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        Bastei Lübbe AG

        Bastei Lübbe AG, based in Cologne, Germany, is a large, both traditional and modern company in the German publishing industry, specializing in the publication of books, audio books and eBooks with fiction and popular science content. The company's core business also includes periodically published novel books. The product range of the twelve imprints of the media company currently comprises a total of around 3,600 titles from the fiction, non-fiction, children's and youth book sectors. International and national bestselling authors such as Ken Follett, Dan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Rebecca Gablé, Petra Hülsmann, Andreas Eschbach, Timur Vermes and many more have published their books at the Cologne publishing house, some of them for decades. Die in Köln ansässige Bastei Lübbe AG ist ein großes, sowohl traditionsreiches wie auch modernes Unternehmen im deutschen Verlagswesen, das auf die Herausgabe von Büchern, Hörbüchern und eBooks mit belletristischen und populärwissenschaftlichen Inhalten spezialisiert ist. Zum Kerngeschäft des Unternehmens gehören auch die periodisch erscheinenden Romanhefte. Das Angebot der zwölf Verlage und Imprints des vor mehr als 60 Jahren gegründeten Medienhauses umfasst derzeit insgesamt rund 3.600 Titel aus den Bereichen Belletristik, Sach-, Kinder- und Jugendbuch. Internationale und nationale Bestsellerautoren wie Ken Follett, Dan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Rebecca Gablé, Petra Hülsmann, Andreas Eschbach, Timur Vermes und viele mehr veröffentlichen ihre Bücher zum Teil seit Jahrzehnten im Kölner Verlagshaus.

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      • Almatykitab Baspassy

        Almatykitap Baspassy was founded in 1999 and focuses on a wide range children’s books for ages between 2 and 18, including education and non-fiction titles. There are also a number of ethnographic titles on Kazakh culture, its traditions and nature.

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        To Love Life

        To Love Life

        by Alawiya Sobh

        The novel revolves around the heroine Basma, who suffers from a neurological disease. The sedative medications prescribed by her doctor have affected her memory and so she has become confused. She tries to restore her memory and her body, which has been plagued by painful spasms – something difficult for someone like her, a dancer and choreographer.   The novel unfolds inconsistently, telling the story of Basma from childhood on, experiences with her first boyfriend, Ahmad, and her sickness after following the tragic departure of him and her father during the Lebanese civil war. In addition to Basma’s story, we read about the lives of the people she knew and liked throughout her life, including her friend, Anisa, and her emotionally and financially tight husband, and how writing changed her life and helped her fight her disability. We also read about Amina, who is emotionally hungry, and Nizar who investigated different politics and beliefs, ending up insane. In addition to other characters with stories that run in parallel with the main character, Basma, whose life centres on her relationship with her lover and husband, Youssef. A creative painter, his shifts towards fundamentalism lead her to separate from him as she is passionate about life, love and dancing.   The novel accurately describes the similarities between her sick body and that of Arab cities collapsed due to the sectarian wars that took place after the so-called ‘Arab Spring’. The heroine documents her sickness to a virtual friend, describing what made her sick and how she resists her illness with will and determination. Her narrative expresses her rejection of religious, sectarian and terrorist extremism of all sects and religions, especially those that diverged from the true Islamic religion and its compassionate teachings.   In this novel we find poignant human details and a graceful narration full of expressions that make the reader anxious to know more about the destinies of all its characters. Between the memory of a past saturated with loss and love, and a crueler present witnessed in collapsing cities, Basma clings to her body that keeps on betraying her.   Who said that our lives and our bodies are different from the stories of our cities? Who among us knows if our most recent dance was the farewell dance, or a new beginning?

