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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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OURAbu-Jaber, Diana.
Summary: Never married, living with an Iraqi-immigrant uncle and devoted dog, and working as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, thirty-nine-year-old Sirine finds her life turned upside down by a handsome Arabic literature professor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABUAbu-Jaber, Diana.
Summary: In a memoir about the joys and difficulties of straddling two cultures, the author describes her life with an extended Arab and American family, exploring the role of food, cooking, and eating in shaping her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 ABUAbu-Jaber, Diana
Summary: "A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. Amani is hooked on a mystery-a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father's books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ABUAbu-Jaber, Diana.
Summary: Balances are struck in this luminous first novel-between two radically distinct cultures, between obligation and self-will, between past and future, between hilarity and heartbreak-as the Jordanian family of Matussem Ramoud settles in a small, poor-white community in upstate New York.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABUAbu-Jaber, Diana.
Summary: After a five year absence, an eighteen-year-old runaway returns to her family in Miami to deal with the guilty secret that caused her to flee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABUAbu-Jaber, Diana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABUBaer, Robert.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327.1273 BaeSummary: High plains drifter: When "The Stranger" rides into the sin-ridden town of Lago, bullets fly as he battles three ruthless gunmen in a pulse-pounding shoot-'em-up.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLIBaer, Robert.
Summary: A CIA operative and his CIA sharpshooter wife describe how they unexpectedly fell in love during a mission and the complicated challenges they faced in their shared effort to return to civilian life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAER, ROBERT BAEContents: I want to break free (Queen) -- Freedom '90 (George Michael) -- Born this way (Lady Gaga) -- Believe (Cher) -- Roar (Katy Perry) -- I'm coming out (Diana Ross) -- I'm every woman (Chaka Khan) -- Hot stuff (Donna Summer) -- Cold heart (Pnau remix) (Elton John ; feat. Dua Lipa) -- Midnight sky (Miley Cyrus) -- Montero (Lil Nas X) -- Cherry (Fletcher ; feat. Hayley Kiyoko) -- Chains of love...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWSummary: An autobiographical film based on the director's life beginning in 1942 during Hitler's struggle to wrest Egypt, especially the city Alexandria, from the British Army. Yehia, an aspiring actor, and his friends experience the impact of war. Yehia studies cinema in Alexandria, stages his first makeshift productions, and finally reaches the conclusion that his future lies in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALEMASK, ACE.
Summary: Five memorable stories of collies and the lives they affect at Christmas, including: Sebastian and the Three Kings--The Shepherds Gift--The Christmas Gift--All the Guns Fell Silent--A Dream For Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ACE MASK 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MaskSummary: A cantankerous taxi dispatcher and his varied collection of strange drivers form a special bond among themselves as they work for a New York City taxi company.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TAXBig Sean
Contents: Why would I stop? -- Lucky me -- Deep reverence / ft. Nipsey Hussle -- Wolves / ft. Post Malone -- Body language / ft. Ty Dolla $ign & Jhené Aiko -- Story / by Dave Chappelle -- Harder than my demons -- Everything that's missing / ft. Dwele -- Ztfo -- Guard your heart / ft. Anderson .Paak, Earlly Mac & Wale-- Respect it / Big Sean & Hit-Boy ft. Young Thug -- Lithuania / ft. Travis Scott -- Full...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Donnas
Contents: Are you gonna move it for me -- Do you wanna hit it -- 40 boys in 40 nights -- Play my game -- Midnite snack -- Drivin' thru my heart -- You've got a crush on me -- Little boy -- Don't get me busted -- Police blitz -- Hot pants -- Gimme a ride -- Living after midnight -- Nothing to do.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Lookout! Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DONThe Scorpions (Musical group)
Contents: Seira music -- Shaikan music -- Saat Alfarah -- Farrah Galbi Aljadeed -- Kaif Halo -- Forssa Saeeda -- Nile waves -- Azzah music -- Bride of Africa (feat. Osman Zeeto) -- Hilwa ya amoora.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN SCOSummary: A cantankerous taxi dispatcher and his varied collection of strange drivers form a special bond among themselves as they work for a New York City taxi company.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TAXSummary: A cantankerous taxi dispatcher and his varied collection of strange drivers form a special bond among themselves as they work for a New York City taxi company.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TAXEasy Star All-Stars
Contents: Speak to me -- Breathe (in the air) (feat. Sluggy Ranks) -- On the run -- Time (feat. Corey Harris & Ranking Joe) -- The great gig in the sky (feat. Kirsty Rock) -- Money (feat. Gary "Niesta" Pine & Dollarman) -- Us and them (feat. Frankie Paul) -- Any colour you like -- Brain damage (feat. Dr. Israel) -- Eclipse (feat. The Meditations) -- Bonus tracks. Time version -- Great dub in the sky --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Easy Star Records 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE EASSummary: The son of Indian immigrants born in America wants to fit in with fellow New Yorkers, but his family is unwilling to let go of their traditional ways.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005