Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Islam - General

Michael Teig's poems are moving, intelligent, full of delight, and--most refreshingly--a pleasure to read. Stephen Dobyns says of Teig's poems, "they have this ability to make the world fresh again and make us realize why we love the world, despite its failings and our own."

When they gave him a shovel
he repaired the ground.

When they addressed him in memos
he said I am lonely too.

He gave them a shrug
and held

a gray cat to his chest
like an alibi.

Michael Teig is founding co-editor of jubilat. He won the...

The Oasis of Now is the first U.S. book publication of the works of Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980), one of the major Iranian poets of the twentieth century. Well-versed in Buddhism, mysticism, and Western traditions, Sepehri mingled Western concepts with Eastern ones, creating a poetry unsurpassed in the history of Persian literature. In Iran, his Persian verses are often recited in public gatherings and lines from them were used as slogans by the protesters in 2009. This first full-length American volume collects poems from three of Sepehri's most important books, including the highly...

THE MADINAH MEDINAH] ARABIC COURSE FOR CHILDREN:

TEXTBOOK LEVEL TWO

This is 'Textbook Level Two of the 7-book series 'Madinah Arabic Course for Children' aimed for second year elementary school children. The series contains three textbooks, three workbooks and a calligraphy skills book. ('Arabic Calligraphy Made Easy')

It has been developed, modified, improved and tested over a period of several years to make it as suitable as possible for children learning Arabic for the first time (specifically non-native speakers) and particularly for those who are just able to recognize...

THE MADINAH ARABIC COURSE FOR CHILDREN:

WORKBOOK LEVEL TWO

This is 'Workbook Level Two' of the 7-book series 'Madinah Arabic Course for Children' aimed for second year elementary school children. The series contains three textbooks, three workbooks and a calligraphy skills book. ('Arabic Calligraphy Made Easy')

It has been developed, modified, improved and tested over a period of several years to make it as suitable as possible for children learning Arabic for the first time (specifically non-native speakers) and particularly for those who are just able to recognize Arabic letters...

A "Kirkus Reviews" Best Book of the Year
As the Arab Spring and its aftermath sweep streets and squares, parliaments and presidential palaces of the Middle East, Shereen El Feki an award-winning Canadian-Egyptian journalist has been looking at unrest a little closer to home: in the sexual lives of Arab men and women. The result is an informative, insightful, and engaging account of this sensitive and still largely secret aspect of Arab society.
Sexual attitudes and behaviors are shaped by politics and economics, religion and tradition, gender and generations not only a reflection...

Featuring a brand new examination of Islamic fundamentalism in the wake of the Arab Spring, this fully revised and updated second edition of Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945 analyzes the roots and emergence of Islamic movements in the modern world and the main thinkers that inspired them.

Providing a much-needed historical overview of a fast-changing socio-political landscape, the main facets of Islamic fundamentalism are put in a global context, with a thematic debate of issues such as:

- the effects of colonialism on Islam

- secularism and the Islamic...

The new edition of The Middle East Today provides an accessible and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Middle East Studies, Middle East politics and geography. This updated and revised edition features a host of pedagogical features to assist students with their learning, including; detailed maps and images, case studies on key issues, boxed sections and suggestions for further reading.

The book highlights the current issues facing the Middle East, linking them to the rich political, geographical and cultural...