Brother Tariq

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Tariq Ramadan is a global phenomenon. A Swiss-born Muslim activist, he is the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, the radical group credited with inspiring modern Islamic radicalism. Ramadan is fluent in English, French and Arabic. In Europe, he is the most quoted and circulated writer on Islam. His writings are a regular feature of major English-speaking newspapers, but his real message is revealed in his speeches to Muslim groups in France, Africa, and the Middle East. Caroline Fourest has carefully transcribed and translated those speeches and shows that Ramdan's ingenious rhetoric is a Trojan horse, fostering the anti-Semitic and anti-Christian values of fundamentalist Islam on its latest battlefield: Western civilization.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Caroline Fourest
Publisher : Encounter Books
Release : 2008-02-25
File : 250 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781594033131


The Brother

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'Authoritative' GUARDIAN. 'Raw' SUNDAY TIMES. 'Timely' LITERARY REVIEW. 'Powerful' INDEPENDENT. Growing up poor, Yasmine vowed she would always protect her little brother from harm. She broke her promise on the day she left home, abandoning Fadi to his life in the Stockholm slums. Now, five years later, Yasmine still carries the guilt of leaving him behind. Then she hears a rumour that he is dead, killed by a US drone in Syria. What happened to turn her sweet-natured brother into one of the CIA's most wanted men? The answer will shock her. It will shock you too. WORLDWIDE REVIEWS FOR JOAKIM ZANDER: 'An absorbing thriller in a complex world of spies, politics, terrorism and assassination... Excellent' The Times (UK). 'A multi-layered thriller full of style, drive and immediacy' Göteborgs-Posten (Sweden). 'Wonderfully written... A superb thriller' Metro (Croatia). 'Intrigue, action and adrenaline mixed to perfection' Librería Reconquista (Spain). 'A terrific page-turner rich with complex conflicts and a big, meaty, chillingly credible conspiracy' Chris Pavone (USA). 'A riveting thriller with a great plot. What more can you ask for?' Lokalavisen (Denmark). 'An explosive, thrilling dance fuelled by authenticity' Il Giornale (Italy). 'A multi-layered, action-packed thriller' Dorstener Zeitung (Germany).

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Joakim Zander
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2016-07-01
File : 457 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781781859209


Ryan Craig Plays Against The Tide

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'A scared playwright won't write a good play. We're going to have to try to find a bit more steel.' – Telegraph Ryan Craig is not afraid of controversial topics. Described as a 'playwright with the ability to become one of the best of his generation' (British Theatre Guide), his work to date is known to probe both social norms and ethical issues. Since being nominated for the Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award in 2005 his plays have been produced at venues of all sizes from London's National Theatre and the Hampstead to Theatre Royal Bath and the Menier Chocolate Factory. In this first collection of his works, Craig brings together four plays that go 'against the tide', offering an insight into the power of contemporary drama that doesn't shy away from the most contentious and hot-button debates of the age. Complete with a new introduction by the author, it begins with his hit National Theatre play The Holy Rosenbergs and includes his piece, Charlotte and Theodore which premiered in 2023, published here for the first time. The Holy Rosenbergs (2011): 'buzzes with discussion and debate ... In the clarity of its construction, the tension of its climax and the slow unveiling of its emotional core, this is a very fine play indeed' (Aleks Sierz, Arts Desk) Filthy Business (2017): 'A superbly modern Mother Courage...If plays survive by creating meaty roles for actors, Ryan Craig's new work is destined for a long life' (Michael Billington, Guardian) What We Did to Weinstein (2005): 'There is no more compelling or politically significant drama in town than Ryan Craig's What We Did to Weinstein....fascinates because it reflects the complex passions of Jews in more than two minds about what Jewishness entails' (Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard) Charlotte and Theodore (2023): 'cancel-culture drama that bravely captures the acrimonious mood of today' (Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph)

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Genre : Drama
Author : Ryan Craig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2024-02-22
File : 265 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781350431362


What We Did To Weinstein

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NO! We can't change the subject! This is the subject! There is no other subject. Not for us.' Sickened by the everyday arguments and compromises he saw around him in his native London, the idealistic Josh has moved to Israel and joined the army. There, however, he finds himself in a situation with a Palestinian terror suspect which seems to challenge his most strongly held beliefs. Deftly cutting between different locations and time periods, Ryan Craig's play lets us see unexpected connections between disparate events, as well as bringing together people with apparently nothing in common. A wryly humerous, sometimes hilarious, look at a serious issue, What We Did To Weinstein moves between London life and the world of the intifada, creating a portrait of a society where idealism too easily becomes extremism and pragmatism hypocrisy.

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Genre : Drama
Author : Ryan Craig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2012-06-12
File : 101 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781849435840


Open Secrets

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When a young lady goes from East to North to the West ,she discovers many things about her culture, her people and herself. Secrets are revealed and choices are made about her to handle some of those open secrets.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : oshiomowe momodu
Publisher : Lulu.com
Release : 2013-06-26
File : 131 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781304156914


