Zeina Bacha Posh

Author : Cécilia Dutter
Publisher : Editions du Rocher
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9782268081977

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Zeina, bacha posh by Cécilia Dutter Pdf

Née à Kaboul, Zeina n'a que trois ans à la mort de son père. Selon une coutume ancestrale, elle sera une bacha posh, une fille déguisée en garçon, seul moyen de survivre à la honte d'une famille de femmes dans un pays où elles ne peuvent se déplacer qu'accompagnées d'un homme.À la puberté, elle refuse de recouvrer son identité d'origine et s'enfuit. Réfugiée au sein d'une association militant pour le droit des Afghanes, elle va suivre cette ONG à Paris afin de sensibiliser les médias à cette cause. Elle survit misérablement dans la capitale jusqu'à ce que sa route croise celle d'Olivier. Fasciné par sa beauté qu'il devine sous son allure masculine, ce photographe parvient à l'imposer dans le milieu de la mode et en fait sa maîtresse. Égérie des plus grands couturiers, Zeina sillonne le monde tout en multipliant les conquêtes amoureuses. Cependant, en quittant son Afghanistan natal pour rejoindre le monde occidental, la femme moderne et affranchie dont elle est désormais le symbole a-t-elle gagné sa liberté ?Un roman bouleversant qui interroge de façon vertigineuse la quête identitaire et l'émancipation féminine contemporaine.À ce jour, Cécilia Dutter a publié cinq romans dont Lame de fond (Albin Michel, 2012, prix Charles Oulmont de la Fondation de France) et Savannah dream (Albin Michel, 2013) ainsi que de nombreux essais dont Etty Hillesum, une voix dans la nuit (Robert Laffont, 2010) et, récemment, Conseils de séduction à l'usage des hommes de mauvaise volonté aux éditions du Rocher.

Author : Cécilia Dutter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2268079155

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Zeina, bacha posh by Cécilia Dutter Pdf

Née à Kaboul, Zeina n'a que trois ans à la mort de son père. Selon une coutume ancestrale, elle sera une Bacha posh, une fille déguisée en garçon, seul moyen de survivre à la honte d'une famille de femmes dans un pays où elles ne peuvent se déplacer qu'accompagnées d'un homme. A la puberté, elle refuse de recouvrer son identité d'origine et s'enfuit de chez elle. Réfugiée au sein d'une association militant pour le droit des Afghanes, on lui propose de suivre cette ONG à Paris afin de sensibiliser les médias à cette cause. Elle survit misérablement dans la capitale jusqu'à ce que sa route croise celle d'Olivier. Fasciné par sa beauté qu'il devine sous son allure masculine, ce photographe parvient à l'imposer dans le milieu de la mode. Egérie des plus grands couturiers, elle sillonne le monde, devient sa maîtresse et multiplie les conquêtes amoureuses. Cependant, en quittant son Afghanistan natal pour rejoindre le monde occidental, la femme moderne et affranchie dont Zeina est désormais le symbole a-t-elle gagné sa liberté ? Un roman bouleversant qui interroge de façon vertigineuse la quête identitaire et l'émancipation féminine contemporaine.

Author : Kamel Mohanna
Publisher : Al Manhal
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9796500282497

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The Epic of Difficult Choices by Kamel Mohanna Pdf

Born the year of Lebanon’s independence in 1943, in Khiyam, a village of South Lebanon, Dr. Kamel Mohanna studied, at the time of illiteracy, defying poverty to become a doctor. He forged himself a Lebanese role by joining the student movement which, in the sixties heaved France. Then in the seventies, following the path traced by Che Guevara, he joined the revolutionaries in the mountains of Dhofar. It is there that he participated in the march of ‘barefoot doctors” on the footsteps of Mao Zedong. He resisted the “mermaids” of Paris, Canada and the chic neighborhoods of Beirut. Upon his return to Lebanon, he preferred to them the misery of the Palestinian refugee camps, where he lived with the poor and sick of whom he made his cause. In the middle of the civil war, in the seventies and eighties, he travelled the length and breadth of Lebanon; not hesitating to go against all commonly accepted political precepts. In 1979, he founded the AMEL association, pacifist in time of war, open to all in time of partition, preaching the life in the shadow of the collective suicide. Until today and through this non-denominational organization, he endeavors to develop the humanity of human beings, without taking into account its religious, political and geographical affiliations, to attain a more just and dignified world.

