Bumbling With The Arabs All The Way To The Bank

Author : Ben Koshkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781950906246

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Bumbling with the Arabs All the Way to the Bank by Ben Koshkin Pdf

"...the book is fun, but it is more than fun. It's a meditation on a collision of cultures, and it will make you think." – Dr. Allen Matusow, Professor at Rice University "a good read full of humorous antidotes of the author’s encounters with oil-rich Arabs in the Middle East and Houston." – Fred Hofheinz, Former Mayor City of Houston Bumbling with the Arabs All the Way to the Bank chronicles the true story of two young, naïve Houston real estate go-getters as they rub elbows with some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the Middle East. In 1980, Ben Koshkin and his business partner bumbled into a real estate deal and ended up with a Kuwaiti billionaire as a partner. Through this partnership, Koshkin befriended the undersecretary to the oil minister of Kuwait. For four years, if the undersecretary didn't sign the contract, Kuwait didn't sell the oil. Throughout the eighties, Koshkin and his partner closed over 250 million dollars' worth of business with the Arabs and experienced firsthand a culture the United States still doesn't fully understand. After every trip to the Middle East, men in dark suits, sporting sunglasses and short haircuts, would line up outside their Houston office to ask questions about their business overseas and the people they met on their trips. Bumbling with the Arabs All the Way to the Bank documents experiences and encounters most people will never come close to experiencing in a hundred lifetimes. At times, these stories were hard for even Ben Koshkin to believe-and he lived them! "Bumbling is outstanding, different, educational, and highly entertaining." – Clayton Lee, Clayton Lee Counseling "Having heard the stories from [Ben Koshkin] all these years, it was nice to have them come to life on paper. [His] writing style and how the book was structured made this an easy read that kept my attention throughout. Our perception of life and people in the Middle East is certainly different from reality." – Brad Dill, BD Realty Advisors “If I knew what my son was doing, I would never have survived to live this long.” – Naomi Koshkin Friedman, Ben’s 101-year-old mother

Author : David K. Shipler
Publisher : Crown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780553447521

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Arab and Jew by David K. Shipler Pdf

The expanded and updated edition of David Shipler's Pulitzer Prize-winning book that examines the relationship, past and present, between Arabs and Jews In this monumental work, extensively researched and more relevant than ever, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that exist between Jews and Arabs that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism. Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far-ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more. And he writes of the people: the Arab woman in love with a Jew, the retired Israeli military officer, the Palestinian guerrilla, the handsome actor whose father is Arab and whose mother is Jewish. For Shipler, and for all who read this book, their stories and hundreds of others reflect not only the reality of "wounded spirits" but also a glimmer of hope for eventual coexistence in the Promised Land.

Author : Jack G. Shaheen
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781623710064

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Reel Bad Arabs by Jack G. Shaheen Pdf

A groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous history dating from cinema’s earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding and bomb-blowing "evil" Arabs Award-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen, noting that only Native Americans have been more relentlessly smeared on the silver screen, painstakingly makes his case that "Arab" has remained Hollywood’s shameless shorthand for "bad guy," long after the movie industry has shifted its portrayal of other minority groups. In this comprehensive study of over one thousand films, arranged alphabetically in such chapters as "Villains," "Sheikhs," "Cameos," and "Cliffhangers," Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1—brutal, heartless, uncivilized Others bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners. Shaheen examines how and why such a stereotype has grown and spread in the film industry and what may be done to change Hollywood’s defamation of Arabs.

Author : John le Carre
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416594895

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A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre Pdf

A half-starved young Russian is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse around his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he?

Author : Kai Bird
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 9781416544418

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Crossing Mandelbaum Gate by Kai Bird Pdf

Pulitzer Prize-winner Kai Bird's vivid memoir of an American childhood spent in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia

Author : Kai Bird
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857200198

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Divided City by Kai Bird Pdf

