Moaveni, Azadeh
Summary: An Iranian-American journalist, who grew up as a California girl living in two worlds, returns to Tehran and discovers not only the oppressive and decadent life of her Iranian counterparts who have grown up since the revolution, but the pain of searching for identity between two cultures, and for a homeland that may not exist. The landscape of her Tehran--ski slopes, fashion shows, malls and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 MOASummary: Lipstick factory
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Bergen, Peter L.
Summary: Since 9/11, some 300 Americans--born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere--have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: Americans were among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more recently a dozen US citizens have sought to join ISIS. Others have acted entirely on American soil. What motivates them, how are they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931McCarthy, Andrew C.
Contents: "Imagine the liability!" -- Battalions and illusions -- "We are terrorists!" -- The blind Sheikh emerges -- Afghanistan? Who needs to know? -- Feeding the beast -- Jihad in America -- The real deal--under our nose -- Upheaval -- Conspiracy? What conspiracy? -- The informant -- The Jihadist way : victory and vengeance -- Divorce -- No indication? -- Aftermath -- Spy games -- Siddig Ali takes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.325 MCCRacy, Ali Jihad.
Contents: The lamentations of Isis (3:01) -- The land of the blessed (6:49) -- Hymn to Osiris (6:25) -- The boat of millions of years (4:50) -- The holy lotus (3:30) -- Funeral procession (5:02) -- Hymn for sunrise (5:21) -- The triumph of the deceased (4:38).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Lyrichord 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST RACRashid, Ahmed.
Summary: The terrorist attacks of September 11 have turned the world's attention to areas of the globe about which we know very little. The author turns his skills as an investigative journalist to the five Central Asian republics adjacent to Afghanistan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.04 RASBushnell, Candace.
Summary: Victory is a world-famous fashion designer whose spring collection failed to impress at New York's all-important fashion week. As the president of Parador Pictures, Wendy is gearing up for the film she hopes will finally snag her the coveted Best Picture Oscar. Nico, editor in chief of Bonfire magazine, is working her way up the corporate ladder. The ladies' love lives are just as interesting...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Audiobooks 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BUSSummary: To better understand the forces behind Islamic terrorism, students need to look beyond the Middle East. This ABC News program examines the rise of al Qaeda-style fundamentalism in Southeast Asia, the institutions that support it, and the threats to America that it represents. Investigating the organization known as Jemaah Islamiyah-and an Indonesian boarding school that is, essentially, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Bushnell, Candace.
Summary: Three powerful and sexy women who have found success in their chosen fields confront personal turmoil and professional challenges as they face life-changing choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BUSGable, Michelle
Summary: "1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotnà is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers. Despite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers, and others--now nicknamed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GABHerbert, Brian.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Renaissance Audiobook 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD SF HERKhair, Tabish
Summary: "A novel about friendship, faith, and alienation, Just Another Jihadi Jane tells the tale of Islamist radicalization from the inside. Two children of Muslim immigrants in England's industrial north--thoughtful Jamilla and rebellious Ameena--become best friends, and find in religion and social media a community as welcoming and encouraging as their public education is estranging. After Jamilla's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KHASummary: "First feature documentary to explore the complex global intersections between Islam and homosexuality ... The film travels a wide geographic arc presenting us lives from India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa and France. Always filming in secret and as a Muslim, [filmmaker] Parvez [Sharma] makes the film from within the faith, depicting Islam with the same respect that the film's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JIHSummary: A growing number of women are abusing alcohol. This video explores the secret in the suburbs and confronts the stigma surrounding women who drink.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NTSC 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIPCoonts, Stephen
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC COOAutomaton (Musical group)
Contents: Point of entry (the future is with control) -- Intersection point between empy deserts and written deserts
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Strata
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC AUTNaomi Neville
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Minit Music Co. 1962
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: In al Qaeda's global jihad against the West, videos of smiling suicide bombers and insurgent ambushes have become as important as the attacks they glorify. This program illustrates in chilling detail how Islamic extremists use the power of the Internet and the network sound bite. From the markets of Baghdad, where brightly packaged jihadist DVDs are snapped up by young consumers, to the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians continue to flare, while small-scale conflicts in postwar Iraq proceed unabated-will the bloodshed and anguish in the Middle East never end? In this special edition of NOW with Bill Moyers, the Aspen Institute and Moyers invite eight journalists and scholars to participate in a dialogue exploring the religious and political roots of these chronic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Berg, Karen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kabbalah 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.16 BERLambert, Malcolm (Malcolm D.)
Summary: “Recognizing that the Christian crusades unfolded in a world shaped by Islamic jihads, Lambert scrutinizes both militant forms of religion simultaneously. In a world where memories of crusader atrocities sustain virulent new forms of jihad, such balanced scholarship offers hope of interfaith understanding.” -- Booklist
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956 LAMCarew, Tom.
Summary: In Jihad! Tom Carew describes how, as a serving member of the SAS, he helped the Mujahideen fight the Afghan and Soviet governments' forces during the 1980s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mainstream 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.1045 CARCarter, Ilise S.
Summary: "In America, lipstick is the foundation of empires; it's a signature of identity; it's propaganda, self-expression, oppression, freedom, and rebellion. It's a multi-billion-dollar industry and one of our most iconic accessories of gender. This engaging and entertaining history of lipstick in America throughout the twentieth century and into the present will give readers a new view of the little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.6 CARBremer, Krista.
Summary: A full-length account of a Pushcart Prize-winning essay describes the author's experiences as the journalist wife of a Libyan-born Muslim with whom she lives in the American south, a relationship that has endured prejudices and respective views about family and parenting.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub Co 2014