Middle World

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

In The Race for Paradise, Paul M. Cobb offers a new history of the confrontations between Muslims and Franks we now call the "Crusades", one that emphasizes the diversity of Muslim experiences of the European holy war. There is more to the story than Jerusalem, the Templars, Saladin, and the Assassins. Cobb considers the Arab perspective on all shores of the Muslim Mediterranean, from Spain to Syria.

Mimi is not thrilled to be spending her summer in Karachi, Pakistan, with grandparents she’s never met. Secretly, she wishes to find her long-absent father, and plans to write to him in her beautiful new journal. The cook's daughter, Sakina, still hasn't told her parents that she'll be accepted to school only if she can improve her English test score - but then, how could her family possibly afford to lose the money she earns working with her Abba in a rich family's kitchen?

As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself. As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda's chemical weapons program, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives. This is the story of how a young Muslim, determined to defend his faith, found himself fighting on the wrong side - and his fateful decision to work undercover for his sworn enemy.

Just 70 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving. Today it is a gas-laden parvenu with seemingly limitless wealth and ambition. Skyscrapers, museums and futuristic football stadiums rise out of the desert and Ferraris race through the streets. But in the shadows, migrant workers toil in the heat for risible amounts. Inside Qatar reveals how real people live in this surreal place, a land of both great opportunity and great iniquity.

The defense of human rights is often marked by ethical dilemmas, which are especially acute in Israel, where lawyers have for decades sought redress for the abuse of Palestinian rights in the country's High Court - that is, in the court of the abuser. In The Wall and the Gate, Michael Sfard chronicles this struggle - a story that has never before been fully told - and in the process engages the core principles of human rights legal ethics.

In this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor explains how our current notion of the Middle Ages—with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies—was born in the 20th century. The medieval world was not simply excavated through systematic research. It had to be conceptually created: it had to be invented, and this is the story of that invention.

Refuge seeks to restore moral purpose and clarity to refugee policy. Rather than assuming indefinite dependency, Collier - author of The Bottom Billion - and his Oxford colleague Betts propose a humanitarian approach integrated with a new economic agenda that begins with jobs, restores autonomy, and rebuilds people's ability to help themselves and their societies.

Discover the geopolitical intricacies that have turned the Israel-Palestine conflict into a global flashpoint. Navigate through the web of alliances, interests, and power struggles that have fueled the flames of controversy for decades. Prepare to be intellectually invigorated as you confront preconceived notions head-on. God Bless Israel empowers you to question the status quo, fostering a deeper understanding of the multifaceted dynamics at play.

In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453.

בכפר ההרים הנידח והשכוח יתיר עוברת אחת ליום רכבת אקספרס מפוארת, ואינה עוצרת. המלחמות פסחו על הכפר, והשגרה האפורה של תושביו הדעוכים משועבדת כל-כולה לרגע היומי שבו חולפת הרכבת. התושבים הכמהים להתרגשות חיה ואמיתית מתכננים להוריד את הרכבת מן הפסים בהפקר של פריקת אחריות, כדי לזכות בחוויה של דאגה וחמלה אנושיות מול האסון. כשנדפס הסיפור לראשונה התפעמו הקוראים והמבקרים מכוחם המפתיע ומן החידוש שבו, שבישר דור חדש בפרוזה העברית. היום, במבט לאחור, הוא עדיין מרגש בעוצמתו העלילתית ובאיכויותיו הסגנוניות, ואף מתגלים בו בדיעבד מבני העומק המזינים את כתיבתו המאוחרת יותר של יהושע, ומחזקים את הרושם העז שהם מותירים.

למרגלות הקיום של כל משפחה, או אדם ואדם (ואפילו האנונימי בעולם) טמונים טרגדיה, קומדיה, פארסה, סאטירה, סוד שיש לגלות וחטא שיש להסתיר. סיפורים משפחתיים נפרשים ומתפתלים בצורות מרובות, א-סימטריות ומולטי-טונאליות. במילים אחרות: אי אפשר לתפוס את החיים, אין דרך ללכוד את הזמן ולחוות את החיים בקו עבה-ישר. עודד וולקשטיין מארח את פסטיבל החיים, את יסודות הבדיון, ביצירה ההופכת אותנו, הקוראים, לבלשים של ממש. כמה דמויות, פרק אחרון בספר ישן ולא ידוע מאת אגתה כריסטי, אסון משפחתי מעורפל, סבתא מעורערת ופסיכיאטר המנסה להביא אותה אל גני העדן המלאכותיים ולאזן אותה באמצעות כימיקלים.

The Exile joins Osama bin Laden as he escapes into Pakistan in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, bringing to vivid life the years leading up to his death spent on the run and in exile. It tells the human story, and illuminates the global political workings. It is a tale of evasion, collusion, betrayal and the deep pain of isolation.

Elliot Ackerman left the American military ten years ago, but his time in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marines and later as a CIA paramilitary officer marked him indelibly. When the Taliban began to close in on Kabul in August 2021 and the Afghan regime began its death spiral, he found himself pulled back into the conflict. Afghan nationals who had worked closely with the American military and intelligence communities for years now faced brutal reprisal and sought frantically to flee the country with their families.

London: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This unremarkable place - not even included in the Domesday Book - became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of Georgian splendour. It swelled with industry and became the centre of the largest empire in history. And rising from the rubble of the Blitz, it is now one of the greatest cities in the world.

This book continues the story of the Fatimids from their newly founded capital of Cairo. Introducing the figures who moulded the empire, Shainool Jiwa charts the expansion of the Fatimids, the reasons behind their ultimate fall by the hand of Saladin, and the legacy that continues with the living Ismaili communities today.

Burning Country explores the complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on new first-hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists. Yassin-Kassab and Al-Shami expertly interweave these stories with an incisive analysis of the militarization of the uprising, the rise of the Islamists and sectarian warfare, and the role of Syria’s government in exacerbating the brutalization of the conflict.

A Wall Street Journal national security reporter takes listeners into the lives of US Special Forces on the front lines against the Taliban and Islamic State, where a new and covert war is keeping Afghanistan from collapse.

Our relationship with China remains one of the most complex and rapidly evolving and is perhaps one of the most important to our nation's future. Here, John Pomfret, the author of the best-selling Chinese Lessons, takes us deep into these two countries' shared history and illuminates in vibrant, stunning detail every major event, relationship, and ongoing development that has affected diplomacy between these two booming, influential nations.

Learn how the life of this Lebanese immigrant has positioned him to artistically capture the hearts, minds, and souls of readers for generations, making him one of the world’s best-selling poets. In the collected works of poetry, poet, author, artist, and philosopher, Kahlil Gibran, shares his spiritual and moral views of life, purpose, love, and pain.