Summary: Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Determined to turn her dreams into reality and buy the bike on her own, Wadjda uncovers the contradictions and opportunities ingrained in her world. Hilarious,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WAD1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WAD
Summary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SQUIbrahim, Abdullah
Contents: Little Niles (5:58) -- Resolution (3:43) -- Which way? (3:07) -- On the banks of Allen Waters (5:37) -- Knight's night (5:38) -- Pye r squared (2:52) -- Mood indigo -- Don't get around much anymore -- Take the "A" train (total time 8:34).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lion 1965
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ BRAIbrahim, Abdullah
Contents: Mandela (4:56) -- Song for Sathima (6:09) -- Manenberg revisited (6:08) -- Tuang Guru (5:23) -- Water from an ancient well (11:55) -- The wedding (2:38) -- The mountain (3:18) -- Sameeda (5:55).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Enja-Tiptoe 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ IBRFaruqi, Reem
Summary: "Zahra loves spending time with Kyle at school, but when her other classmates start teasing her for helping him she starts making choices she regrets"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: "From author Kia Abdullah, Take It Back is a harrowing and twisting courtroom thriller that keeps you guessing until the last page is turned. One victim. Four accused. Who is telling the truth? Zara Kaleel, one of London's brightest legal minds, shattered the expectations placed on her by her family and forged a brilliant legal career. But her decisions came at a high cost, and now, battling...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABDFaruqi, Reem
Summary: Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FARKassis, Reem
Summary: "The Arabesque Table takes inspiration from the traditional food of the Arab world, weaving Reem Kassis's historic research and cultural knowledge with her contemporary interpretations of an ancient, remarkably diverse cuisine. Organized by primary ingredient, the recipes and vivid photographs bring the dishes to life while her narrative offers not only a sense of taste, but a sense of time and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5953 KASAbdullah, Kia
Summary: "Salma Khatun is hopeful about Blenheim, the suburban development into which she, her husband, and their son have just moved. The Bangladeshi family needs a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like just the place. Soon after they move in, Salma spots her white neighbor, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner her son put in the front garden. Avoiding confrontation, Salma takes the banner...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABDIbrahim, Abdullah
Contents: Ocean & the river (2:45) -- In the evening (3:05) -- Blues for Bea (:53) -- Prelude "For Coltrane" (:54) -- Aspen (1:13) -- Blues for a hip hop king (6:02) -- Third line samba (2:09) -- Tookah (1:25) -- Pula (1:31) -- For Coltrane (5:06) -- Dust (1:05) -- Corridors radiant (1:17) -- Jabulani (1:04).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sunny Side 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ IBRFaruqi, Reem
Summary: Amira is excited because tomorrow is Eid with special clothes, treats, gifts, and a morning party at her mosque; but then she realizes that she is going to miss class picture day at school, something she was also looking forward to--so Amira has to figureout a way to be in two places at once.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FARFaruqi, Reem
Summary: When her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit, seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakistani American girl who has a habit of "borrowing" glittery things, decides to use her bad habit to reunite her family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FARAbdullah, Chelsea
Summary: "Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land-at the cost of sacrificing all jinn. With no choice but to obey or be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABDIbrahim, Abdullah
Contents: Bayi lam (4:17) -- Dindela (5:32) -- Barakaat (3:28) -- Tafelberg samba ; Carnival samba (6:56) -- Mantra mode (9:27) -- Beautiful love (4:01) -- Tskave ; Royal blue (6:12).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Enja 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ IBR1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 Ibrah
Ibrahim, Abdullah
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ IBRRashad, Abdallah.
Contents: Ostaz Ishq--Takhayal--Ya Zalimah--Ma Yehemak--'Alaallah--Ham wa hawajees--Gheir 'an kul el banat
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Music, Arabia 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST RASAssil, Reem
Summary: "Arabiyya celebrates the alluring aromas and flavors of Arab food and the welcoming spirit with which they are shared. Written from her point of view as an Arab in diaspora, Reem takes readers on a journey through her Palestinian and Syrian roots, showing how her heritage has inspired her recipes for flatbreads, dips, snacks, platters to share, and more. With a section specializing in breads of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2022
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Summary: Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FARFaruqi, Reem
Summary: "From the author of Lailah's Lunchbox and Unsettled comes a powerful picture book biography about Maryam Faruqi, the founder of the Happy Home Schools, which provided education to thousands of girls across Pakistan at a time when girls weren't encouraged to go to school. Milloo lives in a time when school is considered unnecessary for girls. But to Milloo, education is essential. When Milloo...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 921 FARKelani, Reem.
Contents: As Nazarene women crossed the meadow -- The cameleer tormented my heart -- Galilean lullaby -- A baker's dozen -- Mawwaal -- Yearning -- Sprinting gazelle -- Yafa! -- Qasidah of return -- Il-hamdillah.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fuse Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST KelanRees, Rosemary
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 931 REENaeem
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP NAERehm, Diane.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.81 REHAdem.
Contents: Statued -- Ringing in my ear -- Gone away -- Cut -- These are your friends -- Everything you need -- Long drive home -- Pillow -- One in a million -- There will always be.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Domino Recording 2004