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        Christmas Dreams and Winter Kisses
        September 2024

        Christmas Dreams and Winter Kisses

        24 romantische Storys für eine zauberhafte Weihnachtszeit

        by Wesseling, Antonia Dutter, Andreas Hallak, Basma Kehribar, Beril Handel, Christian Lindberg, Inka Ukena, Janine Wiley, Jennifer Hausburg, Julia Niederstraßer, Julia Pust, Justine MacIver, Kristin Labas, Laura Kaib, Lea Rina, Lin Voß, Maike Stevens, Nica Bilinszki, Nina Stoffers, Noah Meissner, Regina Saxx, Sarah Bichon, Sophie Fast, Valentina

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        The Lilac Girl
        Picture books

        The Lilac Girl

        by Ibtisam Barakat (author), Sinan Hallak (illustrator)

        Inspired by the life story of Palestinian artist, Tamam Al-Akhal, The Lilac Girl is the sixth book for younger readers by award-winning author, Ibtisam Barakat.   The Lilac Girl is a beautifully illustrated short story relating the departure of Palestinian artist and educator, Tamam Al-Akhal, from her homeland, Jaffa. It portrays Tamam as a young girl who dreams about returning to her home, which she has been away from for 70 years, since the Palestinian exodus. Tamam discovers that she is talented in drawing, so she uses her imagination to draw her house in her mind. She decides one night to visit it, only to find another girl there, who won’t allow her inside and shuts the door in her face. Engulfed in sadness, Tamam sits outside and starts drawing her house on a piece of paper. As she does so, she notices that the colors of her house have escaped and followed her; the girl attempts to return the colors but in vain. Soon the house becomes pale and dull, like the nondescript hues of bare trees in the winter. Upon Tamam’s departure, she leaves the entire place drenched in the color of lilac.   As a children’s story, The Lilac Girl works on multiple levels, educating with its heart-rending narrative but without preaching, accurately expressing the way Palestinians must have felt by not being allowed to return to their homeland. As the story’s central character, Tamam succeeds on certain levels in defeating the occupying forces and intruders through her yearning, which is made manifest through the power of imaginary artistic expression. In her mind she draws and paints a picture of hope, with colors escaping the physical realm of her former family abode, showing that they belong, not to the invaders, but the rightful occupiers of that dwelling. Far from being the only person to have lost their home and endured tremendous suffering, Tamam’s plight is representative of millions of people both then and now, emphasizing the notion that memories of our homeland live with us for eternity, no matter how far we are from them in a physical sense. The yearning to return home never subsides, never lessens with the passing of time but, with artistic expression, it is possible to find freedom and create beauty out of pain.

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        Hatless
        Children's & YA
        January 2015

        Hatless

        by Lateefa Buti / Illustrated by Doha Al Khteeb

        Kuwaiti children’s book author Lateefa Buti’s well-crafted and beautifully illustrated children’s book, Hatless, encourages children (ages 6-9) to think independently and challenge rigid traditions and fixed rituals with innovation and creativity.   The main character is a young girl named Hatless who lives in the City of Hats. Here, all of the people are born with hats that cover their heads and faces. The world inside of their hats is dark, silent, and odorless.   Hatless feels trapped underneath her own hat. She wants to take off her hat, but she is afraid, until she realizes that whatever frightening things exist in the world around her are there whether or not she takes off her hat to see them.   So Hatless removes her hat.    As Hatless takes in the beauty of her surroundings, she cannot help but talk about what she sees, hears, and smells. The other inhabitants of the city ostracize her because she has become different from them. It is not long before they ask her to leave the City of Hats.   Rather than giving up or getting angry, Hatless feels sad for her friends and neighbors who are afraid to experience the world outside of their hats. She comes up with an ingenious solution: if given another chance, she will wear a hat as long it is one she makes herself. The people of the City of Hats agree, so Hatless weaves a hat that covers her head and face but does not prevent her from seeing the outside world. She offers to loan the hat to the other inhabitants of the city. One by one, they try it on and are enchanted by the beautiful world around them. Since then, no child has been born wearing a hat. The people celebrate by tossing their old hats in the air.   By bravely embracing these values, Hatless improves her own life and the lives of her fellow citizens.     Buti’s language is eloquent and clear. She strikes a skilled narrative balance between revealing Hatless’s inner thoughts and letting the story unfold through her interactions with other characters. Careful descriptions are accompanied by beautiful illustrations that reward multiple readings of the book.