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is a vivid memoir of an American boy growing up in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict, three major wars and three decades of political upheavals in the Middle East. Set in Jerusalem (1956-1958), Beirut (1970), Saudi Arabia (1962-1965), Amman and Cairo (1965-1967), Bird's book explains through a blend of memoir and history why the Western experience in the Middle East has been so turbulent. Through Bird's Zelig-like presence, the reader experiences the Suez War of 1956, the June 1967 War and the Black September hijackings of 1970 that led to the Jordanian Civil War. Bird's memoir shows how all of these momentous events led to the rise and tragic downfall of a secular Arab nationalist ethos -- only to be replaced by the rise of a fundamentalist, politically reactionary Islamist movement. The narrative history tells the stories of such illuminating figures as life-long Jerusalem resident George Antonius, author of The Arab Awakening, and his charismatic wife; Jordan's King Hussein and his CIA connections; the businessman Salem bin Laden, Osama's older brother and a family friend; Saudi kings Faisal and Khalidl; President Nasser of Egypt; and Leila Khaled, the striking young Palestinian radical who hijacked one of the Black September planes. The son of a U.S. Foreign Service officer, Kai Bird spent his formative years with the Arabs, but he ended up marrying the only daughter of two Holocaust survivors. This Shoah survival story becomes a part of Bird's own personal narrative, and provides him with a deeper understanding of the historical relationship between the destruction of European Jewry and the Arab-Israeli conflict. This extraordinary memoir by a Pulitzer-prize-winning historian sheds new light on all the wars of the Middle East fought in the name of identity.

Author : Peter McGraw,Joel Warner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451665413

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The Humor Code by Peter McGraw,Joel Warner Pdf

Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist travel the globe to discover the secret behind what makes things funny, questioning countless experts, including Louis C.K., along the way.

Author : Ghada Karmi
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781688434

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Return by Ghada Karmi Pdf

"The journey filled me with bitterness and grief. I remember looking down on a nighttime Tel Aviv from the windows of a place taking me back to London and thinking hopelessly, 'flotsam and jetsam, that's what we've become, scattered and divided. There's no room for us or our memories here. And it won't be reversed.'" Having grown up in Britain following her family's exile from Palestine, doctor, author and academic Ghada Karmi leaves her adoptive home in a quest to return to her homeland. She starts work with the Palestinian Authority and gets a firsthand understanding of its bizarre bureaucracy under Israel's occupation. In her quest, she takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the heart of one of the world's most intractable conflict zones and one of the major issues of our time. Visiting places she has not seen since childhood, her unique insights reveal a militarised and barely recognisable homeland, and her home in Jerusalem, like much of the West Bank, occupied by strangers. Her encounters with politicians, fellow Palestinians, and Israeli soldiers cause her to question what role exiles like her have in the future of their country and whether return is truly possible.

Author : Roy Anderson,Robert Seibert,Jon G Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000154320

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Politics and Change in the Middle East by Roy Anderson,Robert Seibert,Jon G Wagner Pdf

A longtime bestseller, Politics and Change in the Middle East employs a multidisciplinary approach to comprehensively and evenhandedly study the region‘s past, present, and future. Through politics, economics, culture, and history, this text offers a rugged analytical framework that familiarizes students with the Middle East and helps them to critically evaluate contemporary developments. Thematically organized, Politics and Change in the Middle East introduces students to the primary actors and issues that define the region and its role in world politics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Middle East
ISBN : IND:32000009599962

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Mideast File by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pamela Dear
Publisher : Contemporary Authors New Revis
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0787620068

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Contemporary Authors by Pamela Dear Pdf

In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors® New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the world's most-popular authors. These exciting and unique author profiles are essential to your holdings because sketches are entirely revised and up-to-date, and completely replace the original Contemporary Authors® entries. For your convenience, a soft-cover cumulative index is sent biannually.

Author : Roland Dallas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:49015003131217

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King Hussein by Roland Dallas Pdf

A biography of Jordan's King Hussein, examining some of the controversies and victories of his forty-six-year reign, looking at how he survived repeated assassination attempts, and discussing his four marriages and other aspects of his personal life.

Author : Juliana Gaipo-Mrabet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Arab Americans
ISBN : UOM:39076002353402

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The Nature and Impact of the Stereotyping of Arabs in American Society by Juliana Gaipo-Mrabet Pdf

Author : John George Stoessinger
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035849079

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The Might of Nations by John George Stoessinger Pdf

Author : John George Stoessinger
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : UCSC:32106018273240

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Why Nations Go to War by John George Stoessinger Pdf

This book is intended for International Relations, World Politics, Global Issues and History courses that deal with issues of war and peace.