Syria has endured years of conflict, division and profound human suffering. Yet the future of a nation cannot be built by remaining captive to its past.The Homeland Above All presents a national vision for a new Syria founded on Citizenship, the Rule of Law, strong institutions, justice, human dignity and equal rights for all Syrians.Across twenty-four chapters, Saadi Moussly examines the foundations upon which a stable and prosperous State can be built-from the Constitutio...

Through Loss is an intimate memoir that captures the raw emotions of losing a loved one and the slow, fragile process of healing. With honesty and heartfelt detail, Lívia Saadi takes readers through the depths of grief, the power of memory, and the unexpected ways hope can return.This is not just a story about sorrow, but about resilience, love, and rediscovering life after tragedy. Written with vulnerability and courage, it speaks to anyone who has faced loss and is searching for ...

Pluviophile veers through various poetic visions and traditions in search of the sacred within and beyond language. Its poems continually revitalize form, imagery and sonancy to reconsider the ways we value language, beauty and body. The collection houses sonnets and other shorter poems between larger, more meditative runes. One of these longer poems, “The Place Words Go to Die,” winner of The Malahat Review’s 2016 Far Horizons Award for Poetry, imagines an underworld whe...

After a lifetime of disillusionment with love, a woman's beliefs are shattered by a profound personal crisis. In her despair, she engages in a direct and starting conversation with God, challenging the very nature of existence, loneliness, and faith. This philosophical journey culminates in an unexpected pact: forty days to rediscover love and meaning alongside the divine being she has come to question, forcing her to confront her own brokenness and find a new way to live.As her da...

This book presents the peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Geomatic Technology (ICAIGT 2026), bringing together contributions from researchers, engineers, and academics working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and geospatial sciences. Artificial Intelligence and Geomatic Technology are rapidly transforming the way environmental systems, natural resources, and spatial phenomena are monitored, analyzed, and managed. By integr...

The Bustan is one of the greatest masterpieces of Persian literature, written by the celebrated poet and philosopher Saadi Shirazi. Completed in 1257, this timeless work is a collection of poetic narratives and moral reflections that explore the virtues of justice, compassion, humility, wisdom, and righteous living. Through beautifully crafted stories, parables, and verses, Saadi illustrates the enduring values that guide individuals toward ethical conduct and spiritual fulfillment. Drawin...

Saadi is one of the greatest figures of classical Persian literature. His best-known work of poetry is the ‘Bustan’ (The Orchard), composed entirely in epic metre and consisting of stories illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims, as well as offering reflections on the behaviour of dervishes and their ecstatic practices. Saadi also wrote the ‘Gulistan’, a prose collection featuring stories and personal anecdotes. The text is interspersed with a variety of short poem...

These days, the real meaning of photography has blurred out like an out of focus picture. There is a misconception of what is photography is really about. There are people who have forgotten the purpose of photography and then there are those who did not even know the purpose in the first place. Whether its camera basics or professional level photography, people have become ignorant of the true meaning and purpose of this amazing art. I believe that this thing has ruined the professional p...

Voices from the Middle East on the fight for self-determination.Much of the present discourse about the pro-democracy Arab uprisings of 2011 paints a bleak picture of their defeat. But the truth is more complicated, and moments of struggle and inspiration still recur despite the overwhelming odds against the movements’ success.This collection of short comics documents the political and social unrest in the Middle East during the 2010s, in such places as Leb...

The Bustan is one of the most celebrated works of Saadi Shirazi, the great thirteenth-century Persian poet and one of the enduring voices of world literature.Written in verse, The Bustan — “The Orchard” — is a moral and spiritual journey through the highest virtues of human life: justice, generosity, love, humility, gratitude, wisdom, and compassion. With a clear, vivid, and deeply humane style, Saadi weaves together stories, parables, and ...

This book highlights and addresses a crucial need in the emerging field of Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) by offering a comprehensive and accessible guide that blends theory, algorithms, and applications. It explores how the synergy between machine learning and scientific computing can lead to more accurate, interpretable, and efficient models for scientific discovery. The book covers foundational mathematical principles, physics-informed neural networks, optimization techniques, unce...

Saadi of Shiraz was a major Persian poet and literary of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname 'Master of Speech' or 'The Master' among Persian scholars.