Author : Claudia Gray
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062279019

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Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray Pdf

In this sequel to A Thousand Pieces of You by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray, Marguerite races through various dimensions to save the boy she loves. Ever since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross through to alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurt the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked, and his consciousness is scattered across multiple dimensions. The hunt for each splinter of Paul's soul sends Marguerite racing through a war-torn San Francisco, the criminal underworld of New York City, and a glittering Paris where another Marguerite hides a shocking secret. Each dimension brings Marguerite one step closer to rescuing Paul. But with every trial she faces, she begins to question the one constant she's found between the worlds: their love for each other.

Author : Melody Moezzi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101599938

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Haldol and Hyacinths by Melody Moezzi Pdf

With candor and humor, a manic-depressive Iranian-American Muslim woman chronicles her experiences with both clinical and cultural bipolarity. Born to Persian parents at the height of the Islamic Revolution and raised amid a vibrant, loving, and gossipy Iranian diaspora in the American heartland, Melody Moezzi was bound for a bipolar life. At 18, she began battling a severe physical illness, and her community stepped up, filling her hospital rooms with roses, lilies and hyacinths. But when she attempted suicide and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, there were no flowers. Despite several stays in psychiatric hospitals, bombarded with tranquilizers, mood-stabilizers, and anti-psychotics, she was encouraged to keep her illness a secret—by both her family and an increasingly callous and indifferent medical establishment. Refusing to be ashamed or silenced, Moezzi became an outspoken advocate, determined to fight the stigma surrounding mental illness and reclaim her life along the way. Both an irreverent memoir and a rousing call to action, Haldol and Hyacinths is the moving story of a woman who refused to become a victim. Moezzi reports from the frontlines of an invisible world, as seen through a unique and fascinating cultural lens. A powerful, funny, and moving narrative, Haldol and Hyacinths is a tribute to the healing power of hope and humor.

Author : Joanne Garfi
Publisher : Australian Academic Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781925644050

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Overcoming School Refusal by Joanne Garfi Pdf

School refusal affects up to 5% of children and is a complex and stressful issue for the child, their family and school. The more time a child is away from school, the more difficult it is for the child to resume normal school life. If school refusal becomes an ongoing issue it can negatively impact the child’s social and educational development. Psychologist Joanne Garfi spends most of her working life assisting parents, teachers, school counsellors, caseworkers, and community policing officers on how best to deal with school refusal. Now her experiences and expertise are available in this easy-to-read practical book. Overcoming School Refusal helps readers understand this complex issue by explaining exactly what school refusal is and provides them with a range of strategies they can use to assist children in returning to school. Areas covered include: • types of school refusers • why children refuse to go to school • symptoms • short term and long term consequences • accurate assessment • treatment options • what parents can do • what schools can do • dealing with anxious high achievers • how to help children on the autism spectrum with school refusal

Author : Murray Carpenter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780698148505

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Caffeinated by Murray Carpenter Pdf

“You’ll never think the same way about your morning cup of coffee.”—Mark McClusky, editor in chief of Wired.com and author of Faster, Higher, Stronger Journalist Murray Carpenter has been under the influence of a drug for nearly three decades. And he’s in good company, because chances are you’re hooked, too. Humans have used caffeine for thousands of years. A bitter white powder in its most essential form, a tablespoon of it would kill even the most habituated user. This addictive, largely unregulated substance is everywhere—in places you’d expect (like coffee and chocolate) and places you wouldn’t (like chewing gum and fruit juice), and Carpenter reveals its impact on soldiers, athletes, and even children. It can make you stronger, faster, and more alert, but it’s not perfect, and its role in health concerns like obesity and anxiety will surprise you. Making stops at the coffee farms of central Guatemala, a synthetic caffeine factory in China, and an energy shot bottler in New Jersey, among numerous other locales around the globe, Caffeinated exposes the high-stakes but murky world of caffeine, drawing on cutting-edge science and larger-than-life characters to offer an unprecedented understanding of America’s favorite drug.

