Veiled In Beauty

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 161673907X

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Veiled in Beauty by Anonim Pdf

Accessorizing the bride can take a major chunk out of any wedding budget. Now, you have a way to reduce that cost. Veiled in Beauty will give you the know-how to make a headpiece and veil, saving as much as 90%. With beautiful photography and clear, detailed information, the bride will discover all of her options in selecting and creating the perfect headpiece and veil to complement her dress. Whether her personal style leads her toward a simple ribbon-embroidered headband or an elaborately decorated crown with a triple-tiered cascading veil, Veiled in Beauty provides the step-by-step instructions to design and create it. The projects are suited to the beginner/average skill level, so any crafter can accomplish tremendous results. You'll find over 25 styles to complement any gown. All items are shown in full-color photography, providing a clear visual of the finished product.

Author : Deborah Rodriguez,Kristin Ohlson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588366078

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Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez,Kristin Ohlson Pdf

Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills–as doctors, nurses, and therapists–seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women, who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus an idea was born. With the help of corporate and international sponsors, the Kabul Beauty School welcomed its first class in 2003. Well meaning but sometimes brazen, Rodriguez stumbled through language barriers, overstepped cultural customs, and constantly juggled the challenges of a postwar nation even as she learned how to empower her students to become their families’ breadwinners by learning the fundamentals of coloring techniques, haircutting, and makeup. Yet within the small haven of the beauty school, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts: the newlywed who faked her virginity on her wedding night, the twelve-year-old bride sold into marriage to pay her family’s debts, the Taliban member’s wife who pursued her training despite her husband’s constant beatings. Through these and other stories, Rodriguez found the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style. With warmth and humor, Rodriguez details the lushness of a seemingly desolate region and reveals the magnificence behind the burqa. Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women who come together and learn the arts of perms, friendship, and freedom.

Author : Micaela Hamid,Cally Logan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1798644436

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Unveiled by Micaela Hamid,Cally Logan Pdf

There is a deep longing in each and every soul. A longing that goes beyond all of the money and riches in the world. This longing is beyond fairy tale endings or blissful sighs at the peaks of mountains. This longing is for us to be seen, and not only seen, but accepted. Seen and accepted for who we truly are, with no limits or conditions. It is no easy task, for it requires courage, sacrifice, and determination. Perhaps the greatest feat of all is allowing yourself to become this person. Perhaps the greatest battle of the mind is not that of right and wrong, but of allowing yourself to truly step into the person you have longed to meet your entire life: yourself. Identity, true identity, is a great venture to seek and find. Many have sought but tarried in fear of what it would really mean to fully embrace and walk confidently in who they really are within. The choice rests with you: to courageously step into becoming this person, or to slowly decay behind the mask of a status quo. It will cost you nothing, but gain you everything.

Author : Khaled Abou El Fadl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015049672317

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Conference of the Books by Khaled Abou El Fadl Pdf

Abou El Fadl (Islamic law, UCLA School of Law) wrote the 62 brief essays here over the course of five years. Through a combination of musings and critical reflections on classical Muslim authors, he both traces Muslim intellectual history and also confronts questions of ethics, faith, law, politics, culture, and modern identity. He ranges over many facets of Islam in the contemporary world, exploring censorship, political oppression, terrorism, the veil and the treatment of women, marriage, parental rights, the dynamics between law and morality, the character of the prophet Muhammad, and other topics. About half the essays first appeared in The minaret magazine. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Zadie Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735234468

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On Beauty by Zadie Smith Pdf

In this loose retelling of Howard's End, Zadie Smith considers the big questions: Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set in New England mainly and London partly, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families—the Belseys and the Kippses—and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kippses, the confusions—both personal and political—of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.

