Seeking Salaam

Author : Sandra M. Chait
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295801803

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Seeking Salaam by Sandra M. Chait Pdf

Prolonged violence in the Horn of Africa, the northeastern corner of the continent, has led growing numbers of Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis to flee to the United States. Despite the enmity created by centuries of conflict, they often find themselves living as neighbors in their adopted cities, with their children as class-mates in school. In many ways, they are successfully navigating life in their new home; however, they continue to struggle to bridge old ethnic divisions and find salaam, or peace, with one another. News from home fuels historical grievances and perpetuates tensions within their communities, delaying acculturation, undermining attempts at reconciliation, and sabotaging the opportunity to reach the American Dream. In conversations with forty East African immigrants living in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, Sandra Chait captures the immigrants' struggle for identity in the face of competing stories and documents how some individuals have been able to transcend the ghosts from the past and extend a tentative hand to their former enemies.

Author : Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226810027

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Sing and Sing On by Kay Kaufman Shelemay Pdf

"In Sentinel Musicians of the Ethiopian American Diaspora, Kay Kaufman Shelemay shares more than forty years of research among Ethiopian musicians in the midst of a widespread and evolving diaspora. Beginning on the eve of the Ethiopian revolution in 1974 all the way up to the present day, Shelemay follows musicians as some leave Ethiopia for the US, setting up essential networks of support in cities such as New York, Boston, and Washington, DC. Throughout this profound transition, Shelemay shows how Ethiopian musicians serve a critical function in social and political life by both safeguarding community identity and challenging authority within Ethiopian society. She coins the term "sentinel musicians" to express musicians' double capacity to guard culture and guide it through periods of change, transforming the world around them under political pressures and during times of extreme social stress. While musicians held this role in Ethiopian culture long before the revolution began, it has taken on new meanings and contours in the Ethiopian diaspora. Some sentinel musicians have quite literally led the way as they migrated to new locales, establishing transnational networks, founding new institutions, and undertaking numerous initiatives in community building. Ultimately, Shelemay shows that musicians are uniquely positioned to serve this sentinel role as guardians and challengers of cultural heritage"--

Author : Anab Whitehouse
Publisher : Bilquees Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Reflections of a Sufi by Anab Whitehouse Pdf

The fifty-two chapters (not counting five appendices) that make up the main body of this book encompass lectures, articles, and letters/e-mails written over a period of about eleven years (from about 1998 through 2009). The material covers a variety of thematic topics both within Islam, in general, as well as in relation to its mystical dimension of tasawwuf - known in the West as 'the Sufi path' or 'sufism' - in particular. Taken collectively, the chapters and appendices provide a very good introduction to both the Sufi path and Islam.

Author : Paul Herman
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780809562565

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The Neverending Hunt by Paul Herman Pdf

Prepared by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman with the assistance of Glenn Lord, this is the first new bibliography of Robert E. Howard since 1976. This massive volume contains more than twice as much information as the preceding biblio, The Last Celt. Robert E. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian, yet wrote successfully in numerous genres. The Neverending Hunt lists every story, poem, letter and publication in which a Howard work has appeared. It's more than you might think . . .

Author : Clinton Aigbavboa,Joseph N. Mojekwu,Wellington Didibhuku Thwala,Lawrence Atepor,Emmanuel Adinyira,Gabriel Nani,Emmanuel Bamfo-Agyei
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031259982

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Sustainable Education and Development – Sustainable Industrialization and Innovation by Clinton Aigbavboa,Joseph N. Mojekwu,Wellington Didibhuku Thwala,Lawrence Atepor,Emmanuel Adinyira,Gabriel Nani,Emmanuel Bamfo-Agyei Pdf

This book presents papers from the 11th Sustainable Education and Development Research Conference on the theme: "Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization, and Foster Innovation." Papers related to the sub-themes were presented: i. Develop quality, reliable, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all. ii. Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry's share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in the least developed countries. iii. Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets. iv. By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities. v. Enhance scientific research and upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing productivity. SEDRC gathers papers that explain how key education on the Sustainable Development Goals is transforming lives, eradicating poverty, professing solutions to the infrastructural deficit in Africa, and providing innovative ways to provide affordable housing in Africa. This book will be of interest to academics, postgraduate students, and industry professionals.

