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“karen dabrowska”

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  • Mohamed Makiya

    A Modern Architect Renewing Islamic Tradition

    by Karen Dabrowska ...
    A fascinating biography of one of the Middle East's greatest architects whose life story is intrinsically connected to that of Iraq.'Makiya was Baghdad and Baghdad was Makiya.' These words sum up the life of one of the Middle East's most famous architects. Mohamed Makiya's career spanned seven decades and included projects in more than ten countries. He was a master of incorporating traditional ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Melancholy Memories

    Foreign Dreams

    by Karen Dabrowska ...
    An Iraqi exile who worked for the CIA but became disillusioned with the Western intervention in his country, an Islamic scholar who took up residence in Turkey and murdered her lovers wife, a safari guide cum tarot reader whose move to London was a breakfast in hell rather than the new dawn he dreamed of these are just some of the colourful characters in Karen Dabrowskas first collection of short ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Libyan Revolution

    Diary of Qadhafi's Newsgirl in London

    by Karen Dabrowska ...
    The Libyan revolution has been extensively covered by the international news media since its inception to the toppling of Qadhafis regime. But how did the regimes media react to events? Karen Dabrowska was the London correspondent of the official Libyan news agency, JANA, and was in the eye of the storm monitoring the media and covering events in London. Perhaps the only Westerner working in a ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Iraq: The ancient sites and Iraqi Kurdistan

    by Geoff Hann, Karen Dabrowska ...
    This brand new edition of Bradt's unique guide to Iraq gives up-to-date travel information and also informs the armchair traveller about the history and exciting archaeological prospects of this ancient land with a rich culture. Ancient sites such as Babylon and Ur, the stunning architecture of the country's mosques, the natural beauty and wildlife of the Marshes and beautiful Iraqi handicrafts ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Refugee to Resident

    by Ibtihal Samarayi ...
    An educated girl from a prosperous family in Iraq finds her world turned upside down by circumstances arising from the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein.With her young husband she flees first to Iran, then Turkey, experiencing the humiliation, discomfort and powerlessness of being a refugee. She gives birth to a baby boy, lives in a tiny hut with no electricity or running water, tries to protect her ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Voices from the 'Jungle'

    Stories from the Calais Refugee Camp

    by Calais Writers ...
    Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees in Europe today. But the media soundbites we hear ignore the voices of the people who lived there - people who have travelled to Europe from conflict-torn countries such as Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and Eritrea: people ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Intolerable

    A Memoir of Extremes

    by Kamal Al-Solaylee ...
    In the 1960s, Kamal Al-Solaylee’s father was one of the wealthiest property owners in Aden, in the south of Yemen, but when the country shrugged off its colonial roots, his properties were confiscated, and the family was forced to leave. The family moved first to Beirut, which suddenly became one of the most dangerous places in the world, then Cairo. After a few peaceful years, even the safe haven ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Finding My Place

    From Cairo to Canberra - the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman

    by Anne Aly ...
    From Cairo to Canberra -- the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman'Anne Aly's ... influence will be felt for years to come ... It sinks in how significant she may be to public life.' -- The Good WeekendIn 2016, Anne Aly was the first Australian Muslim woman, the first Egyptian-born woman and the first counter-terrorism expert to be elected to federal parliament. She was also most probably ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • The Tale Of Two Nazanins

    by Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Susan McClelland ...
    Nazanin Afshin-Jam was on top of the world. In 2006, she had just signed her first record deal and, after placing as first runner-up for Miss World, was a sought-after fashion model and icon within the Iranian dissident community. But one afternoon, she received an email that would change the course of her life. The subject of that email—a Kurdish girl named Nazanin Fatehi—was facing execution in ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Farewell Kabul

    From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World

    by Christina Lamb ...
    From the award-winning co-author of I Am Malala, this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did the West’s war in Afghanistan and across the Middle East go so wrong?Farewell Kabul tells how the West turned success into defeat in the longest war fought by the United States in its ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • What You Are

    Short Stories

    by M.G. Vassanji ...
    From M.G. Vassanji, two-time Giller Prize winner and winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, comes a finely crafted collection of short fiction that explores the tensions between remembering past homes and belonging in new ones.Weaving between wistful memories of youthful ambition and the compromises and comforts of age, travelling between the streets of Dar es Salaam and Toronto, the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Purple Dandelion: A Muslim woman's struggle against violence and oppression

    by Farida Sultana with Shila Nair ...
    PURPLE DANDELION is the true story of Farida Sultana, an extraordinary Muslim woman. Her arranged marriage to a doctor at the age of 18 took her to worn-torn Iran with her husband and young daughter, then to the UK and finally to New Zealand. Being a survivor of violence and abuse, Farida emerged as a strong advocate against all forms of violence and cultural and religious oppression against women ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD