Wagner, Lisa
Summary: "Explore the foods of the world! get ready to cook authentic, easy-to-make recipes that taste great. You'll learn about world geography too!" -- Book cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J641.5956 WAGOllhoff, Jim
Summary: Provides an overview of Middle Eastern mythology, with information on creation stories, Gilgamesh, gods, goddesses, and other related topics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing Company 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292 OLLSummary: UN aids Palestinian refugees in Gaza strip; harsh conditions
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Goodin, Robert E.
Contents: Introduction -- Modes of settling: where this is heading, settling down, settling in, settling up, settling for, settling one's affairs, settling on: the master notion -- The value of settling: settling as an aid to planning and agency, settling, commitment, trust, and confidence, settling the social fabric -- What settling is not: settling is not just compromising, settling is not just...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 172 GOODuhig, Holly
Summary: Refugees are a hot topic in the news and politics. Young readers may not fully comprehend what it means to be a refugee, the complicated systems they must use to enter new countries legally, and the challenges they face adjusting to different cultures. This book presents these topics with easy-to-understand text and captivating photographs. Your readers will experience an in-depth look at what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.9 DUHSummary: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers from around the world to explore and illuminate their experiences. Poignant and insightful, this collection of essays reveals moments of uncertainty, resilience int he face of trauma, and a reimagining of identity. The Displaced is a powerful look at what it means to be forced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 DISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 DISSummary: This Wide Angle report travels to the front lines of the staggering refugee crisis that continues to unfold in the Middle East as Iraqis flee their war-torn hometowns to live either as exiles in neighboring countries or dislocated within Iraq's borders. The situations in Syria and Jordan, where refugees cope with their new surroundings amidst government pressure and rising resentment from the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Gratz, Alan
Summary: Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Gratz 2017Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRAGrinshpan, Eden
Summary: Presents a collection of one hundred Middle Eastern recipes which combine traditional and healthful ingredients in innovative ways for dishes which can be eaten either at meal times or throughout the day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 GRISummary: Hungarian refugees in Austria
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1956
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Summary: Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, is a stronghold of conservative values where the people hold tightly to their Palestinian identity and the right of return. This program enters the camp's only all-girl secondary school to learn a striking lesson about how the formation of Israel has turned three generations of Palestinians into refugees in Syria-and to follow four...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Although dogged by scandal after his term as Secretary-General, Kurt Waldheim steered the United Nations through a precarious phase of global history-in which the Vietnam War and the space race were the most prominent of many international dramas. Waldheim's involvement in Turkish-Cypriot diplomacy and several attempts at conflict resolution in the Middle East and Central Asia are also notable,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The day-to-day struggle for dignity and survival that goes on in refugee camps remains invisible to most of the world. In this ABC News program, actor Don Cheadle travels to Uganda to focus media attention on the plight of innocent people-especially children-displaced and endangered by war. Cheadle visits a rehabilitation center for boys and girls kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army, the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Polish rioting, mixed with 1953 East German riots and Soviet tanks
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1956
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Sahadi Whelan, Christine
Summary: "Flavors of the Sun is both a deep dive into the diverse array of ingredients from the Middle East as well as the story of a beloved Brooklyn institution, Sahadi's. For the first time, the people behind Sahadi's are sharing their expert knowledge of thesesought-after ingredients in the form of over 120 recipes, plus buying guides, and side bar "10 More Ways to Use..." sections"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 SAHWard, Susan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 WardSummary: No sooner had Europe declared an end to its Great War than the seeds of new conflict were sewn-in the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. With typical global awareness, photography patron and archivist Albert Kahn chose to document the historic changes occurring in the colonial Middle East. This program traces his team's expeditions into Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine as Western powers...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program traces the history of Eastern Europe from the reign of Franz Josef to the rise of Hitler and the beginnings of the Second World War. Topics covered include the war for Macedonia pitting Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece against the Turks; political manipulation of the Balkans by Russia, Austria, Britain, and France; domination of Serbia; the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand;...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Chinese refugees leave Shanghai
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1949
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Hage, Salma
Summary: "Whether you start your day with something sweet, finish it with something sweet, or make sure sweets are within reach all day long, you'll find serious inspiration in the pages of Salma Hage's latest cookbook for home cooks. The Middle East's wide rangeof cultures, ingredients, and influences informs the array of dishes she includes -- spiced cookies, cream-filled pancakes, aromatic pastries,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 HAGButcher, Sally.
Summary: A guide to vegetarian Middle Eastern cooking that explores recipes using traditional ingredients as well as looking at the items available today in local grocery stores, and includes recipes for bread and pastry, herbs and salads, dairy and eggs, soup, legumes, grains, vegetables, fruit, preserving, and desserts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Veg ButcherOren, Michael B.
Summary: From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African pirates to the conquest of Falluja by the Marines--from the early American explorers who probed the sources of the Nile to the diplomats who strove for Arab-Israeli peace--the United States has been dramatically involved in the Middle East. For well over two centuries, American statesmen, merchants, and missionaries, both...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W.Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 OREMahdavi, Pardis
Summary: "Book of Queens reaches back centuries to the Persian Empire and a woman disguised as a man, facing an invading army, protected only by light armor and the stallion she sat astride. Mahdavi draws a thread from past to present: from her fearless Iranian grandmother, who guided survivors of domestic violence to independent mountain colonies in Afghanistan where the women, led by a general named...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.1 MAHPatterson, James
Summary: Rafe and Jimmy, two misunderstood 'troublemakers,' are finally up to something good. They're in charge of a huge celebration of books and reading. But when a small issue snowballs into a big problem that threatens to derail the whole event, they need to work fast to keep things on track! And the best part? Rafe and Jimmy are joined by the funniest storytellers they know, including Jamie Grimm...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020