Summary: A smartphone video shot by a young woman announces that her parents have forbidden her from realizing her dream of acting and then, by all appearances, takes her own life. The recipient of the video, Behnaz Jafari, as herself, asks Panahi, as himself, to drive her to the woman's tiny home village near the Turkish border to investigate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THRAbbas, Marzieh
Summary: Nadia's and Nadir's grandparents surprise them with a visit from Pakistan for the Eid holiday, bringing along some special presents. While shopping for toys, the siblings learn about a few Muslim sports icons. This book is aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. -- Adapted from publisher's webpage.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ABBAbbas, Marzieh.
Summary: Nadia and Nadir jet across the world with their parents to visit family in Pakistan
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon, a divison of ABDO 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ABBAbbas, Marzieh
Summary: After a hurricane hits Houston, the family works together to help the community.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ABBAbbas, Marzieh
Summary: To celebrate the beginning of Ramaddan, Nadia and Nadir make cookies with their parents
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ABBAbbas, Marzieh
Summary: "With no mosque or Islamic school in his new neighborhood, Zain wonders who he can celebrate Ramadan with, in this introduction to the ninth month of the Islamic calendar that is a time of prayer, reflection, fasting and community"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: It's Noor's first time making her Dadijaan's Special Samosa recipe. When she can't get in touch with her Dadijaan because it's nighttime in Pakistan, Noor must improvise to make her family's recipe without all of the correct ingredients.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: On a trip to the beach with friends, Nadia and Nadir are surprised to see so much trash around. They work as a team to come up with a fun way to help clean the beach.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO 2023
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Summary: "The Month of Ramadan is coming! Hamza and Aliya are excited to decorate their home, make new resolutions and bake scrumptious, nutritious recipes with their Mama and Baba. One afternoon, Mama falls asleep after preparing food to share with the neighbors, but she forgets to make dessert! Can Hamza and Aliya surprise their Mama with a delicious and nutritious dessert before she wakes up? Who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kisa Kids Publications 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ABBRazavi, Mason.
Contents: Stompin' at the savoy -- You stepped out of a dream -- Body and soul -- Like someone in love -- But beautiful -- Days of wine and roses -- I thought about you -- Darn that dream -- I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry -- They can't take that away from me
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: OA2 Records 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RAZWatson, Renaee
Summary: Harlem teenager Nala is looking forward to a summer of movies and ice cream until she falls in love with the very woke Tye and pretends to be a social activist. Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday. Tye Brown, the MC is perfect, except-- he is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WATWatson, Renaee
Summary: In the summer before fifth grade, Ryan Hart continues to grow through changes and challenges, such as waiting for a new baby sister to be born, a summer camp trip, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WATWatson, Renaee
Summary: The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WATAhdieh, Renaee
Summary: In 19th century New Orleans, Saebastien Saint Germain, cursed and forever changed, and Celine, recovering from injuries sustained during a night she cannot remember, uncover the danger around them, including their love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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Summary: "Readers will learn about the causes and effects of invasive species through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info GillesGilles, Renae.
Summary: "Readers will learn about the impacts of agriculture on the environment through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info GillesGilles, Renae
Summary: "Readers will learn about the importance, limited availability, and wide-spread pollution of clean water through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info GillesGilles, Renae.
Summary: "Readers will learn about the causes and effects of climate change through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info GillesGilles, Renae.
Summary: "Readers will learn about the history, importance, and environmental impacts of industrialization through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info GillesJalali, Reza
Summary: "Looking through the tall trees in their backyard in Maine, Shirin and her dad search for a glimpse of the new moon, the sign that the month of Ramadan has begun. Ramadan is a time when Muslims around the world pray, fast, and pay special attention to doing good deeds. Shirin is nine and thinks she should be able to fast like her older brother Ali, but her parents feel she is still too young to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JALAslan, Reza
Summary: "The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Zealot recounts the spellbinding tale of an unrecognized American martyr for democracy. As a student of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton, Howard Baskerville was aflame not only with the gospel of Jesus, but with the Wilsonian gospel that constitutional democracy is the birthright of all nations. Rather than become a small-town minister like his father in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BASKERVILLE, HOWARD ASLSummary: Nominated for the 2016 Academy Award. In 1916 Arabia Theeb ("Wolf"), a young Bedouin boy, ventures on a treacherous desert journey encountering mercenaries, revolutionaries and raiders as he tries to survive and live up to the name his father gave him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2014
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Summary: 1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers₂ quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca. So as not to dishonor his recently...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THEAslan, Reza
Summary: Explores humanity's attempts to comprehend the divine by giving it human traits and emotions, and calls for a more expansive understanding of God to develop a more universal spirituality.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017