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“faiz ahmed”

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  • Afghanistan Rising

    Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British Empires

    by Faiz Ahmed ...
    Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence from the British Empire, form a fully sovereign government, and promulgate an original constitution after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.Far from a landlocked wilderness, turn-of-the-twentieth-century ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Rebel's Silhouette

    Selected Poems

    by Faiz Ahmed Faiz ...
    Translated by Agha Shahid Ali ...
    Born in India and considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was a two-time Nobel nominee and winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize. His evening readings in Hindi/Urdu-speaking regions drew thousands of listeners. Associated with the Communist party in his youth, Faiz became an outspoken poet in opposition to the Pakistani government. This volume offers ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Subjects of Ottoman International Law

    by Lâle Can, Michael Christopher Low, Julia Stephens, Faiz Ahmed, Jeffrey Dyer, David Gutman, Stacy D. Fahrenthold0, Umut Özsu1, Will Smiley2, Aimee M. Genell3, Will Hanley4 ...
    The core of this edited volume originates from a special issue of the Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (JOTSA) that goes well beyond the special issue to incorporate the stimulating discussions and insights of two Middle East Studies Association conference roundtables and the important work of additional scholars in order to create a state-of-the-field volume on Ottoman ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Faces of Love

    Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    Translated by Dick Davis ...
    by Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun, Obayd-e Zakani ...
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  • The Book of Khartoum

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    by Ali al-Makk, Ahmed al-Malik, Abdel Aziz Baraka Sakin, Bawadir Bashir, Rania Mamoun, Bushra al-Fadil, Mamoun Eltlib, Hammour Ziada, Isa al-Hilu, Arthur Gabriel Yak ...
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  • Rumi: Swallowing the Sun

    by Franklin D. Lewis ...
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  • Selected Poetry ~ English, Urdu, Persian & Punjabi

    by Tahir Khan Arzani ...
    This collection of contemporary poetry is written in four languages: English, Urdu, Persian & Punjabi, with a stunning presentation of background images that compliment the poems. He writes the traditional Ghazal along with experimenting with other contemporary styles of poetic form. All poetry and photo paintings are created by Tahir Khan Arzani. Includes also a thoughtful introduction composed ... Read more

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    by Naguib Mahfouz ...
    Series series A Vintage Short
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  • Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (Book Analysis)

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  • The Mirror of My Heart

    A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women

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    by Dick Davis ...
    **An anthology of verse by women poets writing in Persian, most of whom have never been translated into English before, from acclaimed scholar and translator Dick Davis.A Penguin Classic**The Mirror of My Heart is a unique and captivating collection of eighty-three Persian women poets, many of whom wrote anonymously or were punished for their outspokenness. One of the very first Persian poets was ... Read more

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  • The Angels Knocking on the Tavern Door

    Thirty Poems of Hafez

    by Robert Bly, Leonard Lewisohn ...
    One of our most acclaimed poets brings the work of the great Persian mystic and poet, Hafez, to a new audience.There is no poet in our tradition who carries the amount of admiration and devotion that the Persians have for Hafez. Children learn to sing Hafez poems in the third grade, and almost every family has a copy of the collected Hafez on the dining room table. Robert Bly and the great Islamic ... Read more

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