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        The Madmen of Bethlehem
        January 2013

        The Madmen of Bethlehem

        by Osama Alaysa

        Adopting the story-within-a-story structure of Arabian Nights, author Osama Alaysa weaves together a collection of stories portraying centuries of oppression endured by the Palestinian people.   This remarkable novel eloquently brings together fictional characters alongside real-life historical figures in a complex portrayal of Bethlehem and the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. The common thread connecting each tale is madness, in all its manifestations.   Psychological madness, in the sense of clinical mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, finds expression alongside acts of social and political madness. Together, these accounts of individuals and communities provide a gateway into the histories of the city of Bethlehem and Palestine. They paint a picture of the centuries of political oppression that the Palestinian people have endured, from the days of the Ottoman Empire to the years following the Oslo Accords, and all the way to 2012 (when the novel was written).   The novel is divided into three sections, each containing multiple narratives. The first section, “The Book of a Genesis,” describes the physical spaces and origins of Bethlehem and Dheisheh Refugee Camp. These stories span the 19th and 20th centuries, transitioning smoothly from one tale to another to offer an intricate interpretation of the identity of these places.   The second section, “The Book of the People Without a Book”, follows parallel narratives of the lives of the patients in a psychiatric hospital in Bethlehem, the mad men and women roaming the streets of the city, and those imprisoned by the Israeli authorities. All suffer abuse, but they also reaffirm their humanity through the relationships, romantic and otherwise, that they form.   The third and final section, “An Ephemeral Book,” follows individuals—Palestinian and non-Palestinian—who are afflicted by madness following the Oslo Accords in 1993. These stories give voice to the perspectives of the long-marginalized Palestinian population, narrating the loss of land and the accompanying loss of sanity in the decades of despair and violence that followed the Nakba, the 1948 eviction of some 700,000 Palestinians from their homes.   The novel’s mad characters—politicians, presidents, doctors, intellectuals, ordinary people and, yes, Dheisheh and Bethlehem themselves—burst out of their narrative threads, flowing from one story into the next. Alaysa’s crisp, lucid prose and deft storytelling chart a clear path through the chaos with dark humor and wit. The result is an important contribution to fiction on the Palestinian crisis that approaches the Palestinians, madness, and Palestinian spaces with compassion and depth.

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        The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air
        Children's & YA
        January 2011

        The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air

        by Abdo Wazen

        In his first YA novel, cultural journalist and author Abdo Wazen writes about a blind teenager in Lebanon who finds strength and friendship among an unlikely group.   Growing up in a small Lebanese village, Bassim’s blindness limits his engagement with the materials taught in his schools. Despite his family’s love and support, his opportunities seem limited.   So at thirteen years old, Bassim leaves his village to join the Institute for the Blind in a Beirut suburb. There, he comes alive. He learns Braille and discovers talents he didn’t know he had. Bassim is empowered by his newfound abilities to read and write.   Thanks to his newly developed self-confidence, Bassim decides to take a risk and submit a short story to a competition sponsored by the Ministry of Education. After winning the competition, he is hired to work at the Institute for the Blind.   At the Institute, Bassim, a Sunni Muslim, forms a strong friendship with George, a Christian. Cooperation and collective support are central to the success of each student at the Institute, a principle that overcomes religious differences. In the book, the Institute comes to symbolize the positive changes that tolerance can bring to the country and society at large.   The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is also a book about Lebanon and its treatment of people with disabilities. It offers insight into the vital role of strong family support in individual success, the internal functioning of institutions like the Institute, as well as the unique religious and cultural environment of Beirut.   Wazen’s lucid language and the linear structure he employs result in a coherent and easy-to-read narrative. The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is an important contribution to a literature in which people with disabilities are underrepresented. In addition to offering a story of empowerment and friendship, this book also aims to educate readers about people with disabilities and shed light on the indispensable roles played by institutions like the Institute.

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        The Dinoraf
        Children's & YA

        The Dinoraf

        by Hessa Al Muhairi

        An egg has hatched, and what comes out of it? A chicken? No. A turtle? No. It’s a dinosaur. But where is his family?  The little dinosaur searches the animal kingdom for someone who looks like him and settles on the giraffe. In this picture book by educator and author Hessa Al Muhairi, with illustrations by Sura Ghazwan, a dinosaur sets out in search of animals like him. He finds plenty of animals, but none that look the same...until he meets the giraffe. This story explores identity and belonging and teaches children about accepting differences in carefully crafted language.

