Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Historical - Middle East

In 1982, twelve-year-old Reza has no interest in joining Iran's war effort. But in the wake of a tragedy and at his mother's urging, he decides to enlist, assured by the authorities that he will achieve paradise should he die in service to his country.

War does not bring the glory the boys of Iran have been promised, and Reza soon finds himself held in a prisoner-of-war camp in Iraq, where the guards not only threaten violence--they act upon it. Will Reza make it out alive? And if he does, will he even have a home to return to?

In this unforgettable tale of friendship and...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan, and from there, a magnificent empire extending from eastern Iran to northern India, and from the Amu Darya to the Indian Ocean. Known to his people as Ahmad Shah Baba (Ahmad Shah, our father), the king was loved by his people as an outstanding general and a just and wise ruler. But the King was troubled. He needed to find someone with the right qualities to help him -- but how does one find such a person?

Among other things, this story provides a framework through which young readers can consider...

Fatima's life is beset with what seem to be disasters. Her journey leads her from Morocco to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Turkey and, finally, to China. It is in China that she realizes that what seemed at the time to be really unfortunate events were an integral part of her eventual fulfillment.

This Teaching-Story is well known in Greek folklore, but this version is attributed to Sheikh Mohamed Jamaludin of Adrianople (modern-day Edirne) in Turkey who died in 1750. It was first published by Idries Shah in 1967 in his classic work, Tales of the Dervishes, Teaching-Stories of...

La vida de FAtima es una serie de eventos aparentemente desastrosos. Su viaje la lleva desde Marruecos al MediterrAneo, Egipto, TurquIa y, finalmente, a la China. Es en la China donde se da cuenta de que, aquellos sucesos que parecieron desafortunados en su momento, fueron una parte integral de su eventual Exito.

Esta Historia de enseNanza es bien conocida en el folklore griego, pero esta versiOn se le atribuye al jeque Mohamed Jamaludin de AdrianOpolis (actual Edirne) en TurquIa, muerto en 1750.