Hakim S Odyssey

Author : Fabien Toulmé
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781637790144

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Hakim’s Odyssey by Fabien Toulmé Pdf

A remarkable recounting of a human journey through an inhumane world. What does it mean to be a “refugee”? It is easy for those who live in relative freedom to ignore or even to villainize people who have been forced to flee their homes. After all, it can be hard to identify with others’ experiences when you haven’t been in their shoes. In Hakim’s Odyssey, we see firsthand how war can make anyone a refugee. Hakim, a successful young Syrian who had his whole life ahead of him, tells his story: how war forced him to leave everything behind, including his family, his friends, his home, and his business. After the Syrian uprising in 2011, Hakim was arrested and tortured, his town was bombed, his business was seized by the army, and members of his family were arrested or disappeared. This first leg of his odyssey follows Hakim as he travels from Syria to Lebanon, Lebanon to Jordan, and Jordan to Turkey, where he struggles to earn a living and dreams of one day returning to his home. This graphic novel is necessary reading for our time. Alternately hopeful and heartbreaking, Hakim’s Odyssey is a story about what it means to be human in a world that sometimes fails to be humane.

Author : Fabien Toulme
Publisher : Graphic Mundi
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1637790082

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Hakim's Odyssey by Fabien Toulme Pdf

An account, in graphic novel format, of a young Syrian refugee and how war forced him to leave everything behind, including his family, his friends, his home, and his business. This narrative follows his travels from Turkey to Greece.

Author : Benjamin Dix,Lindsay Pollock
Publisher : Graphic Mundi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1637790619

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Vanni by Benjamin Dix,Lindsay Pollock Pdf

"A graphic novel documenting the turmoil of a family trapped in the crossfire between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers during the country's civil war"--

Author : Fabien Toulmé
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781637790403

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Hakim’s Odyssey by Fabien Toulmé Pdf

The end of a journey, the beginning of a new life. —I’m Syrian, and I got here from Turkey. —Whoaaa! That’s a hell of a trip! —You could say that . . . I left home almost three years ago. After being rescued from the Mediterranean, Hakim and his son reach European soil, full of hope. But before they can get to France, they face a new series of challenges: overcrowded detention centers, run-ins with border police, and a persistent xenophobia that seems to follow them almost everywhere they go. Will Hakim’s determination and the kindness of strangers be enough to carry him to the end of his journey and reunite his family? By turns heart-warming and heart-wrenching, this final installment in the Hakim’s Odyssey trilogy follows Hakim and his son as they make their way from Macedonia to the south of France. Based on true events, it lays bare the tremendous effects that the policies of wealthy countries and the attitudes of their people have on the lives of the displaced and dispossessed.

Author : Brian K. Vaughan
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:MAY150480

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We Stand On Guard #1 by Brian K. Vaughan Pdf

SAGA writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN teams with artistic legend and MATRIX storyboard artist STEVE SKROCE for an action-packed military thriller that will have everyone talking. 100 years from now, a heroic band of Canadian civilians must defend their homeland from invasion...by the United States of America! The hyper-detailed combat between badass freedom fighters and giant f***ing robots begins with a spectacular 40-PAGE FIRST ISSUE.

Author : Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060649640

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A Pathan Odyssey by Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak Pdf

Autobiography of the author, Pakistani statesman.

Author : Khaled Nurul Hakim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Muslims
ISBN : 1908058749

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The Book of Naseeb by Khaled Nurul Hakim Pdf

The Book of Naseeb tells the story of an idealistic heroin dealer who dreams of fitting the victims of war in Afghanistan with artificial limbs. In this breathtaking first novel, Khaled Nurul Hakim chronicles the hero's struggle for redemption through the backstreets and motorway service stations of modern Britain to the desert and mountains of a fictional borderland. Written in an exhilarating, incantatory blend of street argot and Quranic-inspired language, The Book of Naseeb charts an epic journey like no other. 'A completely absorbing, singular book. Night journey, border odyssey, angel's-eye view of human striving.' YASMINE SEALE 'What a book - visionary, terrifying, remarkable use of language. London, Birmingham, Afghan borderland. Khaled Nurul Hakim is a writer you won't forget, and this deserves to be read.' TOM BOLTON

Author : Joy Hakim
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0195095065

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A History of US by Joy Hakim Pdf

Tells the story of the very beginning of the United States, from the development of hundreds of Indian societies to the formation of the first permanent settlements by Europeans.

Author : Michael Muhammad Knight
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781593763510

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Blue-Eyed Devil by Michael Muhammad Knight Pdf

Michael Muhammad Knight embarks on a quest for an indigenous American Islam in a series of interstate odysseys. Traveling 20,000 miles by Greyhound in sixty days, he squats in run-down mosques, pursues Muslim romance, is detained at the U.S.-Canadian border with a trunkload of Shia literature, crashes Islamic Society of North America conventions, stink-palms Cat Stevens, and limps across Chicago to find the grave of Noble Drew Ali, filling dozens of notebooks along the way. The result is this semi-autobiographical book, with multiple histories of Fard and the landscape of American Islam woven into Knight’s own story. In the course of his adventures, Knight sorts out his own relationship to Islam as he journeys from punk provocateur to a recognized voice in the community, and watches first-hand the collapse of a liberal Islamic dream. The book’s extensive cast of characters includes anarchist Sufi heretics, vegan kungfu punks, tattoo-sleeved converts in hard-core bands, spiritual drug dealers, Islamic feminists, slick media entrepreneurs, sages of the street, the grandsons of Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X, and a group called Muslims for Bush.

