Middle World

There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it. From Jerusalem, McCarron followed a series of wild hiking trails that trace ancient trading and pilgrimage routes and traverse some of the most contested landscapes in the world. In the West Bank, he met families struggling to lead normal lives amidst political turmoil and had a surreal encounter with the world's oldest and smallest religious sect.

Dr. Wendy Elisheva Somerson, PhD, shows how Jewish history lives in Jewish bodies—and how antisemitism and oppression disrupt our access to safety, dignity, and belonging. This unmetabolized trauma can lock us into a survival state that brings historical grief into the present moment…and keep us from exploring critical questions that help us tend our legacies and live into a better world.

Dixie has a boyfriend, and she's hiding him from everybody. William gets a job offer and has a big decision to make. Dawson has a huge announcement. Colleen gets the shock of her life. Julie adjusts to being a grandmother. Meg and Christian start building a life together. Someone unexpected comes to town and decides not to leave.

When Meg shows up at her mother's door, she has no idea how to break the news to her. She's come home from France, pregnant. At just nineteen years old, this wasn't where she saw her life going. Now, trying to hide her growing belly and figure out her next decision, she moves in with her mother, sister and aunt on Seabreeze Island. But, how long can she keep her pregnancy a secret, and what happens if another surprising person shows up at the front door of Julie's house?

What happens when democracy produces "bad" outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or despite them? This "democratic dilemma" is one of the most persistent, vexing problems for America abroad, particularly in the Middle East. When Islamist parties rise to power through free elections, the United States has too often been ambivalent or opposed, preferring instead pliable dictators. With this legacy of democratic disrespect in mind, and drawing on new interviews with top American officials, Shadi Hamid explores universal questions of morality, power, and hypocrisy.

"Memduh Şevket Esendal Bütün Eserleri" dizisinin ilk kitabı olan Ayaşlı ile Kiracıları, yazarın en önemli yapıtlarından biridir. 1946 CHP Roman Ödülü'nü de alan yapıtta Memduh Şevket Esendal, cumhuriyetin ilk yıllarındaki Ankara'dan bir kesit sunar. Eğitimleri, uğraşları, dünya görüşleri farklı insanların ilişkilerini büyük bir ustalıkla sergiler; onların kişiliklerinde, dönemin bütün özelliklerini yansıtır.

The unfruitful works of darkness cry out for those being called into His marvelous light. Our story begins on February 14th, 2023, at 2:30 am in Tiberias, Israel. The unscheduled crescent moon rose, shining blood red over the sea of Galilee, bringing three warnings. The blood moon is a symbol of the power of darkness, a symbol of death.

When her family moves from Pakistan to Peachtree City, all Nurah wants is to blend in, yet she stands out for all the wrong reasons. Nurah’s accent, floral-print kurtas, and tea-colored skin make her feel excluded, until she meets Stahr at swimming tryouts. And in the water, Nurah doesn’t want to blend in. She wants to win medals like her star athlete brother, Owais — who is going through struggles of his own in the US.

Les proverbes sont une véritable sagesse populaire. Ils sont le fruit de centaines d'années d'histoires, de légendes, de spiritualité d'un peuple. Transmis oralement pendant des siècles, leur vérité et leur simplicité nous parlent immédiatement. Ces proverbes visent à donner accès à un peuple, une culture populaire, dans un format accessible à tous. Un proverbe est plus qu'une phrase anodine, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

April 13, 2006. A Jerusalem Post headline reads: "Jericho man murdered over home sale." The 42 year-old father of eight was kidnapped, shot seven times, thrown into his car, and set on fire, because he had sold his Jerusalem apartment to Jews. Radical Islam has long desired to seize Jerusalem and make it off limits to Christian and Jewish believers. In this revealing book, Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, reminds us that the war on terror is also a war on faith.

