the state, and how it helped to deal with Israel's most intractable problem - the resolution of the conflict with Arab states and the Palestinians.

In Mythologies Without End, Jerome Slater argues that US policies in the region are largely a product of mythologies that are often flatly wrong. For example, the Israelis' treatment of Palestinians after 1948 undermined its claim that it was a true democracy, and the argument that Arab states refused to negotiate with Israel for decades is simply untrue. Because of widespread acceptance of these myths in both the US and Israel, the consequences have been devastating to all of the involved parties.

" الحياة كرحلة بين جبال قريتنا كلما صعدت جبلًا وبلغت قمته يظهر خلفه جبل آخر فإما أن تعود أدراجك أو تواصل المسير لتبلغ قمة الجبل التالي"...هذه العبارة تلخص جانبا هامًا من شخصية "أرداس" بطل هذه الرواية التي تحمل اسمه للروائي المصري نادر حلاوة ، الذي صاغ رؤيته لدورات التغيير في المجتمعات من خلال عالم خيالي لا يمت بصلة الى كوكب الأرض!

إنه الكاتب الأديب، صاحب الروائع، الأستاذ صالح مرسي يسبر أغوار النفس، في زمن الاستعمار، حيث يتجلى الصراع بين الخضوع للأمر الواقع وبين رفضه والثورة عليه... وأيًا ما كانت النتائج. «البحار مندي»، «زغدانة»، «شبيطة»، «روبي» وغيرهم من أبطال هذه الرواية، هم رموز لهذا الصراع بشتى أشكاله ووسائله..

أحد مصوري مجلة ناشيونال جيوجرافيك ذهب إلى اللاجئين في أفغانستان منذ 17 سنة ، وألتقط أعظم وأجمل وأبلغ صورة في القرن العشرين، صورة فتاة خضراء العينين ،والعينان يشع من جمالهما: الخوف والقرف والتحدي والمرارة والجوع والصبر ،وهي أروع من لوحة (الجيوكندا)التي حارت البشرية في سر ابتسامتها .. وخطر للمصور أن يبحث عن الفتاة بعد مرور هذا الوقت .. وكان عليه ان يعثر عليها بين مائة مليون نسمة .. ولذلك ذهب إلى حيث ألتقى فيها أول مرة. تُرى هل يستطيع العثور عليها؟ استمع إلى رواية "من أجل عينيها" للكاتب الكبير أنيس منصور فقط وحصريًا على كتاب صوتي

Mullah Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca), the eight-centuries-old wise fool character originating from Turkey and the Levant, is the subject of thousands of funny, wise tales, jokes, and anecdotes told across the Middle and Far East and retold today worldwide. Carefully chosen from beloved authentic sources, these short stories and folk tales will bring readers a smile, nod, or chuckle of self-recognition.

Middle East Affairs recounts Zahos Hadjifotiou's adventures in legendary events of WW2 (siege of Tobruk, battles of El Alamein and Rimini), with all its tragedy and specific details, exactly as they were experienced by the writer. All stories are true and based on the author's experiences, not on descriptions as used by many war historian authors.

A family secret revealed 40 years ago by a grandmother to her grandson is now an acclaimed Russian historical fiction novel. A Hundred Sweet Promises is the tale of the author’s grandfather, Nasrosoltan, a famed composer, who on the eve of World War I travels from Persia to Russia to study classical music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with such masters as Rimsky-Korsakov.

SIDEN 2002 HAR Recep Tayyip Erdogan og hans islamiske parti vundet samtlige valg i Tyrkiet. Dæmoniseret i Vesten som populist og totalitær despot repræsenterer Erdogan på hjemmebanen en ny national selvbevidsthed, der har gjort hans land til en regional stormagt og medlem af G20-klubben. På under 20 år er Tyrkiet blevet ændret til en moderne, islamorienteret stat, og Erdogan har med halvdelen af vælgernes samtykke gennemført hidtil usete sociale og økonomiske forbedringer af tyrkernes levevilkår, men samtidig konsekvent set stort på menneskerettigheder, demokrati og ytringsfrihed.

Dr. Elisha Waldman's years at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center were filled in equal measure with a deep sense of accomplishment, with frustration when regional politics sometimes got in the way of his patients' care, and with tension over the fine line he would have to walk when the religious traditions of some of his patients' families made it difficult for him to give these children the care he felt they deserved. Navigating the baffling Israeli bureaucracy, the ever-present threat of war, and cultural clashes, Waldman learned to be content with small victories.

Ancient Iran: Cosmology, Mythology, History presents Iran's pre-Islamic history within the context of both its complex cosmology and rich mythology. The audiobook uses the concept of farr to show how authority, finding guidance in the cosmic realm, organized the lives of Iran's hero-saints in the mythic realm. It also discusses how historical monarchs organized their hierarchical societies according to the dictates of Ahura Mazda.

Über kaum ein anderes Land wird in Deutschland so viel geredet und gestritten: Zu Israel hat jeder eine Meinung. Warum ist das so? Wieso hat der Nahostkonflikt eine solche Bedeutung? Und warum ist die Debatte so emotional – und oft so vergiftet? Als Meron Mendel vor zwanzig Jahren nach Deutschland kam, stellte er überrascht fest, welche Bedeutung Israel im öffentlichen Diskurs hat. Nahezu alle, mit denen er sprach, konnten sehr klare Positionen zu Israel und seiner Politik formulieren.

In the best-selling Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston Jr. limned two epochal conflicts between Islam and Christendom. Here he examines the ultimate battle in that centuries-long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This drama was propelled by two astonishing young sovereigns: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Turkish sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. Though they represented two colliding worlds, they were remarkably similar.

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