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        In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat

        In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat

        by Iman Mersal

        ‘In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat’ is a book that traces the life of an unknown Egyptian writer who died in 1963, four years before the release of her only novel. The book does not follow a traditional style to present the biography of Al-Zayyat, or to restore consideration for a writer who was denied her rights. Mersal refuses to present a single story as if it is the truth and refuses to speak on behalf of the heroine or deal with her as a victim, but rather takes us on a journey to search for the individuality that is often marginalised in Arab societies. The book searches for a young woman whose family burned all her personal documents, including the draft of her second novel, and was completely absent in the collective archives.   The narration derives its uniqueness from its ability to combine different literary genres such as fictional narration, academic research, investigation, readings, interviews, fiction, and fragments of the autobiography of the author of the novel. The book deals with the differences between the individuality of Enayat, who was born into an aristocratic family, graduated from a German school and wrote her narration during the domination of the speeches of the Nasserism period, and that of Mersal, a middle-class woman who formed her consciousness in the 1990s and achieved some of what Enayat dreamed of achieving but remained haunted by her tragedy.   The book deals with important political, social and cultural issues, as we read the history of psychiatry in modern Egypt through the pills that Enayat swallowed to end her life on 3 January 1963, while her divorce summarises the continuing suffering of women with the Personal Status Law. We also see how the disappearance of a small square from her neighbourhood reveals the relationship between modernity and bureaucracy, and how the geography of Cairo changes, obliterated as the result of changes in political regimes. In the library of the German Archaeological Institute, where Enayat worked, we find an unwritten history of World War II and, in her unpublished second novel, we see unknown stories of German scientists fleeing Nazism to Cairo. We also see how Enayat’s neglected tomb reveals the life story of her great-grandfather, Ahmed Rashid Pasha, and the disasters buried in the genealogy tree.

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        The End of the Desert
        Fiction
        2022

        The End of the Desert

        by Said Khatibi

        On a nice fall day of 1988, Zakiya Zaghwani was found lying dead at the edge of the desert, giving way to a quest to discover the circumstances surrounding her death. While looking for whoever was involved in the death of the young singer, nearby residents discover bit by bit their involvement in many things other than the crime itself. ///The story takes place in a town near the desert. And as with Khatibi’s previous novels, this one is also marked by a tight plot, revolving around the murder of a singer who works in a hotel. This sets off a series of complex investigations that defy easy conclusions and invite doubt about the involvement of more than one character. /// Through the narrators of the novel, who also happen to be its protagonists, the author delves into the history of colonialism and the Algerian War of Independence and its successors, describing the circumstances of the story whose events unfold throughout the month. As such, the characters suspected of killing the singer are not only accused of a criminal offense, but are also concerned, as it appears, with the great legacy that the War of Independence left, from different aspects.///The novel looks back at a critical period in the modern history of Algeria that witnessed the largest socio-political crisis following its independence in 1988. While the story avoids the immediate circumstances of the war, it rather invokes the events leading up to it and tracks its impact on the social life, while capturing the daily life of vulnerable and marginalized groups. /// Nonetheless, those residents’ vulnerability does not necessarily mean they are innocent. As it appears, they are all involved in a crime that is laden with symbolism and hints at the status of women in a society shackled by a heavy legacy of a violent, wounded masculinity. This approach to addressing social issues reflects a longing to break loose from the stereotypical discourse that sets heroism in a pre-defined mold and reduces the truth to only one of its dimensions.

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        Die Kinder aus der Krachmacherstraße
        January 2023

        Die Kinder aus der Krachmacherstraße

        Das Hörspiel

        by Astrid Lindgren, Hans Löw, Nelia Olbrich, Julia Nachtmann, Achim Buch, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Henry Liam Hallak, Mille Steffensen, Thyra Dohrenburg, Dieter Faber, Stefan Nilsson, CSC creative sound conception, Ilon Wikland, Jennifer Cubela, Uticha Marmon

        Seit Lotta und ihre Geschwister Jonas und Mia-Maria auf der Welt sind, ist es aus mit der Ruhe in der Krugmacherstraße. Deshalb hat ihr Vater sie auch in Krachmacherstraße umgetauft. Dabei ist es eigentlich nur lustig bei ihnen, finden die Kinder: Sie picknicken im Baumhaus, besuchen Tante Berg im Nachbarhaus, verwandeln das Kinderzimmer in ein Piratennest … In diesem neuinszenierten Lindgren-Hörspiel begleiten die kleinen Hörer*innen Lotta und ihre Geschwister das ganze Jahr lang durch ihren Alltag.

