Middle World

الطفيل: كائن يعيش ويتغذى على كائن آخر، ولا يساعده على الحياة .. أو هو الشخص الذي يستغل كرم الآخرين ولا يقدم لهم شيئا بالمقابل. في العربية الطفيلي هو: الشخص الذي يدعو نفسه لكل مأدبة، وفي الإغريقية بارازيتوس (Parasitos) وهو: ضيف العشاء المحترف الذي لا يقدم شيئاً سوى تسلية الأغنياء.

وداعاً أيها الغريب .. كانت إقامتك قصيرة، لكنها كانت رائعة .. عسى أن تجد جنتك التى فتشت عنها كثيراً .. وداعاً أيها الغريب .. كانت زيارتك رقصة من رقصات الظل .. قطرة من قطرات الندى قبل شروق الشمس .. لحناً سمعناه لثوان هنالك من الدغل .. ثم هززنا الرءوس ، وقلنا إننا توهمناه .. وداعاً أيها الغريب .. لكن كل شىء ينتهى.

A Short History of the Middle Ages describes the tumultuous era that bridged antiquity and the modern world. Renowned 19th-century French historian and statesman Victor Duruy originally crafted a sweeping, multi-volume chronicle of this pivotal period, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance.

أَلَا أَبْلِغْ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا دُلَامَهْ فَلَسْتَ مِنَ الكِرَامِ وَلَا كَرَامهْ إِذَا لَبِسَ العِمَامَةَ كَانَ قِرْداً وَخِنْزِيراً إِذَا نَزَعَ العِمَامَهْ جَمَعْتَ دَمَامَةً وَجَمَعْتَ لُؤْماً كَذَاكَ اللُؤْمُ تَتْبَعُهُ الدَّمَامَهْ فَإِنْ تَكُ قَدْ أَصَبْتَ نَعِيمَ دُنْيَا فَلَا تَفْرَحْ فَقَدْ دَنَتِ القِيَامَهْ

إِلَى هِنْدٍ صَبَا قَلْبِي وَهِنْدٌ مِثْلُهَا يُصْبِي وَهِنْدٌ غَادَةٌ غَيْدَا ءُ مِنْ جُرْثُومَةٍ غُلْبِ وَمَا إِنْ وَجَدَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الأَدْوَاءِ كَالحُبِّ لَقَدْ لَجَّ بِهَا الإِعْرَا ضُ وَالهَجْرُ بِلَا ذَنْبِ وَلَمَّا أَقْضِ مِنْ هِنْدٍ وَمِنْ جَارَاتِهَا نَحْبِي

أَبْلِغْ سُلَيْمَى بِأَنَّ البَيْنَ قَدْ أَفِدَا وَانْبِئْ سُلَيْمَى بِأَنَّا رَائِحُونَ غَدَا وَقُلْ لَهَا كَيْفَ أَنْ يَلْقَاكِ خَالِيَةً فَلَيْسَ مَنْ بَانَ لَمْ يَعْهَدْ كَمَا عَهِدَا نَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكِ فَأوْفِينَا بِعَهْدَتِنَا يَا أَصْدَقَ النَّاسِ مَوْعُوداً إِذَا وَعَدَا

إِنْ يَخْدِمِ القَلَمَ السَّيْفُ الَّذِي خَضَعَتْ لَهُ الرِّقَابُ وَدَانَتْ خَوْفَهُ الأُمَمُ فَالمَوْتُ وَالمَوْتُ لَا شَيْءٌ يُغَالِبُهُ مَا زَالَ يَتْبَعُ مَا يَجْرِي بِهِ القَلَمُ كَذَا قَضَى اللهُ لِلْأَقْلَامِ مُذْ بُرِيَتْ أَنَّ السُّيُوفَ لَهَا مُذْ أُرْهِفَتْ خَدَمُ