Author : Zeina Abirached
Publisher : Graphic Universe ™
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467700474

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A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached Pdf

When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and her little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina's parents don't return one afternoon from a visit to the other half of the city, and the bombing grows ever closer, the neighbors in her apartment house create a world indoors for Zeina and her brother where it's comfy and safe, where they can share cooking lessons and games and gossip. Together they try to make it through a dramatic day in the one place they hoped they would always be safehome. Zeina Abirached, born into a Lebanese Christian family in 1981, has collected her childhood recollections of Beirut in a warm story about the strength of family and community.

Author : Andrew Mayne
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062348883

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Angel Killer by Andrew Mayne Pdf

In the first installment in Andrew Mayne's sensational mystery series, FBI agent Jessica Blackwood believes she has successfully left her complicated life as a gifted magician behind her . . . until a killer with seemingly supernatural powers puts her talents to the ultimate test. A mysterious hacker, who identifies himself only as “Warlock,” brings down the FBI’s website and posts a code in its place. It hides the GPS coordinates of a Michigan cemetery, where a dead girl is discovered rising from the ground . . . as if she tried to crawl out of her own grave. Born into a dynasty of illusionists, Jessica Blackwood is destined to become its next star—until she turns her back on her troubled family, and her legacy, to begin a new life in law enforcement. But FBI consultant Dr. Jeffrey Ailes’s discovery of an old copy of Magician Magazine will turn Jessica’s carefully constructed world upside down. Faced with a crime that appears beyond explanation, Ailes has nothing to lose—and everything to gain—by taking a chance on an agent raised in a world devoted to seemingly achieving the impossible. The body in the cemetery is only the first in the Warlock’s series of dark miracles. Thrust into the media spotlight, with time ticking away until the next crime, can Jessica confront her past to embrace her gifts and stop a depraved killer? If she can’t, she may become his next victim.

Author : Rigby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1418914215

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Fresh from the Farm 6pk by Rigby Pdf

Author : Ronnie Close
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617979583

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Cairo's Ultras by Ronnie Close Pdf

A fascinating account of football culture in Egypt through its ultras groups The history of Cairo’s football fans is one of the most poignant narratives of the 25 January 2011 Egyptian uprising. The Ultras Al-Ahly and the Ultras White Knights fans, belonging to the two main teams, Al-Ahly F.C. and Zamalek F.C respectively, became embroiled in the street protests that brought down the Mubarak regime. In the violent turmoil since, the Ultras have been locked in a bitter conflict with the Egyptian security state. Tracing these social movements to explore their role in the uprising and the political dimension of soccer in Egypt, Ronnie Close provides a vivid, intimate sense of the Ultras’ unique subculture. Cairo’s Ultras: Resistance and Revolution in Egypt’s Football Culture explores how football communities offer ways of belonging and instill meaning in everyday life. Close asks us to rethink the labels ‘fans’ or ‘hooligans’ and what such terms might really mean. He argues that the role of the body is essential to understanding the cultural practices of the Cairo Ultras, and that the physicality of the stadium rituals and acerbic chants were key expressions that resonated with many Egyptians. Along the way, the book skewers media clichés and retraces revolutionary politics and social networks to consider the capacity of sport to emancipate through performances on the football terraces.

Author : Mbaye Lo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429788826

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The Arabic Classroom by Mbaye Lo Pdf

The Arabic Classroom is a multicontributor work for trainee and in-service teachers of Arabic as a foreign language. Collected here is recent scholarly work, and also critical writing from Arabic instructors, Arabists and language experts, to examine the status of the teaching and learning of Arabic in the modern classroom. The book stresses the inseparability of the parameters of contexts, texts and learners in the effective Arabic classroom and investigates their role in enhancing the experience of teaching and learning Arabic. The book also provides a regional perspective through global case studies and encourages Arabic experts to search for better models of instruction and best practices beyond the American experience.

