Middle World

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.

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.

Refuge seeks to restore moral purpose and clarity to refugee policy. Rather than assuming indefinite dependency, Collier - author of The Bottom Billion - and his Oxford colleague Betts propose a humanitarian approach integrated with a new economic agenda that begins with jobs, restores autonomy, and rebuilds people's ability to help themselves and their societies.

Few historians end up as historical actors in their own right, but Bernard Lewis has both witnessed and participated in some of the key events of the last century. When we think of the Middle East, we see it in terms that he defined and articulated.In this exceptional memoir he shares stories of his wartime service in London and Cairo, decrypting intercepts for MI6, with sometimes unexpected consequences. After the war, he was the first Western scholar ever invited into the Ottoman archives in Istanbul.

Using the writings of Cosmas and a wealth of other historical and archaeological evidence from the period, eminent historian G. W. Bowersock carefully reconstructs this fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history. The flashpoint of the war, Bowersock tells us, occurred when Yusuf, the Jewish king of Himyar, massacred hundreds of Christians living in Najran. The Christian ruler of Ethiopia, Kaleb, urged on by the Byzantine emperor Justin, led a force of 120,000 men across the Red Sea to defeat Yusuf.

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.

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

The Israel Decree meticulously traces the historical, political, legal, and scriptural foundations of Israel's God-promised right to the land. Writing with clarity and commitment to biblical truth, bestselling author and native Israeli Amir Tsarfati helps you: understand how today’s Israel is a continuation of the ancient biblical nation, fulfilling a divine promise made millennia ago; live with greater expectancy and hope in light of what Bible prophecy says about the rapture and tribulation; and be encouraged by God’s wonderful character as you see it on display.

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.

في هذه المشاهد الأولى يمد إبراهيم أصلان يده ليوارب الأبواب، ويمضي بنا إلى تلك الحنايا المأهولة بنفر من أهل الليل، الحنايا العامرة بدفء القلوب عندما تتجاور، يلملم الأشجار والأحزان ونجوم الليالي، ويجمع ابتسامات الرجال وآمالهم، ويلامس جراح الروح بأطراف الأاصابع برفق، ولكن دون وجل لينتهي بنا، بقدرة الفنان ومهارة المبدع، إلى عالم غير مسبوق، يغنينا، ويملأ نفوسنا بفيض من الأسى والبهجة والتراحم.

It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork, it's just that she doesn't like doing it. And that means she's pretty much failing sixth grade. When a warning letter is sent home, Abby realizes that all her slacking off could cause her to be held back -- for real! Unless she wants to repeat the sixth grade, she'll have to meet some specific conditions, including taking on an extra-credit project: find a pen pal in a foreign country. Simple enough (even for a girl who hates homework).

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.

Welcome to the Middle East conflict, a conflict that is technically 63 years old and counting but has its roots in over 2,000 years of history. With so much time and history, the peace process has become laden with unique, politically sensitive concepts, like the right of return, contiguous borders, secure borders, demilitarized zones, and security requirements, with players like the Quartet, Palestinian Authority, Fatah, Hamas, the Arab League, and Israel. Over time, it has become exceedingly difficult for even sophisticated political pundits and followers to keep track of it all.

Moses Ben Maimon, frequently called Maimonides, was a medieval philosopher who revolutionized thinking about ethics, reason, and the Jewish Torah through his emphasis on reason and evidence. His works were broadly accepted by the Sephardi Jewish community and spread across the medieval world. St. Thomas Aquinas is known as one of the most important medieval philosophers and in many respects a harbinger of the Renaissance that began to flourish across Europe in the centuries that followed his life.