Author : Carl E. Bruch (juriste).)
Publisher : Environmental Law Institute
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 9781585761043

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Constitutional Environmental Law by Carl E. Bruch (juriste).) Pdf

Over the past decades, and especially since the 1992 "Earth Summit," many African countries have incorporated environmental provisions into their constitutions. But to date these tools have gone largely underutilized in Africa. Opening courts to citizens to enforce their constitutional rights strengthens the judiciary, empowers civil society, and fosters an atmosphere of environmental accountability. This volume-updated and expanded from the original 2000 publication-analyzes African constitutional environmental law provisions. It also examines cases from Africa and elsewhere around the world that interpret and apply such provisions. It explores how constitutional provisions of African states can be used to create real, enforceable environmental rights. A unique component of Constitutional Environmental Law is a CD-ROM that presents the full text of the various constitutions of 52 African states (excluding the territories of the Canary Islands, the Madeira Islands, and Reunion). The book highlights the provisions that may be used to protect the environment-as well as cases from around the world that illustrate opportunities for implementing constitutional environmental rights. Additionally, given the recently concluded, ongoing, and proposed constitutional reforms in various African countries-such as Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Swaziland-the book examines the opportunities that such provisions present for improving environmental governance, addressing issues of environmental and participatory rights, and ensuring implementation and enforcement.

Author : Sam George,Miriam Adeney
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780878080878

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Refugee Diaspora by Sam George,Miriam Adeney Pdf

God is at work among refugees everywhere. Will you join? Refugee Diaspora is a contemporary account of the global refugee situation and how the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ is shining brightly in the darkest corners of the greatest crisis on our planet. These hope-filled pages of refugees encountering Jesus Christ presents models of Christian ministry from the front lines of the refugee crisis and the real challenges of ministering to today’s refugees. It includes biblical, theological, and practical reflections on mission in diverse diaspora contexts from leading scholars as well as practitioners in all major regions of the world.

Author : Dan Connell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538120668

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Historical Dictionary of Eritrea by Dan Connell Pdf

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Eritrea contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.

Author : Fassil Demissie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351985604

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Ethiopians in an Age of Migration by Fassil Demissie Pdf

The migration of Ethiopians across international borders is a recent phenomenon because of the limited integration of the country and society to the global economy. Since it was never colonized – aside from the Italian occupation of 1936-1941 – Ethiopia’s economy and society were not directly impacted by the ebb and flow of the global economy, and thus never generated international migration. Beginning in the 1970s, due to factors such as famine, rural poverty, civil war, and political repression, an unprecedented number of Ethiopian migrants began to leave their country in search of better, more secure lives. Today, this diaspora constitutes a distinctive community dispersed across the world, but bound by a common feeling of collectiveness and a shared history of the homeland. The contributors to this volume draw their work from a wide variety of interdisciplinary fields and provide new critical insight on Ethiopian migrants and their diaspora communities. What has emerged from these scholarly works is the recognition that the Ethiopian diaspora – although separated by oceans and nations, by politics, ethnicity, class, gender and age – are carving out a social and material world born out of their particular circumstances both "here" and "there". This book was originally published as a special issue of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal.

Author : Victoria Bernal
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226144955

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Nation as Network by Victoria Bernal Pdf

How is the internet transforming the relationships between citizens and states? What happens to politics when international migration is coupled with digital media, making it easy for people to be politically active in a nation from outside its borders? In Nation as Network, Victoria Bernal creatively combines media studies, ethnography, and African studies to explore this new political paradigm through a striking analysis of how Eritreans in diaspora have used the internet to shape the course of Eritrean history. Bernal argues that Benedict Anderson’s famous concept of nations as “imagined communities” must now be rethought because diasporas and information technologies have transformed the ways nations are sustained and challenged. She traces the development of Eritrean diaspora websites over two turbulent decades that saw the Eritrean state grow ever more tyrannical. Through Eritreans’ own words in posts and debates, she reveals how new subjectivities are formed and political action is galvanized online. She suggests that “infopolitics”—struggles over the management of information—make politics in the 21st century distinct, and she analyzes the innovative ways Eritreans deploy the internet to support and subvert state power. Nation as Network is a unique and compelling work that advances our understanding of the political significance of digital media.

Author : Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
Publisher : MSA Publication Limited
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781861793362

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Islam by Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman Pdf

This authoritative series discusses issues relevant to Islam and presents accurate and reliable information based on the true beliefs and practices of the Prophet and his companions. (World Religions)

Author : J. Saqib N
Publisher : Urdu-Books-Tube
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Asiajudgement by J. Saqib N Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : International trade
ISBN : PSU:000072103067

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Investment Opportunities Abroad by Anonim Pdf

Author : Oregon Historical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Oregon
ISBN : UCR:31210023576174

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Oregon Historical Quarterly by Oregon Historical Society Pdf

Author : Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl Bukhārī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Hadith
ISBN : UOM:39015058145676

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Manners in Islam by Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl Bukhārī Pdf