Summary: Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, The Sultan and The Saint tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SULSummary: "Kisa Kids Publication's first ever graphic novel surrounding the stories and lives of the 14 ma'soomeen and what their name means"--Amazon.com
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kisa Kids Publications 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 297.1 NAMSummary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
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Islam, Farhana
Summary: "Meet a handful of the men and women that helped shape the early life of Prophet Muhammad. In these pages, you will find his mother, Amina bint Wahb; the women that loved and protected him like their very own, Halimah Sa'diyyah and Barakah (Umm Ayman); and his beloved grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, alongside his uncle Abu Talib. This beautifully illustrated book introduces readers to Prophet...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Islamic Foundation 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297.63 ISLSummary: Rahmat the boatman navigates the increasingly brackish waters of a coastal land, collecting the heartaches and tears of its inhabitants. But he remains powerless against their misguided attempts to appease the gods and make the land green again, whether by offering a bride to the sea or forcibly "treating" the eyes of a painter who sees in different colors. Drawing firsthand on the challenges...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Global Film Initiative 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WHIKronos Quartet
Contents: Placeless -- My ruthless companion -- My tresses in the wind -- I was dead -- Endless embrace -- Fate astray -- The sun rises -- Vanishing lines -- The might of love -- Far away glance -- Leyli's nightingales -- The color of moonlight -- Lover, go mad -- Eternal meadow.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL KROSummary: Contains twelve selections of North African dance music, including performances by Jomed, Faudel, Hamid Baroudi, ChebMami, and others.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2005
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN PUTSummary: The riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through intimate interviews and artful reenactments to examine how the Tunisian woman's two eldest were radicalized by Islamic extremists. Casting professional actresses as the missing daughters, along with acclaimed Egyptian-Tunisian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Six months after 9/11, CIA and FBI agents captured Abu Zubaydah, mistakenly believed to be number three in the Al Qaeda hierarchy. Frantic to thwart a much-feared second attack, the U.S. rendered him to a black site in Thailand. There he collided with Air Force psychologist James Mitchell. Believing that Abu Zubaydah had been trained to resist interrogation, Mitchell and others were authorized...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.6 SCOMuhammad, Ibtihaj
Summary: Ibtihaj Muhammad's path to Olympic greatness has been marked with opposition and near-debilitating challenges because of her race, religion, and gender. As the only woman of color and the only religious minority on the U.S. women's saber team, she had to push past sterotypes, misconceptions, and negativity to find her own path to success and Olympic Glory. Her reflection provides an unflinching...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUHAMMAD, IBTIHAJ MUHYunus, Muhammad
Summary: After helping to save 7.5 million Bangladeshi from poverty, nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus opens a branch of his Grameen Bank in an effort to help women in Queens, N.Y., achieve their American dream.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOMuhammad, Idris.
Contents: House of the rising sun -- Baia (boogie bump) -- Hard to face the music -- Theme for New York City -- Sudan -- Hey pocky a-way -- Bonus tracks (previously unreleased). Pipe stem ; I know you don't want me no more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony 2003
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.122 SARMohammad, Akikur
Summary: "As compelling as it is informative and authoritative, The Anatomy of Addiction will lead you to a better understanding about the causes, prevention, and treatment of addiction. It explains in layman's terms what constitutes effective, evidence-based addiction medicine and how to find it. This book provides actionable, scientific information for addicts and their families and details how to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Perigee 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 MOHSabaaneh, Mohammad
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Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SABAli, Muhammad
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI, MUHAMMAD ALIKhan, Muhammad
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Dua Iqbal has always had trouble minding her own business. With a silver-tongue and an inquisitive nature, a career in journalism seems fated. When her school merges with another, Dua seizes her chance and sets up a rival newspaper, exposing the controversial stories that teachers and the kids who rule the school would rather keep buried. Dua's investigations are digging up...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KHAMuhammad, Ibtihaj
Summary: Shares the life story of the Olympic fencer, including how she overcame feeling out of place in her sport and how she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Zaman, Muhammad H. (Muhammad Hamid)
Summary: "Superbugs, born of antibiotic resistance, are a growing global health crisis. Award-winning educator and researcher at Boston University Muhammad Zaman, Ph.D. tells the story about how we got here and what we must do to combat this threat that connects us all"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 ZAMMuhammad, Ali Shaheed.
Contents: Black beacon-- Maré (feat Ladybug Mecca)-- It's you (feat Raphael Saadiq)-- Questions (feat Ceelo Green)-- So amazing ( feat Luther Vandross)-- Gate 54-- Do it together (Feat Bilal)-- Redneph in B-minor-- Better endeavor-- Smiling for me (feat Karolina)-- Don't keep me waiting (feat Marsha Ambrosius)-- Bitches do voodoo (feat Angela Muñoz)-- Possibilities (feat Eryn Allen Kane)-- Mission-- Dans...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Linear Labs studios 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES YOUMuhammad, Ali Shaheed
Contents: Sabor del Ritmo (3:30 min) -- Altitude (3:29 min) -- White Buffalo (2:47 min) -- Trucha (4:37 min) -- The Gardens (6:02 min) -- 73 (4:37 min) -- El Cambio Es Necesario (4:52 min) -- Caló (6:14 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Jazz Is Dead 2022
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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ MUHAli, Muhammad
Summary: "During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. You saw only a part of me. After I retired from boxing my true work began. I have embarked on a journey of love, seeking truth, peace and understanding." So Muhammad Ali begins this spiritual memoir, his description of the values that have shaped and sustained him and that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI, MUHAMMAD ALIAsad, Muhammad
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Book Foundation 2003