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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The acclaimed author of Zaitoun returns with vibrant recipes and powerful stories from the islands that bridge the Mediterranean and the Middle East. For thousands of years, the eastern Mediterranean has stood as a meeting point between East and West, bringing cultures and cuisines through trade, commerce, and migration. Traveling by boat and land, Yasmin Khan traces the ingredients that have spread through the region from the time of Ottoman rule...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
295 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the most sought-after dinner reservation in Los Angeles comes the dishes and stories behind the wildly popular Bavel restaurant, with recipes celebrating the diversity and variety of Middle Eastern cuisines"--
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Language
English
Description
A selection of early works by bestselling author Kahlil Gibran offers an accessible introduction to his beautiful language and inspiring worldview The prolific writings of Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, continue to inspire a devoted international following and have transformed modern Arabic literature. In this volume of early writings, Gibran's simple yet lyrical style crosses from prose to poetry and yields insight into his dedication and...
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Language
English
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A stunning new translation of Mahmoud Darwish's intertwining poetic narrative, presenting a profound portrait of the Palestinian people, the human condition, and Darwish's own hopes and dreamsSince Mahmoud Darwish's death, his poetic writings continue to be read by an audience in awe. This is a collection of autobiographical poetry designed to give an insight into the wider human condition. Darwish explores the meaning of life, identity, and the...
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Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of Middle Eastern mythology, with information on creation stories, Gilgamesh, gods, goddesses, and other related topics.
Author
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
A celebration of the foods and flavors of the regions near the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Ghayour presents recipes for modern and accessible Middle Eastern dishes.
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Language
English
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Farid ud-Din Attar was a Persian poet, druggist, and social theorist of Sufism, who wrote much of his poetry while treating hundreds of patients a day with his herbal remedies. As a young man he made a pilgrimage to Mecca, and sought wisdom during his travels in Egypt, Damascus, and India. His masterpiece, "The Conference of the Birds", has survived centuries because of its captivating poetic style and its symbolic exploration on the true nature of...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 100 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Ellie, a 12-year-old immigrant girl from Israel, is lonely and homesick. Life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. Trust slowly builds as the two teach each other about life in America. As Ellie and Thuy become inseparable, they eventually hurt and betray each other. Ellie must give up her most prized possession in order to save their friendship. Based on the filmmaker's own experience, Foreign Letters is a story about prejudice,...
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Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publisher
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author and his superteam of chefs, this is Ottolenghi, unplugged: 86 irresistible recipes for relaxed, flexible home cooking that will bring the love to every shelf in your pantry, fridge, and freezer. Led by Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad, the revered team of chefs at the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen gives everyday home cooks the accessible yet innovative Middle Eastern-inspired recipes they need to put dinner on...
Author
Publisher
The Lilliput Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (272 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Irish identity is best understood from a maritime perspective. For eight millennia the island has been a haven for explorers, settlers, colonists, navigators, pirates and traders, absorbing goods and peoples from all points of the compass. The reduction of the islanders to the exclusive category 'Celtic' has persisted for three hundred years, and is here rejected as impossibly narrow. No classical author ever described Ireland's inhabitants as 'Celts',...
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English
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In The Nectar of Pain, Zebian sheds light on the feelings and experiences that emerge from a painful heartbreak. She writes that the process of cleansing oneself of that pain-day by day, hour by hour, and second by second-is the real work of healing. With uncommon warmth and wisdom, Zebian empowers all who have lost to let go of anger and transform their suffering into the softness, sweetness, and beauty of nectar. She holds her readers by the hand...
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xv, 287 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares 140 recipes from the Mediterranean-inspired chain restaurant, including options for such dishes as stuffed grape leaves, harissa-marinated chicken with red grapefruit salad, and sour cherry amaretti.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
318 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of 120 recipes exploring the flavors of Jerusalem from the New York Times bestselling author of Plenty, one of the most lauded cookbooks of 2011. In Jerusalem, Yotam Ottolenghi re-teams with his friend (and the co-owner of his restaurants) Sami Tamimi. Together they explore the vibrant cuisine of their home city--with its diverse Muslim, Jewish, Arab, Christian, and Armenian communities. Both men were born in Jerusalem in the same...
15) Holy Air
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Adam and Lamia are a Christian Arab couple from Nazareth – members of a vanishing minority in the Holy Land. When Lamia gets pregnant, Adam decides it’s time to make it big and provide for his family by entering the biggest local business – religion. He begins to sell… Holy Air.. Nominated for Best International Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival.. "The humor in Holy Air is inseparable from its poignancy, and every element of the...
16) Provoke
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English
Description
Provoke is a 21st Century translation of circumstance by a 24-year old. Poetry is not only his tool of self-exploration, but also a rearview mirror. The essence of this book is vulnerability. The author attempt to take emotion, one or several at a time, and explore all respective contextual dimensions.
His experience has been documented on several stages across the Middle East (UAE, Oman, Egypt) and he believed it was time to put pen to paper.
The...
17) The House
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Series
Language
English
Description
Second Home by Charlotte Chimuanya explores the experiences of growing up mixed-race in twenty-first century Ireland. Naomi is trying to mend her broken heart. But will tackling grief and racism in a place she calls home prove to be the final betrayal?
Second Home was first staged at VAULT Festival, London, in 2020, and was selected for publication in Plays from VAULT 5, an anthology of five of the best plays from the festival, published by Nick Hern...
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Series
Language
Español
Description
Paul Celan escribió: "Asequible, próxima y sin perderse entre las pérdidas, solamente una cosa perdura: la lengua". Desde los inicios de su obra poética, en el seno de una familia campesina en su Siria natal, hasta convertirse en uno de los poetas árabes más interesantes y originales del panorama actual, Ahmad Saïd Esber —más conocido por su pseudónimo Adonis- no se ha permitido perder su lengua. A pesar de los exilios y las guerras, continúa...
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English
Description
Izmir three different periods, pre-invasion, occupation and liberation next year is quickly on the way to the big city of Izmir in the above article describes, how the city's stories and novels where the main lines is observed. These different approaches, along with other factors, discussed in the time zone have a major role. In describing the works before the occupation of İzmir more natural wealth and social mobility, vitality themes emerge. In...
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Language
English
Description
With a foreword by National Book Award-winning author William T. Vollmann
Dictionary of Midnight collects almost 50 years of poetry by Abdulla Pashew, the most influential Kurdish poet alive today. Pashew's poems chart a personal cartography of exile, recounting the recent political history of Kurdistan and its struggle for independence. Poet-translator Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse worked with the poet to select and translate his most iconic poems,...
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