Author : Kahlil Gibran
Publisher : Modernista
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789180946506

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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Pdf

The Prophet by Khalil Gibran is a timeless masterpiece that transcends borders and cultures with its profound wisdom and poetic beauty. Set in the fictional town of Orphalese, the narrative unfolds as Almustafa, a revered prophet, prepares to depart after living among the people for twelve years. Through a series of poetic discourses, Almustafa shares his insights on various aspects of life, including love, marriage, work, freedom, and spirituality. Each chapter delves into the depths of the human soul, offering timeless truths and profound reflections that resonate with readers across generations. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 languages, making it one of the most translated books of all time. It has never been out of print since its first publication in 1923, constantly finding new readers who resonate with its message. KAHLIL GIBRAN [1883-1931] was a renowned Lebanese-American poet, philosopher, and artist. He is best known for his masterpiece, The Prophet, which has been translated into over fifty languages and continues to inspire readers worldwide. Gibran's works explore themes of love, spirituality, and the human condition, blending Eastern mysticism with Western philosophy.

Author : Maureen Sabine
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780823252114

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Veiled Desires by Maureen Sabine Pdf

Ingrid Bergman’s engaging screen performance as Sister Mary Benedict in The Bells of St. Mary’s made the film nun a star and her character a shining standard of comparison. She represented the religious life as the happy and rewarding choice of a modern woman who had a “complete understanding” of both erotic and spiritual desire. How did this vibrant and mature nun figure come to be viewed as girlish and naïve? Why have she and her cinematic sisters in postwar popular film so often been stereotyped or selectively analyzed, so seldom been seen as women and religious? In Veiled Desires—a unique full-length, in-depth look at nuns in film—Maureen Sabine explores these questions in a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study covering more than sixty years of cinema. She looks at an impressive breadth of films in which the nun features as an ardent lead character, including The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945), Black Narcissus (1947), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Sea Wife (1957), The Nun’s Story (1959), The Sound of Music (1965), Change of Habit (1969), In This House of Brede (1975), Agnes of God (1985), Dead Man Walking (1995), and Doubt (2008). Veiled Desires considers how the beautiful and charismatic stars who play chaste nuns, from Ingrid Bergman and Audrey Hepburn to Susan Sarandon and Meryl Streep, call attention to desires that the veil concealed and the habit was thought to stifle. In a theologically and psychoanalytically informed argument, Sabine responds to the critics who have pigeonholed the film nun as the obedient daughter and religious handmaiden of a patriarchal church, and the respectful audience who revered her as an icon of spiritual perfection. Sabine provides a framework for a more complex and holistic picture of nuns onscreen by showing how the films dramatize these women’s Christian call to serve, sacrifice, and dedicate themselves to God, and their erotic desire for intimacy, agency, achievement, and fulfillment.

Author : Elizabeth M. Bucar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780740973

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The Islamic Veil by Elizabeth M. Bucar Pdf

Banned in public institutions in France and Turkey, mandatory in Saudi Arabia and Iran, no other item of clothing incites such furious reactions. The Islamic veil – a catch-all term that encompasses everything from a simple headscarf to the all-covering burqa – has, over the past decade, become a heated battleground for debates on everything from women’s rights to multiculturalism. Elizabeth Bucar goes beyond the simplistic question of whether the veil is “good” or “bad” to ask instead why it has become so politically symbolic. Cutting through the condescension and fear that typify the debate, she reveals the huge diversity of women’s experiences of veiling. Her illuminating global perspective takes in everything from the new veiling movement among the Egyptian middle class to hijab fashion in Indonesia. It will be invaluable to anyone looking to understand the veil beyond its status as shorthand for Islamic fundamentalism and female oppression.

Author : John Keats
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044002711505

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Endymion, a Poetic Romance by John Keats Pdf

Author : Sherry Thomas
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101585054

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Beguiling the Beauty by Sherry Thomas Pdf

When the Duke of Lexington meets the mysterious Baroness von Seidlitz-Hardenberg on a transatlantic liner, he is fascinated. She’s exactly what he’s been searching for—a beautiful woman who interests and entices him. He falls hard and fast—and soon proposes marriage. And then she disappears without a trace… For in reality, the “baroness” is Venetia Easterbrook—a proper young widow who had her own vengeful reasons for instigating an affair with the duke. But the plan has backfired. Venetia has fallen in love with the man she despised—and there’s no telling what might happen when she is finally unmasked…