أَقُولُ لَهَا وَقَدْ طَارَتْ شَعَاعاً مِنَ الأَبْطَالِ وَيْحَكِ لَنْ تُرَاعِي فَإِنَّكِ لَوْ سَأَلْتِ بَقَاءَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى الأَجَلِ الَّذِي لَكِ لَمْ تُطَاعِي فَصَبْراً فِي مَجَالِ المَوْتِ صَبْراً فَمَا نَيْلُ الخُلُودِ بِمُسْتَطَاعِ سَبِيلُ المَوْتَ غَايَةُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ فَدَاعِيهِ لِأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ دَاعِي وَمَنْ لَا يُعْتَبَطْ يَسْأَمْ وَيَهْرَمْ وَتُسْلِمُهُ المَنُونُ إِلَى انْقِطَاعِ وَمَا لِلْمَرْءِ خَيْرٌ فِي حَيَاةٍ إِذَا مَا عُدَّ مِنْ سَقَطِ المَتَاعِ

أَلَسْتِ أَحْسَنَ مَنْ يَمْشِي عَلَى قَدَمٍ يَا أَمْلَحَ النَّاسِ كُلِّ النَّاسِ إِنْسَانَا طَارَ الفُؤَادُ مَعَ الخَوْدِ الَّتِي طَرَقَتْ فِي النَّوْمِ طَيِّبَةَ الأَعْطَافِ مِبْدَانَا إِنَّ العُيُونَ الَّتِي فِي طَرْفِهَا حَوَرٌ قَتَلْنَنَا ثُمَّ لَمْ يُحْيِينَ قَتْلَانَا يَصْرَعْنَ ذَا اللُبِّ حَتَّى لَا حَرَاكَ بِهِ وَهُنَّ أَضْعَفُ خَلْقِ اللهِ أَرْكَانَا لَقَدْ كَتَمْتُ الهَوَى حَتَّى تَهَيَّمَنِي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ لِهَذَا الحُبِّ كِتْمَانَا

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Con "La rabbia e l'orgoglio" (2001), Oriana Fallaci rompe un silenzio durato dieci anni, dalla pubblicazione di "Insciallah", epico romanzo sulla missione occidentale di pace nella Beirut dilaniata dallo scontro tra cristiani e musulmani e dalle faide con Israele. Dieci anni in cui la Fallaci sceglie di vivere ritirata nella sua casa newyorchese, come in esilio, a combattere il cancro. Ma non smette mai di lavorare al testo narrativo dedicato alla sua famiglia, quello che lei chiama "il-mio-bambino", pubblicato postumo nel 2008, "Un cappello pieno di ciliege".

The story of the Jews is high drama with a divine component, but much of the plot has been veiled. In retrospect, one can see their powerful influence throughout eastern and western history, swaying world events, building up and bringing down kingdoms and dominions. Fortunately, Jewish historians have preserved a vast literature on their people's tumultuous history, and the bitter details are indispensable if we are to rightly understand the explosive tensions in the Middle East today.

Orasmyn lives a peaceful life of quiet duty and thoughtful obedience. But a single wrong decision sets in motion an ancient curse that changes Orasmyn's fate forever. Told he will be killed by his own father, he is transformed into a lion on the day of a great hunt. The prince has no choice but to flee beloved Persia and his precious family. Balancing his fading human memories with his new beastly impulses, he makes his way to Europe - where his destiny awaits in the person of a French beauty.

From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the 18th century, many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. In this path-breaking audiobook, Noel Malcolm ranges through these vital centuries of East-West interaction, studying all the ways in which thinkers in the West interpreted the Ottoman Empire as a political phenomenon - and Islam as a political religion.

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Steven A. Cook charts the course of the United States' encounter with the Middle East from the mid-twentieth century through the present day. Looking back, Cook makes a bold claim: the US was—despite setbacks and moral costs—successful. That record of achievement began to unravel in the early 1990s when policymakers embarked upon a set of overly ambitious policies to remake the Middle East. Cook highlights that calls to withdraw from the region are rash given the important interests the US maintains in the region.

Scattered over the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea lie the remnants of failed peace proposals, international summits, secret negotiations, UN resolutions, and state-building efforts. The conventional story is that these well-meaning attempts at peacemaking were repeatedly, perhaps terminally, thwarted by violence. Through a rich interweaving of reportage, historical narrative, and powerful analysis, Nathan Thrall presents a startling counterhistory.

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