Author : Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Publisher : Garnet Publishing Ltd
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781859643303

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The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti Pdf

Gifted with a mind that continues to impress the elders in his village, Ichmad Hamid struggles with knowing that he can do nothing to save his friends and family. Living on occupied land, his entire village operates in fear of losing their homes, jobs, and belongings. But more importantly, they fear losing each other. On Ichmad's twelfth birthday, that fear becomes reality. With his father imprisoned, his family's home and possessions confiscated, and his siblings quickly succumbing to hatred in the face of conflict, Ichmad begins an inspiring journey using his intellect to save his poor and dying family. In doing so he reclaims a love for others that was lost through a childhood rife with violence and loss, and discovers a new hope for the future. Reminiscent of The Kite Runner and One Thousand Splendid Suns, this is an uplifting read, which conveys a message of optimism and hope.

Author : Sampson Ejike Odum
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781663205049

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Kumba Africa by Sampson Ejike Odum Pdf

‘KUMBA AFRICA’, is a compilation of African Short Stories written as fiction by Sampson Ejike Odum, nostalgically taking our memory back several thousands of years ago in Africa, reminding us about our past heritage. It digs deep into the traditional life style of the Africans of old, their beliefs, their leadership, their courage, their culture, their wars, their defeat and their victories long before the emergence of the white man on the soil of Africa. As a talented writer of rich resource and superior creativity, armed with in-depth knowledge of different cultures and traditions in Africa, the Author throws light on the rich cultural heritage of the people of Africa when civilization was yet unknown to the people. The book reminds the readers that the Africans of old kept their pride and still enjoyed their own lives. They celebrated victories when wars were won, enjoyed their New yam festivals and villages engaged themselves in seasonal wrestling contest etc; Early morning during harmattan season, they gathered firewood and made fire inside their small huts to hit up their bodies from the chilling cold of the harmattan. That was the Africa of old we will always remember. In Africa today, the story have changed. The people now enjoy civilized cultures made possible by the influence of the white man through his scientific and technological process. Yet there are some uncivilized places in Africa whose people haven’t tested or felt the impact of civilization. These people still maintain their ancient traditions and culture. In everything, we believe that days when people paraded barefooted in Africa to the swarmp to tap palm wine and fetch firewood from there farms are almost fading away. The huts are now gradually been replaced with houses built of blocks and beautiful roofs. Thanks to modern civilization. Donkeys and camels are no longer used for carrying heavy loads for merchants. They are now been replaced by heavy trucks and lorries. African traditional methods of healing are now been substituted by hospitals. In all these, I will always love and remember Africa, the home of my birth and must respect her cultures and traditions as an AFRICAN AUTHOR.

Author : Claudia Gray
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781743097991

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Spellcaster by Claudia Gray Pdf

A bewitching new series from the bestselling author of the Evernight seriesAges: 12+ When Nadia's family moves to Captive's Sound, she immediately realises there's more to the place than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia can sense that a spell has been cast over the tiny Rhode Island town - a sickness infecting everyone and everything in it. the magic at work is darker and more powerful than anything she's come across, and the person it has affected most is Mateo - her rescuer, friend and the guy she yearns to get closer to, even though he pushes her away. Mateo's family have a tormented past and it soon becomes evident that Mateo is the next member of his family to be cursed, particularly when the strange dreams Mateo has been having of rescuing a beautiful girl from a car accident actually come true. Despite the forces pulling them apart, Nadia and Mateo must work together to break his terrible family curse and prevent a coming disaster that threatens the entire town, including Nadia's family, her newfound friends and her own life. Shimmering with magic and mystery, New York times and number one bestselling author Claudia Gray's first book in a new trilogy depicts a dark and unforgettable world of witches, curses, buried secrets and star-crossed romance.