Author : Sahar Ghumkhor
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030320614

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The Political Psychology of the Veil by Sahar Ghumkhor Pdf

Veiled women in the West appear menacing. Their visible invisibility is a cause of obsession. What is beneath the veil more than a woman? This book investigates the preoccupation with the veiled body through the imaging and imagining of Muslim women. It examines the relationship between the body and knowledge through the politics of freedom as grounded in a ‘natural’ body, in the index of flesh. The impulse to unveil is more than a desire to free the Muslim woman. What lies at the heart of the fantasy of saving the Muslim woman is the West’s desire to save itself. The preoccupation with the veiled woman is a defense that preserves neither the object of orientalism nor the difference embodied in women’s bodies, but inversely, insists on the corporeal boundaries of the West’s mode of knowing and truth-making. The book contends that the imagination of unveiling restores the West’s sense of its own power and enables it to intrude where it is ‘other’ – thus making it the centre and the agent by promising universal freedom, all the while stifling the question of what freedom is.

Author : Stephanie Lintz
Publisher : Vantage Press, Inc
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 053315412X

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How to Create Inner Beauty by Stephanie Lintz Pdf

The application of the Seven Virtues, as presented throughout this lively narrative, will help women transform bad habits into beautiful behaviors, mapping the way to a radiant Inner Beauty that will sustain us for years to come.

Author : Richard D. Rowland
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781982255541

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A Glimpse Behind the Veil by Richard D. Rowland Pdf

Did a tiny bird in Texas really communicate with a horse and convince him it was okay to load on a trailer he’d never been on? Did a horse, after a three-year absence, know that its previous owner was present by hearing a harmonica being played? Did a horse, who had never acted up, hurt its owner on purpose so she would go to the doctor, where she discovered cancer had returned? Richard D. Rowland seeks the answer to fascinating questions as he explores the connection between humans and animals. As someone who was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer and given three years to live (more than twelve years ago), the human-animal bond is a subject he knows well. Animals caused him to rethink life and showed him things he never thought possible—and they led him to write his previous book, Unspoken Messages: Spiritual Lessons I learned from Horses and Other Earthbound Souls. Based on his interviews with people throughout the world, this book expands on how animals are misunderstood—and how they’re much smarter than most people believe.

Author : L. Dryden
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999-11-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230597075

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Joseph Conrad and the Imperial Romance by L. Dryden Pdf

Linda Dryden places Almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands , 'Karain', and Lord Jim in the context of the nineteenth-century imperial romance. Through the thwarted dreams and aspirations of his central characters she argues that Conrad exposes the empty promises of such fiction and challenges assumptions about the superiority of European imperialists and the imperial venture itself. Using illustrations from and references to many well-known novels of Empire, Dryden demonstrates how Conrad's Malay fiction alludes to the conventions and stereotypes of popular imperial fiction.

Author : Ken Liu
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781481424356

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The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu Pdf

With the invasion of Dara complete, and the Wall of Storms breached, the world has opened to new possibilities for the gods and peoples of both empires as the sweeping saga of the award-winning Dandelion Dynasty continues in this third book of the “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR). Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to Ukyu-Gondé to war with the Lyucu. She has crossed the fabled Wall of Storms with a fleet of advanced warships and ten thousand people. Beset by adversity, Théra and her most trusted companions attempt to overcome every challenge by doing the most interesting thing. But is not letting the past dictate the present always possible or even desirable? In Dara, the Lyucu leadership as well as the surviving Dandelion Court bristle with rivalries as currents of power surge and ebb and perspectives spin and shift. Here, parents and children, teachers and students, Empress and Pékyu, all nurture the seeds of plans that will take years to bloom. Will tradition yield to new justifications for power? Everywhere, the spirit of innovation dances like dandelion seeds on the wind, and the commoners, the forgotten, the ignored begin to engineer new solutions for a new age. Ken Liu returns to the series that draws from a tradition of the great epics of our history from the Aeneid to the Romance on the Three Kingdoms and builds a new tale unsurpassed in its scope and ambition.