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Searching for Hassan

Author : Terence Ward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982142827

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Searching for Hassan by Terence Ward Pdf

The “astonishing and deeply poignant” (The Washington Post) memoir of one man’s search for a beloved family friend explores the depth of Iranian culture and the sweep of its history, and transcends today’s news headlines to remind us of the humanity that connects us all. Growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan, the family’s cook, housekeeper, and cultural guide. After an absence of thirty years and much turmoil in Iran, Ward embarks on a quixotic pilgrimage with his family in search of their lost friend. However, as they set out on this improbable quest with no address or phone number, their only hope lies in their mother’s small black and white photograph taken decades before. Crossing the vast landscape of ancient Persia, Ward interweaves its incredibly rich past, while exploring modern Iran’s deep conflicts with its Arab neighbors and our current administration. Searching for Hassan puts a human face on the long-suffering people of the Middle East with this inspirational story of an American family who came to love and admire Iran and its culture through their deep affection for its people. The journey answers the question, “How far would you go for a friend?” Including a revised preface and epilogue, this new and updated edition continues to demonstrate that Searching for Hassan is as relevant and timely as ever in shaping conversations and ways of thinking about different cultures both in the US and around the world.

Iraq + 100

Author : Hassan Blasim
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250161314

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Iraq + 100 by Hassan Blasim Pdf

One of NPR's Best Books of 2017! A groundbreaking anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be “The Other” “History is a hostage, but it will bite through the gag you tie around its mouth, bite through and still be heard.”—Operation Daniel In a calm and serene world, one has the luxury of imagining what the future might look like. Now try to imagine that future when your way of life has been devastated by forces beyond your control. Iraq + 100 poses a question to Iraqi writers (those who still live in that nation, and those who have joined the worldwide diaspora): What might your home country look like in the year 2103, a century after a disastrous foreign invasion? Using science fiction, allegory, and magical realism to challenge the perception of what it means to be “The Other”, this groundbreaking anthology edited by Hassan Blasim contains stories that are heartbreakingly surreal, and yet utterly recognizable to the human experience. Though born out of exhaustion, fear, and despair, these stories are also fueled by themes of love, family, and endurance, and woven through with a delicate thread of hope for the future. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Something Remains

Author : Hassan Ghedi Santur
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781554884650

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Something Remains by Hassan Ghedi Santur Pdf

Andrew Christiansen, a war photographer turned cabdriver, is having a bad year. His mother has just died; his father, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, gets arrested; and hes married to a woman he doesnt love. Keeping Andrew sane is his beloved camera through which he captures the many Torontonians who ride in his taxi.

The Kite Runner

Author : Khaled Hosseini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Afghanistan
ISBN : 1594483175

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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Pdf

Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.

The Kite Runner

Author : Khaled Hosseini
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408824856

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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Pdf

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Crash and Burn

Author : Michael Hassan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062112927

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Crash and Burn by Michael Hassan Pdf

Major streaming series coming soon to Hulu Starring in the Hulu adaptation of this cult bestseller: Alex Fitzalan, Alex Wolff, Sebastian Chacon, and Camila Perez. On April 21, 2008, Steven "Crash" Crashinsky saved more than a thousand people when he stopped his classmate David Burnett from taking their high school hostage armed with assault weapons and high-powered explosives. You likely already know what came after for Crash: the nationwide notoriety, the college recruitment, and, of course, the book deal. What you might not know is what came before: a story of two teens whose lives have been inextricably linked since grade school, who were destined, some say, to meet that day in the teachers' lounge of Meadows High. And what you definitely don't know are the words that Burn whispered to Crash right as the siege was ending, a secret that Crash has never revealed. Until now.

The Ghoul

Author : Taghreed Najjar
Publisher : Crocodile Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1623719453

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The Ghoul by Taghreed Najjar Pdf

A story about facing your fears and accepting differences, inspired by Arabic folk tales. The villagers are afraid of the “Ghoul.” For years, they’ve tiptoed around the village for fear of disturbing it. The monster doesn’t look like them, and it is believed to eat humans. One day, the brave Hassan embarks on a dangerous mission to face the long-feared Ghoul. When Hassan finally meets the Ghoul living on top of the mountain, he discovers that the Ghoul is just as terrified of people as they are of him. Hassan and the Ghoul realize that they can still be friends, despite their differences. A beautifully illustrated story that can be used as a springboard to discuss how we perceive those who are different and how our fears and prejudices may be built on false assumptions.

When Stars Are Scattered

Author : Victoria Jamieson,Omar Mohamed
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780525553922

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When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson,Omar Mohamed Pdf

A National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a former Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl. Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day. Heartbreak, hope, and gentle humor exist together in this graphic novel about a childhood spent waiting, and a young man who is able to create a sense of family and home in the most difficult of settings. It's an intimate, important, unforgettable look at the day-to-day life of a refugee, as told to New York Times Bestselling author/artist Victoria Jamieson by Omar Mohamed, the Somali man who lived the story.