Botros Brothers

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Passion and intrigue in an exotic desert paradise… Three sexy, arrogant, and brash brothers, and one spirited sister, search for love under the burning desert sun. Unexpected babies, forbidden romance, and long-held secrets make for a passionate saga in this delightful boxset by bestselling romance author Leslie North… In The Sheik’s Accidental Pregnancy, when Sarah starts work at the Botros Oil Company she doesn’t expect the tall and sexy CEO to be so rude, arrogant, and combative. After a heated argument leads to an unforgettable night of passion, they both agree it can never happen again. But there are consequences to their secret affair… In The Sheikh’s Defiant Girlfriend, Sheikh Amir Botros, a notorious womanizer, has finally met his match in Soraya, his best friend’s sister. He’s determined to make her his, and he won't take no for an answer. Why is she so attracted to a man she knows she should despise? But what happens when forces beyond their control conspire to tear them apart? In The Sheikh’s Secret Past, no matter how much Soraya tries to fight it, she can't resist Amir's playful charms. When the Botros matriarch invites the family to visit an exotic paradise in the heart of the desert, a woman from Amir's past is waiting for them. And she carries a secret that could destroy the Botros family, including Soraya and Amir, once and for all… And in Sheikh’s Determined Police Officer, Aaliyah Botros is beginning to wonder if she’ll ever get her chance at love. When she bumps into her old flame Joseph, she’s delighted to find that he’s even more handsome, muscular and disarming than she remembered. It only takes one magical night to reignite the passion between them. But with her strict family standing in the way, is their relationship doomed from the start? This series was originally published in 2014 as The Botros Brothers Series.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Leslie North
Publisher : Relay Publishing
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File : 555 Pages
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Lockdown On Rikers

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Mary Buser began her career at Rikers Island as a social work intern, brimming with ideas and eager to help incarcerated women find a better path. Her reassignment to a men's jail coincided with the dawn of the city's "stop-and-frisk" policy, a flood of unprecedented arrests, and the biggest jailhouse build-up in New York City history. Committed to the possibility of growth for the scarred and tattooed masses who filed into her session booth, Buser was suddenly faced with black eyes, punched-out teeth, and frantic whispers of beatings by officers. Recognizing the greater danger of pointing a finger at one's captors, Buser attempted to help them, while also keeping them as well as herself, safe. Following her promotion to assistant chief, she was transferred to different jails, working in the Mental Health Center, and finally, at Rikers's notorious "jail within jail," the dreaded solitary confinement unit, where she saw horrors she'd never imagined. Finally, it became too much to bear, forcing Buser to flee Rikers and never look back - until now. Lockdown on Rikers shines a light into the deepest and most horrific recesses of the criminal justice system, and shows how far it has really drifted from the ideals we espouse.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Mary E. Buser
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Release : 2015-09-29
File : 282 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781466890169


Oman S Transformation After 1970

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Oman's 1970 coup launched a new political and economic structure that was created by and for Sultan Qaboos. The initially haphazard construction matured into a durable structure that continues under Sultan Haitham. This work details the early construction of the Qabusid state in the 1970s-1980s, emphasizing the interplay between personalities and the process of institutionalization. The narrative continues to the present demonstrating the resilience of the Qaboosid system.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : J.E. Peterson
Publisher : BRILL
Release : 2024-06-06
File : 647 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789004697010


The Grand Jihad

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The real threat to the United States is not terrorism. The real threat is Islamism, whose sophisticated forces have collaborated with the American Left not only to undermine U.S. national security but also to shred the fabric of American constitutional democracy - freedom and individual liberty. In The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, bestselling author Andrew C. McCarthy offers a harrowing account of how the global Islamist movement, s jihad involves far more than terrorist attacks, and how it has found the ideal partner in President Barack Obama, whose Islamist sympathies run deep. For years, McCarthy warned of America, s blindness to the Islamist threat, but in The Grand Jihad McCarthy exposes a new, more insidious peril: the government, s active appeasement of the Islamist ideology. With the help of witting and unwitting accomplices in and out of government, Islamism doesn, t merely fuel terrorism but spawns America-hating Islamic enclaves in our very midst, gradually foisting Islam, s repressive law, sharia, on American life. The revolutionary doctrine has made common cause with an ascendant Left that also seeks radical transformation of our constitutional order. The prognosis for liberty could not be more dire.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Andrew C. McCarthy
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Release : 2011-02
File : 590 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781459610323


Statebuilding And Counterinsurgency In Oman

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In the depths of the Cold War and in the wake of Britain's announcement of its intention to withdraw 'East of Suez' by the end of 1971, Britain was faced with the stark reality of a Marxist rebellion in the Dhofar province of Oman. This rebellion, whose explicit aim was to 'liberate' the oil-rich Gulf region, confronted the British with the challenge of securing a political order in Oman conducive to protecting Britain's remaining interests in the midst of its military withdrawal from the region. 'State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman' offers a nuanced picture of Britain's response to the challenges posed by this withdrawal, through an examination the complex Anglo-Omani relationship at this vital juncture in Middle East and Imperial History. James Worrall offers an examination of how officials in London and the Gulf defined British interests in Oman, and the debates that raged throughout Whitehall, under the successive governments led by Wilson and Heath, about how to best tackle the growing insurgency in Oman. The means by which this challenge was to be met (including the extent of both overt and covert support for the Sultan) in the post-Suez era, posed a number of challenges for decision-makers in Whitehall. The military, economic and diplomatic assistance given to the Omani government to re-establish Sultanate control and crush the rebellion in Dhofar is thus analysed within the context of a complex balancing act, as British politicians and officials tried to reconcile their attempts to create effective and centralised Omani administration and security bodies whilst maintaining the image of strategic withdrawal and the sovereign independence of Oman. Drawing extensively from newly released archival records and interviews with former officials and high-ranking officers, this book provides a systematic re-examination of the Anglo-Omani relationship during the critical years of Oman's transformation into a modern state. It will therefore provide vital information and analysis for students and researchers of Middle East History and Politics, the decline and end of empire and the policymaking processes at the heart of an imperial and military withdrawal.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : James Worrall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2014-02-21
File : 285 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781786723826