آنذاك لم تكن تفكر أبدًا في العمل أو السفر خارج القاهرة، بل ربما لم تكن تفكر بالأساس في مغادرة غرفتها...كانت قد مرّت فترة ليست بقصيرة منذ تخرجت من الجامعة، قضتها فيما يشبه حالات البيات الشتوي، لم تفكر في العمل ولا في المشاركة في أي نشاط اجتماعي، وكأنها صنعت لنفسها نمطًا للحياة داخل غرفتها وتكيّفت معه، بل وربما صارت تستمتع به. وكلما فاتحتها أمها أو أختها أو مدام إيمان جارتها في موضوع خروجها للحياة كانت تراوغهن، وكلما حاولن حثّها على الظهور في المجتمعات، كانت تتعلّل بأنها سوف تبحث عن بعض الدورات التدريبية لاكتساب لغة جديدة أو خبرة إضافية...ولا تفعل شيئًا من ذلك...

لمدينة "مكة" عدة وجوه؛ وجه مؤمن متدين سماوي، ووجه تجاري بحكم موقعها المميز، ووجه مكة الثقافي بشعرائها وكتّابها وندواتهم... ثم هناك الوجه السرّي، الوجه العاشق !!

"فمعظم من أتذكرهم كان يعد الآخر عشبة ضارة في فردوسه...يلقي عليه باللوم لأنه عكّر صفو أيامه، ولولا حضوره الباهت لكانت حياته فردوسا دائما متجددًا..."

فتاةٌ عفوية وشابٌ يحبُّ الحياة يجمعهما شاطيْ غزّة وأشعار محمود درويش لينمو الحب بين قلبيهما رشيقًا وحنونًا مغلفًا بأغاني فيروز وبالكثير من الورد وكلمات الحبِّ المنمَّقة، لكن في قوانين المدينة التي أنهكتها الحرب فإنَّ الحبَّ من المحرمات وهو خطيئةٌ كبرى تُعاقبُ عليها الفتاة بتزويجها رجلًا برائحة حظيرة يتهمها بشرفها، ويُحاول قتلها بينما يُغادر حبيبها البلاد بحثًا عن وطنٍ ينساها فيه ويدفن تفاصيل ذكرياتهما للأبد.

Uri Bialer lays a foundation for understanding the principal aspects of Israeli foreign policy, from the early days of the state's existence to the Oslo Accords. In addition to identifying important state actors, Bialer highlights the many figures who had no defined, diplomatic roles, but were influential in establishing foreign policy goals. He shows how foreign policy was essential to the political, economic, and social well-being of the state, and how it helped to deal with Israel's most intractable problem - the resolution of the conflict with Arab states and the Palestinians.

إن فكرة الكتابة عمن تحب فكرة قديمة بل وأصيلة في التاريخ الإنساني..فالحب مهما كان سيجعلك فالحب في حالة ليس لها تفسير....

Flucht aus dem Iran und der Kampf um Identität und Anerkennung. Seit 1979, mit dem Sturz des Schahs, sind die Töchter der hochgestellten iranischen Familie Valiat im amerikanischen Exil. Nur ihre Mutter, die noch immer Heimat, Tradition und Stolz verkörpert, blieb damals in Iran. Als bei dem alljährlichen Familientreffen in Aspen die Dinge aus dem Ruder laufen und die exaltierte Shirin erst gegen Kaution wieder aus der Arrestzelle entlassen wird, verändert sich etwas in den Frauen, jede muss sich schmerzlichen Fragen stellen.

Unless we start addressing the causes of climate change and stop simply navigating its effects, we will be facing a series of unstoppable catastrophes by the time our preschoolers graduate from college. Our world is in trouble - right now. This Is the Way the World Ends tells the real stories of the substantial impacts to Earth’s systems unfolding across each continent.

The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions as he provides a unique history of the rise and growth of ISIS. Moving beyond journalistic accounts, Fawaz Gerges provides a clear and compelling account of the deeper conditions that fuel ISIS.

Empires rose and fell along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, while a civilization as yet unsurpassed emerged. Discover myths, history and more from not only the earliest but also the greatest civilization in human history.