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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History, Reference
    Author:  Sa'ad Salloum

    Provides a detailed look at minority groups in Iraq, which are divided by ethnicity, religion, identity, doctrine, and even language. Explains the basis of regional conflicts, human rights protections, if any, provided by the Iraqi Constitution, and what this all means for the country today. Includes bibliographical references and index.

    $49.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture
    Author:  Milton Cross

    Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciation.

    $21.21 $24.95 -15%
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Social Science
    Author:  Julius Lips

    An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultures from around the world.  Expertly researched by Julius Lips, a well-known anthropologist, this book reveals the foundations of tools, habits, traditions, fire, food, the use of cosmetics and jewelry,...

    $21.96 $24.95 -12%
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Social Science
    Author:  William James

    The controversial lecture, first published in 1896, defends the right to believe in something without proof or evidence of its truth.  William James was an influential American philosopher and psychologist who was a leading thinker in the late nineteenth century.  He is considered by many to be the "Father of American psychology."

    $16.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Leonardo Padura

    A finalist for the Book of the Year Award in Spain, this is a gripping novel that tells the cat-and-mouse game that Stalin played with Trotksy from the time he was expelled from the Communist Party until his assassination in Mexico City. The "man" in the title who loved dogs is Ramon Mercader, Trotsky's killer.  This novel has been...

    $29.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture
    Author:  Anis Mansour

    Anis Mansour was an Egyptian journalist, author and philosopher who held many editorial posts at newspapers and magazines throughout Egypt.  He could speak seven languages and throughout his career, interviewed many famous people from around the Middle East -- from presidents to generals to actors to singers to dissident writers.  This...

    $27.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature
    Author:  Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, writer, and film director, translated and adapted Sophocles story of Oedipus into a major motion picture. Pasolini add a modern-day prologue and epilogue to the famous myth as well as emphasizing the innocence of Oedipus. Pasolini was inspired by Sophocles contrast between total innocence and the obligation to...

    $29.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Carol Mason

    A woman reeling from the sudden abandonment of her new husband while on their honeymoon tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. She returns to work at an art gallery and soon becomes friends with an elderly visitor whose life has haunting parallels to her own.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Amal BashshÅ«r

    An illustrated encyclopedia of the history of ancient Syria from the agricultural revolution to the end of the Bronze Age.

    $42.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Erica Jong

    Another funny and daring novel by the author of "Fear of Flying."  In this hilarious, yet poignant novel, a former actress grapples with aging and end of life issues through youthful fantasies fulfilled on a website created by her best friend.

    $22.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Short Stories
    Author:  Viet Thanh Nguyen

    By the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Viet Thanh Nguyen, this is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Philip Roth

    Roth's candidly intimate yet universal story of loss and regret, aging and mortaility.  This is Roth's third novel to receive the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

    $16.95
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