Summary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OURSummary: Ten stories from the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, including the well-known ones of Aladdin and the lamp, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Sinbad the sailor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner's 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 ARAKeila, Kamal
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Publisher / Publication Date: Habibi Funk 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KEISummary: An illustrated collection of twenty-six stories from the "Arabian Nights," including those of Sinbad, Ali Baba, Aladdin, and lesser known characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Classics 1986
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 ARAContents: 1. Bsslama hbibti / Fadoul (Morocco) = Bilslāmah ḥabībatī / Faḍūl (al-Maghrib) -- 2. Wang dang / Bob Destiny (Algeria) = Wāngh dāngh / Būb Dīstīnī (al-Jazāʼir) -- 3. Unknown / Attarazat Addahabia (Morocco) = Majhūl / al-Ṭarāzāt al-Dhahabīyah (al-Maghrib) -- 4. Mirza / Jalil Bennis et les Golden Hands (Morocco) = Mīrzā / Jalīl Binīs wa-al-Jūldin Hāndz (al-Maghrib) -- 5. Irkos farfesh /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Habibi Funk 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN HABCamper, Cathy
Summary: "Yallah! From January to December, join some busy kids as they partake in traditions old and new. There's so much to do, whether it's learning to write Arabic or looking at hijab fashion sites while planning costumes for a local comic convention. With details as vivid as the scent of jasmine and honeysuckle perfume (made to remind Mom of Morocco), children bond with friends, honor tradition,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 390.0953 CAM1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 390.0953 CAM
Summary: With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, examine the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from the past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HUMGlain, Stephen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956 GLABishara, Marwan.
Summary: "The Invisible Arab is a brilliant analysis from Marwan Bishara, one of the Arab world's leading public intellectuals, on how the Arabs broke their own psychological barrier of fear to kindle one of the first significant revolutionary transformations of the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.097 BISContents: Shiraz (Iran/USA) / Sharif -- Astahel (Lebanon) / Nabiha Yazbeck -- Arhil (Morocco) / Bahia El Idrissi -- Khallini biljao (Lebanon) / Maya Nasri -- Ya rayah (Sonar remix)(Algeria) / Dahmane El Harrachi -- Dub4me (Lebanon) / Soap Kills -- Cleopatra in New York (Zim zam mix) (USA) / Nicodemus, feat. Carol C. -- Elama (UAE) / Yasser Habeeb -- Fly (Turkey) / Ilhan Ersahin -- Hanina (Jasmon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN PUTSummary: "This ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Arab writers - some internationally bestselling, others using pseudonyms. Here, we find heart-warming connections and moments of celebration alongside essays exploring the challenges of being LGBTQ+ and Arab. From a military base in the Gulf to loving whispers caught between the bedsheets; and from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saqi Books 2022
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Summary: Florence Farfarletti has a plan for female emancipation in the Middle East, and enlists the help of a diverse group to help her carry out her plan of reaching her audience with TV shows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCGeha, Joseph
Summary: "Immigrant children first speak the language of their mothers, and in Toledo, Ohio's Little Syria neighborhood where I grew up, the first place you'd go to find your mother would be the kitchen. There, my mom took special pride in the traditional Syro-Lebanese food she cooked. Kitchen Arabic is a compilation both of her recipes and of the family stories that came with them. It is as much a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Georgia Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 GEHGordimer, Nadine.
Summary: The Nobel Laureate's psychologically penetrating story of the love affair between a rich South African and the illegal alien she "picks up" on a whim Who picked up whom? Is the pickup the illegal immigrant desperate to evade deportation to his impoverished desert country? Or is the pickup the powerful businessman's daughter trying to escape a priveleged background she despises? When Julie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORContents: Moi et toi (Algeria) (Abdel Ali Slimani) -- Galbi (Morocco) (Abdy) -- Leiley (Transglobal underground remix) (Lebanon) (Dania) -- Amarain (Egypt) (Amr Diab) -- Intil Waheeda (Egypt) (Hisham Abbas) -- Hely meli (Libya) (Hamid El Shaeri) -- Mani (Algeria) (Fadela & Sahraoui) -- Kidda (Egypt/UK) (Natacha Atlas) -- Mauvais sang (Algeria) (Khaled) -- Ne me jugez pas (Volodia remix) (Morocco) (Sawt...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN PUTCole, Juan Ricardo.
Summary: "The ... blogger and Middle East expert Juan Cole illuminates the role of today's Arab youth--who they are, what they want, and how they will affect world politics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 953 COLMuasher, Marwan
Summary: "This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead, it takes a long, judicious view of political change in the Arab world, beginning with the first Awakening in the nineteenth century and extending into future decades when--if the dream is realized--a new Arab world defined by pluralism and tolerance will emerge. Marwan Muasher, former...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0974 MUAShammarī, Shahd
Summary: "Shahd Alshammari is just eighteen when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and told by her neurologist that she would not make it past age thirty. Despite what she is told, by thirty, she has become a professor of literature, and has managed to navigate education systems in both Kuwait and the United Kingdom and inspire generations of students. Head above Water is the intimate,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feminist Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALSHAMMARI, SHAHD ALSMyers, Bill
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MYEKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A princess promises to marry the prince who finds the most precious treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 KIMNapoli, Donna Jo
Summary: A collection of tales told by Scheherazade to amuse the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD NAPTarnowska, Wafa'.
Summary: Shahrazade saves herself from execution by distracting King Shahriyar with stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2010
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT word TarnowskaContents: Hikayati - Bred Atay -- Falludjah car -- Shta -- Bledstyle -- Mafi tika -- Fikou -- Hellou al biban -- Hashouma -- Shems -- Rassoul al houda -- Jebel -- Kasbah Rockers (vocal mix) -- Ayna -- Kafaka mina raks (vocal mix).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barraka 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KASRosenberg, Joel C.
Summary: Do recent changes in the Middle East signal peace? One Arab country after another is signing historic, game-changing peace, trade, investment, and tourism deals with Israel. At the same time, Russia, Iran, and Turkey are forming a highly dangerous alliance that could threaten the Western powers. Meanwhile, the U.S. is drawing down its military forces in the Mideast and focusing on matters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2021