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        Die Kinder aus der Krachmacherstraße
        January 2023

        Die Kinder aus der Krachmacherstraße

        Das Hörspiel

        by Astrid Lindgren, Jennifer Cubela, Uticha Marmon, Thyra Dohrenburg, Dieter Faber, Stefan Nilsson, , Hans Löw, Jennifer Cubela, Uticha Marmon, Nelia Olbrich, Julia Nachtmann, Achim Buch, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Henry Liam Hallak, Mille Steffensen, Katja Danowski, Ilon Wikland

        Seit Lotta und ihre Geschwister Jonas und Mia-Maria auf der Welt sind, ist es aus mit der Ruhe in der Krugmacherstraße. Deshalb hat ihr Vater sie auch in Krachmacherstraße umgetauft. Dabei ist es eigentlich nur lustig bei ihnen, finden die Kinder: Sie picknicken im Baumhaus, besuchen Tante Berg im Nachbarhaus, verwandeln das Kinderzimmer in ein Piratennest … In diesem neuinszenierten Lindgren-Hörspiel begleiten die kleinen Hörer*innen Lotta und ihre Geschwister das ganze Jahr lang durch ihren Alltag.

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        Na klar, Lotta kann Rad fahren
        August 2022

        Na klar, Lotta kann Rad fahren

        Das Hörspiel

        by Astrid Lindgren, Uticha Marmon, Jennifer Cubela, Thyra Dohrenburg, Anna-Liese Kornitzky, , Uticha Marmon, Jennifer Cubela, Dieter Faber, Hans Löw, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Julia Nachtmann, Achim Buch, Nelia Olbrich, Mille Steffensen, Henry Liam Hallak, Christos Topulos, Ilon Wikland

        Na klar kann Lotta Rad fahren, schließlich kann sie fast alles (pfeifen oder kranken Leuten helfen zum Beispiel), und nun wird sie fünf und wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher als ein Fahrrad. Überhaupt ist Lotta das fröhlichste Kind in der ganzen Krachmacherstraße – es sei denn, es gibt kein Fahrrad oder sie ist sauer auf ihre Geschwister. Lotta ist eine der hinreißendsten Kinderbuchheldinnen von Astrid Lindgren. Diese moderne Neuinszenierung für alte und neue Lotta-Fans enthält die Geschichten »Na klar, Lotta kann Rad fahren« und »Natürlich ist Lotta ein fröhliches Kind«.

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        Lotta zieht um
        August 2022

        Lotta zieht um

        Das Hörspiel

        by Astrid Lindgren, Uticha Marmon, Jennifer Cubela, Thyra Dohrenburg, Anna-Liese Kornitzky, , Uticha Marmon, Jennifer Cubela, Dieter Faber, Hans Löw, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Julia Nachtmann, Achim Buch, Nelia Olbrich, Mille Steffensen, Henry Liam Hallak, Samuel Weiss, Michael Prelle, Manfred Liptow, Ilon Wikland

        Lotta aus der Krachmacherstraße kann eigentlich fast alles: Ski laufen, pfeifen, Blumen gießen, Geschirr spülen und kranken Leuten helfen. Nur wenn sie ihren kratzigen Pullover anziehen soll und Mama keine Zeit für sie hat, wird sie so wütend, dass sie kurzerhand ausziehen will. Die Neuinszenierung des Kinderklassikers enthält die Geschichten »Na klar, Lotta zieht um« und »Lotta kann fast alles«. Ein Hörspiel für alte und neue Lotta-Fans.