Author : John T. E. Cribb,Mary Beth Klee,John Holdren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : World history
ISBN : 1931728534

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The Human Odyssey: Prehistory through the Middle Ages by John T. E. Cribb,Mary Beth Klee,John Holdren Pdf

Author : Kimberly Harrington
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780062993328

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But You Seemed So Happy by Kimberly Harrington Pdf

In this tender, funny, and sharp companion to her acclaimed memoir-in-essays Amateur Hour, Kimberly Harrington explores and confronts marriage, divorce, and the ways love, loss, and longing shape a life. Six weeks after Kimberly and her husband announced their divorce, she began work on a book that she thought would only be about divorce — heavy on the dark humor with a light coating of anger and annoyance. After all, on the heels of planning to dissolve a twenty-year marriage they had chosen to still live together in the same house with their kids. Throw in a global pandemic and her idea of what the end of a marriage should look and feel like was flipped even further on its head. This originally dark and caustic exploration turned into a more empathetic exercise, as she worked to understand what this relationship meant and why marriage matters so much. Over the course of two years of what was supposed to be a temporary period of transition, she sifted through her past—how she formed her ideas about relationships, sex, marriage, and divorce. And she dug back into the history of her marriage — how she and her future ex-husband had met, what it felt like to be madly in love, how they had changed over time, the impact having children had on their relationship, and what they still owed one another. But You Seemed So Happy is a time capsule of sorts. It’s about getting older and repeatedly dying on the hill of being wiser, only to discover you were never all that dumb to begin with. It’s an honest, intimate biography of a marriage, from its heady, idealistic, and easy beginnings to it slowly coming apart and finally to its evolution into something completely unexpected. As she probes what it means when everyone assumes you’re happy as long as you’re still married, Harrington skewers engagement photos, Gen X singularity, small-town busybodies, and the casual way we make life-altering decisions when we’re young. Ultimately, this moving and funny memoir in essays is a vulnerable and irreverent act of forgiveness—of ourselves, our partners, and the relationships that have run their course but will always hold profound and permanent meaning in our lives.

Author : Rajat Gupta
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780795352621

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Mind Without Fear by Rajat Gupta Pdf

“A propulsive narrative filled with boldfaced names from business and politics. At times, it is a dishy score settler.”—The New York Times For nine years, Rajat Gupta led McKinsey & Co.—the first foreign-born person to head the world’s most influential management consultancy. He was also the driving force behind major initiatives such as the Indian School of Business and the Public Health Foundation of India. A globally respected figure, he sat on the boards of distinguished philanthropic institutions such as the Gates Foundation and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and corporations, including Goldman Sachs, American Airlines, and Procter & Gamble. In 2011, to the shock of the international business community, Gupta was arrested and charged with insider trading. Against the backdrop of public rage and recrimination that followed the financial crisis, he was found guilty and sentenced to two years in jail. Throughout his trial and imprisonment, Gupta has fought the charges and maintains his innocence to this day. In these pages, Gupta recalls his unlikely rise from orphan to immigrant to international icon as well as his dramatic fall from grace. He writes movingly about his childhood losses, reflects on the challenges he faced as a student and young executive in the United States, and offers a rare inside glimpse into the elite and secretive culture of McKinsey, “the Firm.” And for the first time, he tells his side of the story in the scandal that destroyed his career and reputation. Candid, compelling, and poignant, Gupta’s memoir is much more than a courtroom drama; it is an extraordinary tale of human resilience and personal growth.

Author : Alice Walker
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0813520762

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Everyday Use by Alice Walker Pdf

Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use"; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author.

Author : Espé,
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780271090054

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The Parakeet by Espé, Pdf

Bastien is eight years old, and his mother is ill. She often has what his father and grandparents call “episodes.” She screams and fights, scratches and spits, and has to be carted away to specialized clinics for frequent treatments. Bastien doesn’t like it when she goes, because when she comes home, she isn’t the same. She has no feelings, no desires, and not much interest in him. According to the doctors, Bastien’s mother suffers from “bipolar disorder with schizophrenic tendencies,” but he prefers to imagine her as a comic-book heroine, like Jean Grey, who may become Dark Phoenix and explode in a superhuman fury at any moment. Based on the creator’s own childhood experiences, The Parakeet is the story of a boy whose only refuge from life’s harsh realities lies in his imagination. In his eyes, we see the confusion and heartache he feels as he watches his mother’s illness worsen and the treatments fail. Through his eyes, we see how mental illness can both tear families apart and reaffirm the bonds of love. Poignant yet playful, The Parakeet follows Bastien’s struggle to accept the mother he has while wishing for the mother he needs.

Author : Abdal Hakim Murad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Suicide bombers
ISBN : 0955235979

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Bombing Without Moonlight by Abdal Hakim Murad Pdf