In Search of the Maltese Falcon

Author : Mario Fenech
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460206621

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In Search of the Maltese Falcon by Mario Fenech Pdf

While scuba diving off the coast of Spain, Cyrus and Samantha make a startling discovery. A trunk containing a map to the mysterious island of Melita, and the treasure hidden there. Suddenly, Cyrus and Samantha find themselves embarking on a treacherous adventure that will forever alter their lives, and the lives of their crew.

The Social Labs Revolution

Author : Zaid Hassan
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626560758

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The Social Labs Revolution by Zaid Hassan Pdf

Current responses to our most pressing societal challenges—from poverty to ethnic conflict to climate change—are not working. These problems are incredibly dynamic and complex, involving an ever-shifting array of factors, actors, and circumstances. They demand a highly fluid and adaptive approach, yet we address them by devising fixed, long-term plans. Social labs, says Zaid Hassan, are a dramatically more effective response. Social labs bring together a diverse a group of stakeholders—not to create yet another five-year plan but to develop a portfolio of prototype solutions, test those solutions in the real world, use the data to further refine them, and test them again. Hassan builds on a decade of experience—as well as drawing from cutting-edge research in complexity science, networking theory, and sociology—to explain the core principles and daily functioning of social labs, using examples of pioneering labs from around the world. He offers a new generation of problem solvers an effective, practical, and exciting new vision and guide.

Searching for the Indigenous Church:

Author : Daniels Gene
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780878084821

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Searching for the Indigenous Church: by Daniels Gene Pdf

“This book bubbles up out of the heart of a man who has been on pilgrimage in Central Asia’s heartland. He has walked the dusty caravan trails he writes about in this perceptive and challenging book . . . . I’ve walked beside him as together we’ve sought to see Christ plant His church among an unreached Central Asian people group . . . . Gene will challenge you to radically rethink what we mean . . . when we speak of indigenous churches.” –John Lee (pseudonym), Missionary, Central Asia

Suburban Junky

Author : Jude Hassan
Publisher : Jude Hassan
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781938223907

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Suburban Junky by Jude Hassan Pdf

Jude Hassan came from an upper-middle class household in suburban St. Louis. For most of his life, he was an all-around normal kid. He excelled in sports and academics, and cherished his time at home with his family. It wasn't until he turned fifteen that things went seriously wrong. While attending his first high school party, he was introduced to pot and alcohol. Needless to say, he gave in to the pressure. A month after that, he discovered heroin. The drug had just made its way into the suburban party scene, and Jude was sure that he could get away with doing it only once. He was sadly mistaken. Within a few short months, his entire life was in shambles. In a series of events that leaves you grasping for the next page, Jude spares no amount of detail in his account of his near-decade long struggle with drug addiction, and the horrors he witnessed along the way.

The Information Society

Author : Robert Hassan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780745655284

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The Information Society by Robert Hassan Pdf

What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of economy, culture and politics since the rise of the industrial way of life in the 18th century. Some saw its arrival in a positive light, where the dreams of democracy, of ‘connectivity’ and ‘efficiency’ constituted a break with the old ways. But other thinkers viewed it more in terms of the recurrent nightmare of capitalism, where the processes of exploitation, commodification and alienation are given much freer rein than ever before. In this book Robert Hassan, a prominent theorist in new media and its effects, analyses and critically appraises these positions and forms them into a coherent narrative to illuminate the phenomenon. Surveying the works of major information society theorists from Daniel Bell to Nicholas Negroponte, and from Vincent Mosco to Manuel Castells, The Information Society is an invaluable resource for understanding the nature of the information society—as well as the meta-processes of neoliberal globalisation and the revolution in information technologies that made it possible.

The Bat Flies Low

Author : Arthur Henry Ward
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547191001

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The Bat Flies Low by Arthur Henry Ward Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Bat Flies Low" by Arthur Henry Ward. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

A Cave in the Clouds

Author : Badeeah Hassan Ahmed,Susan Elizabeth McClelland
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781773212371

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A Cave in the Clouds by Badeeah Hassan Ahmed,Susan Elizabeth McClelland Pdf

Captured by ISIS, her bravery and faith became her pathway to freedom. Badeeah Hassan was just 18 when she witnessed firsthand the horrors of the 2014 genocide of the Yazidi people by ISIS forces. Captured by ISIS, known locally as Daesh, Badeeah was among hundreds forced into a brutal human trafficking network made up of women and girls of Yazidi ethnicity, a much-persecuted minority culture of Iraq. Badeeah’s story takes her to Syria where she is sold to a high-ranking ISIS commander known as Al Amriki, the American, kept as a house slave, raped, and routinely assaulted. Only the presence of her young nephew Eivan and her friend Navine, also prisoners, keeps her from harming herself. In captivity, she draws on memories and stories from her childhood to maintain a small bit of control in an otherwise volatile situation. Ultimately, it is her profound sense of faith and brave resistance that lead her to escape with Eivan and reunite with family. Since her escape, Badeeah has brought her harrowing story of war and survival to the world’s stage, raising awareness about the strength of her people and the acts of genocide against them. This captivating account of courage extends beyond the confines of her experience; Badeeah’s story is about the resilience of women, girls, and persecuted groups everywhere in the face of seemingly insurmountable oppression.