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        Na klar, Lotta kann Rad fahren
        August 2022

        Na klar, Lotta kann Rad fahren

        by Astrid Lindgren, Hans Löw, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Julia Nachtmann, Achim Buch, Nelia Olbrich, Mille Steffensen, Henry Liam Hallak, Christos Topulos, Thyra Dohrenburg, Anna-Liese Kornitzky, CSC creative sound conception, Ilon Wikland, Uticha Marmon, Jennifer Cubela, Uticha Marmon, Jennifer Cubela, Dieter Faber

        Lotta kann fast alles: pfeifen, kranken Leuten helfen und sogar Fahrrad fahren – im Geheimen. Und nicht nur das – Lotta ist auch noch das fröhlichste Kind in der ganzen Krachmacherstraße. Es sei denn, sie ist gerade böse. Auf ihre Geschwister zum Beispiel. Aber dann zieht Lotta einfach zu Tante Berg, denn die ist immer lieb. Die kleine Lotta ist eine von Astrid Lindgrens hinreißendsten und eigenwilligsten Kinderbuchheldinnen. Enthält die Geschichten «Na klar, Lotta kann Rad fahren» und »Natürlich ist Lotta ein fröhliches Kind».  Ein Hörspiel für alte und neue Lotta-Fans.

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        Lotta zieht um
        August 2022

        Lotta zieht um

        Das Hörspiel

        by Astrid Lindgren, Hans Löw, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Julia Nachtmann, Achim Buch, Nelia Olbrich, Mille Steffensen, Henry Liam Hallak, Samuel Weiss, Michael Prelle, Manfred Liptow, Thyra Dohrenburg, Anna-Liese Kornitzky, CSC creative sound conception, Uticha Marmon, Jennifer Cubela, Dieter Faber, Ilon Wikland, Uticha Marmon, Jennifer Cubela

        Lotta aus der Krachmacherstraße kann eigentlich fast alles: Ski laufen, pfeifen, Blumen gießen, Geschirr spülen und kranken Leuten helfen. Nur wenn sie ihren kratzigen Pullover anziehen soll und Mama keine Zeit für sie hat, dann wird sie so wütend, dass sie kurzerhand ausziehen will. Aber auch das schafft sie! Enthält die Geschichten «Na klar, Lotta zieht um» und «Lotta kann fast alles». Ein Hörspiel für alte und neue Lotta-Fans.

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      • For the Love of Life
        September 2020

        For the Love of Life

        by Alawieh Sobh

        At the moment of Youssef’s departure, a fiery memory, led by a convulsive body, opens. Basma’s cramps increase, but Youssef’s picture always brings a smile. Between the memory of a past paved with loss and love, and a harsher present of crumbling Arab cities, Basma clings to her body that never stops betraying her. Who said that our bodies are not like the stories of our cities? And who among us knows if our last dance is a farewell dance, or a new beginning? Alawiya Sobh: A Lebanese novelist. Published by Dar Al-Adab: Maryam of the Stories», «Donia», and «They name it Passion». Maryam of the Stories was published in German by Suhrkamp and in French by Gallimard.

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      • The Forgetten Garden

        The Forgetten Garden

        by Basma Elkhatib

        What do you see when you look around your street? Are there more people, shops, and buildings crowding the space as the years go by? Is the sky as blue as it once was, or has it turned grey from pollution?   On your street, on any street, there is a hidden place full of beauty and joy. It is there, silently waiting for someone to notice and appreciate it. Take a second and look around closely or you may just miss it.   Do you know what this place could be?

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      • Power of text: the discourse of Al Azhar and the crisis of ruling

        Power of text: the discourse of Al Azhar and the crisis of ruling

        by Basma Abdelaziz

        This book focuses on the discourse of the official religious institution (Al Azhar) under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood. The suthor paid due attention to both statements made by al-Mashyakha and speeches of sheikh Al Azhar in Around the time of the ouster of the MB-president Mohamed Morsi 2013, and the subsequent Rab'aa massacre.   The study uncovers how the discourse of al-Azhar has concorded with that of the military and how the latter used The former to empower its own discourse, to re-shape the mass conscience, encouraging people to accept, even to support, the return of a military to power. It reveals also how Al Azhar has employed the ‘sacred’ Islamic scriptures of (Quran) to serve the military.  The author had a strong focus on usage of particular expressions in context, for example when Sheikh Al Azhar used ‘victims’ versus ‘martyrs’? when he started to use the expression of ‘terrorists’ in his speech? and in what situations? With a linguistic anchor, the author sought identifying the different identities that are represented in Al Azhar discourse (national, religious and politician), and highlighted issues of dependency and autonomy in al-Azhar relation to the military.

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