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  • Taxi
    persian

    Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010.  In a courageous a...

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  • This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...

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  • The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ulitmately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student...

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  • By the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWI...

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  • Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...

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  • Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...

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  • An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...

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  • The Dickens 1859 classic historical novel.

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  • Gueros
    spanish

    Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...

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  • The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...

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  • Victoria
    german

    This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...

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  • Culture
    arabic

    Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...

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  • A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...

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  • H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...

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  • A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski.  The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...

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  • The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10
    Author:  Warda Akif

    An Algerian folktale about a young girl who is very wise.

    $23.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
    Author:  Eleonora Barsotti

    Young adventurers can take to the high seas with this colorful book that explains all about the pirate's life.

    $26.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Alice Walker

    Alice Walker's follow-up to her novel, The Color Purple.  First published in 1990, The Temple of My Familiar, spent more than four months on the New York Times bestseller list.  This acclaimed novel is "part love story, part fable, part feminist manifesto, part political statement, Walker's new novel follows a cast of interrelated...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Biography, History, Literature, Politics
    Author:  Martin Luther King Jr.

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s essential thoughts on nonviolence, social policy, integration, black nationalism, and the ethics of love and hope.

    $36.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Biography, History
    Author:  Ibrahim Sulayman

    $23.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Edgar Allan Poe

    An Arabic translation of the only complete novel written by Edgar Allan Poe.  It tells the story of young Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away on a whaling ship called the Grampus.  From shipwreck to mutiny to cannibalism, Pyam experiences many adventures and misadventures on the high seas.

    $22.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Walid Baaj

    Drawing from unpublished writings, rare documents, and oral memory, this is one of the most comprehensive historical accountings of the Jews of Iraq.

    $28.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Waciny Laredj

    This intriguing novel is based on the life of the well-known Lebanese writer, May Ziade, and highlights the important role played by women in a society gripped by stifling patriarchy.  May worked tirelessly for women's expression but was never accepted among the literary elite of her time.  Her nephew had her committed to a mental...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
    Author:  Amal Nasir

    Yunus is a boy with Down syndrome who loves to eat sweets and loves to leave special treats for his friends.  

    $31.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5
    Author:  Lamees Khadija Asali

    Abu al-Fasad is a small wagtail bird that wears a clock to help him keep track of the time.  When the flock begins its seasonal migration, Abu al-Fasad has friends in every country where they stop to rest.  He loves to visit them, but it is very important that he isn't late for the next leg of the migration.

    $17.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Omar Toussoun

    Muhammad Ali Pasha ruled Egypt from 1805 to 1848.  Besides being a prolific military commander, he is well known for his attempts to advance Egyptian knowledge and society by sending young Egyptian students abroad to study at major European instutions of higher education and scientific research. He wanted to modernize Egypt making it...

    $31.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10
    Author:  Eleonora Barsotti

    Young historians learn about the Roman empire through the eyes of a girl named Lavinia.

    $22.95
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