"Stateless Souls: The Struggle for Recognition and Belonging" is a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of the lives of stateless individuals, focusing on the remarkable journey of Saeed Ahmed. Born and raised in Pakistan, Saeed grapples with the harsh reality of being denied the very nationality he proudly identifies with.This compelling book delves deep into the complexities and challenges faced by stateless individuals, shedding light on the profound implications of their ...

"Escaping Shadows: The Courageous Journey of Wahid Parwana" is a captivating and inspiring account of one man's fight against the oppressive forces of the Taliban in war-torn Afghanistan. Wahid Parwana, a young advocate for girls' education and empowerment, finds himself hunted by the militant group, forcing him to flee his home in Kunar Province and seek refuge in the treacherous tribal areas.In the heart of darkness, Wahid encounters a perilous landscape filled with danger and un...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERA collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban.**After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are once again dependent on radical Islamists who reject gender equality. When the United States announced the end of their twenty-year occupation and the Taliban seized control of the country on August 15, 2021, a steep regression of social, politic...

There is a quiet revolution that is radically reshaping the Muslim world: 50 million women have entered the workforce and are upending their countries' economies and societies.Across the Muslim world, ever greater numbers of women are going to work. In the span of just over a decade, millions have joined the workforce, giving them more earning and purchasing power and greater autonomy.In Fifty Million Rising, award-winning economist Saadia Zahidi i...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who has spent the last thirty years writing about Saudi Arabia—as diplomatic correspondent, foreign editor, and then publisher of The Wall Street Journal—an important and timely book that explores all facets of life in this shrouded Kingdom: its tribal past, its complicated present, its precarious future.Through observation, anecdote, extensive interviews, and analysis Karen Elliot House navigates the maze in which Saudi citizens fi...

This prestigious book by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, examines two concepts in which Sheikh Mohammed has a great personal interest: happiness and positivity.He explores the relationship between the two, and examines how they impact achievement, productivity and creativity. Written in Arabic by Sheikh Mohammed's own hand, this insightful book includes both personal stories and an international pe...

Trivia-on-Book: A Thousand Splendid Suns By Khaled HosseiniTake the fan-challenge yourself and share it with family and friends!A Thousand Splendid Suns is a deeply moving story of friendship and love with a backdrop of Afghanistan’s history. Mariam and Laila are women from different generations and vastly different backgrounds. When Laila comes into the family as the second wife, Mariam initially has some trouble adjusting. Despite that, the women form a ...

The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava explains in this knowledgeable and incisive account of the emirate, a "tiny giant": although severely lacking in most measures of s...

The extensive changes to Emirati women's traditional rights and roles have been one of the most visible transformations taking place in the United Arab Emirates throughout its almost forty years of modern history. This book offers an interpretation of why and how these modifications came about. Its aim is to analyse the promotion of educational, employment and political rights for women as strategic state actions set within a context of broader nation-building goals. The author discovers t...

"As a bookseller, I loved Shelf Life for the chance to peer behind the curtain of Diwan, Nadia Wassef's Egyptian bookstore—the way that the personal is inextricable from the professional, the way that failure and success are often lovers, the relationship between neighborhoods and books and life. Nadia's story is for every business owner who has ever jumped without a net, and for every reader who has found solace in the aisles of a bookstore."—Emma ...

What happens when the market tries to help the poor? In many parts of the world today, neoliberal development programs are offering ordinary people the tools of free enterprise as the means to well-being and empowerment. Schemes to transform the poor into small-scale entrepreneurs promise them the benefits of the market and access to the rewards of globalization. Markets of Dispossession is a theoretically sophisticated and sobering account of the consequences of these initiatives...

In the West, news about the Middle East is dominated by an endless stream of reports and commentary about civil war, sectarian violence, religious extremism, and economic stagnation. But do they tell the full story? For instance, who knew that university enrolment in the war-torn Palestinian territories exceeds that of Hong Kong, or that more than a third of Lebanese entrepreneurs are women?Change is on its way in the Middle East, argues Bessma Momani, and its cause is demographic....