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Mary Abouchaar
Every story describes a wish that Tyler makes, the steps he takes to obtain it, and the reason why he gladly grants it to a dear one. In "Tyler's Promised Gift" Tyler works hard to obey his mother's commands in anticipation of receiving his promised 'little red car". At his birthday party he offers the car to a younger, sad, and crying guest. In "Tyler's Baby Sister" Tyler tries to get his mother to focus her attention again on him instead of on his baby sister, Tia. Tyler finally realizes that helping his mother to give more care to Tia gave him the most satisfaction. In "Tyler's Acting Practice" Tyler spends hours perfecting his aim when using a slingshot. When he was finally ready to play the part of David in the school play "David and Goliath", he noticed that his friend Joel, who was new to the school this year, was being bullied and excluded from all games because he was missing the net whenever he tried to shoot a basketball. Heroically, Tyler offers the role of David to Joel when he learns that Joel excels at aiming pebbles with his slingshot. His plan to reverse the students' disrespect towards Joel succeeded when everyone in the school auditorium cheered Joel for his perfect aim at the helmet of Goliath. In "Tyler's Lunchbox Treat", Tyler could hardly wait for lunch break to bite into the krispy marshmallow treat his mother had baked for him. When Tyler discovers that the sandwich of his lunch companion was missing, and that he couldn't share his peanut butter sandwich with him because his companion was allergic to peanuts, Tyler gives him his krispy marshmallow square. Tyler always feels like a winner at the end, and not at all a loser. Children and parents are happy to arrive at the ending of each story.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 2023Resistance and its discontents in South Asian women's fiction
by Maryam Mirza
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September 2023Primary Health Care in Tanzania through a Health Systems Lens
A History of the Struggle for Universal Health Coverage
by Ntuli A. Kapologwe, James Tumaini Kengia, Eric van Praag, Japhet Killewo, Albino Kalolo, Maryam Amour, Mackfallen Anasel, Rutasha Dadi, Faisal Issa, Mwandu Kini Jiyenze, Godfrey Kacholi, Antony Kapesa, Leonard Katalambula, Anosisye M. Kesale, Stephen M. Kibusi, Amani Kikula, Erick Kitali, George Kiwango, Claud Kumalija, Hadija Kweka, Zarina Shamte Madabida, Abel Makubi, Chacha Marwa, Innocent Mboya, Romuald Mbwasi, William Mfuko, Chipole Mpelembe, Gemini J. Mtei, Oresto Michael Munishi, Castory Munishi, Elihuruma M. Nangawe, Harrieth P. Ndumwa, Frida N. Ngalesoni, Jackline E. Ngowi, Belinda J. Njiro, William Reuben, George M. Ruhago, Bakari Salum, Don De Savigny, Aifelo Sichalwe, Nathanael Sirili, Felix Sukums, Bruno F. Sunguya, Idda L. Swai, Marcel Tanner, Desderi Wengaa
Robust health care systems are paramount for the health, security, and prosperity of people and countries as a whole. This book provides for the first time a chronicle of the struggle for, and eventual success of, universal health coverage (UHC) in Tanzania. Beginning with an introduction to primary health care in the country, from its historical foundations to the major milestones of implementation, this book then considers stewardship of this important aspect of health systems over time. Written in a way to allow the application of lessons learned to other countries' contexts, this book covers: - Policy and governance issues such as leadership, human resources, and financing of health systems; - Practical aspects of health system delivery, including supply chains, community care, new technologies, and the integration of services for particular population groups; - The impact and mitigation of global events on health systems, such as resilience and preparedness in the light of disease outbreaks or climate change, and social, commercial, and political influences. Concluding with a look to the future, forecasting the changes and new solutions needed to adapt to a changing world, this book is a valuable reference for policy makers, global health practitioners, health system managers, researchers, students, and all those with an interest in primary health care and reforms - both in Tanzania and beyond.
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Biography & True StoriesMaryam, The Leader of Women of Paradise
by Dian Yasmina Fajri
There are not many books that discuss Maryam, the figure of a holy woman, noble and very special. No woman on earth gets a gift like Maryam, conceived, and gave birth to a great prophet without a male intermediary (husband). Maryam the holy virgin whose whole life was always protected from sin and stain. With the firmness of her faith and belief in God, she was able to take extraordinary trials of religion that were difficult for other women to bear. Maryam was able to prove her toughness and courage in the face of anger and slander rage (treason) by her society. This book discusses an important figure who is instrumental and has an important meaning in life. Besides, it also reveals the truth about the figure and life journey of Isa al-Masih. This book shows the perspective of the Islam figure of Maryam and Isa out.
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Dramatic game
by Maryam Eslami
What Should I Play with Now? is a collection of ten poetry books that activate children’s creativity and imagination and highlight the importance of playing in learning. Maryam Eslami writes rhythmic poems to answer the most repetitive question of children: what should I play with now? In these books, everything, from the kitchen utensils to the yard ones, is entertaining. Since in modern societies children are in danger of many psychological pressures, playing easy-to-access games can help them show their feelings and reduce their anxieties. Therefore, this title demonstrates there is no limitation in playing, and children can create their games wherever they are. Furthermore, using lively and realistic illustrations makes this collection adorable and eye-catching for children.
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September 2020For 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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FictionWhen Comes the Spring, Bring Me Some Yarn
by Maryam Hosseinian
A psychological thriller: a feminine narrative of loneliness, death, and love A young woman, deeply in love with her husband, travels to a snow-covered, remote village with their little son and daughter, so that the man can write his novel in silence and peace. The man goes to town every day to work in a publishing house, while his wife and children stay at home until night. After a while, they realize that the village is uninhabited except for a woman named Nastaran who lives next door. She is a middle-aged yet beautiful and mysterious woman living alone. Strange noises and unknown footprints on the snow scare even the man who insists on the house being peaceful. The woman feels something outside their house spying on her and her family. At first, she thinks all this is only an illusion, but little by little she feels a shadow roaming around freely out in the cold, in the dark basement that seems to be locked, and even in the bedrooms. It turns out that things are not as they seem. Is this calm loving woman hiding something?
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Educational: Religious studiesMiraculous Happenings in the Year of the Elephant
by Mehded Maryam. Sinclair
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June 2021Where is Back of the Seas?
by Golriz Gorgani/Maryam Zarneshan
As the name implies, this book talks about the environment with children. The sea, animals and trees are the most important topics that a child learns about through the poetry. One of the purposes of this book is to expand the children’s vocabulary.
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June 2021My Kite is lying on the Clouds
by Mahsa Hedayati/ Maryam Hashempour
“Friendship and empathy” is the main theme of this book, and the poet has talked about proper interactions with each other by addressing simple topics such as human relationships and the story of animals. Making others happy, taking care of each other, cooperation are the topics we encounter in different poems
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December 2018One Woman's Struggle In Iran
A Prison Memoir
by Nasrin Parvaz / Christel Wegert
This is a hard-hitting true story of a young woman who spent 8 years being tortured, starved, and threatened with execution, but who found strength in other woman and found joy in dark places. This physical book is evidence of an unbreakable spirit. In 1979, Nasrin Parvaz returned from England, where she had been studying, and became a member of a socialist party in Iran fighting for a non-Islamic state in which women had the same rights as men. Three years later, at the age of 23, she was betrayed by a comrade and arrested by the regime's secret police. Nasrin spent the next eight years in Iran's prison system. She was systematically tortured, threatened with execution, starved and forced to live in appalling, horribly overcrowded conditions. One Woman's Struggle is both an account of what happened to her during those eight years, and evidence that her spirit was never broken. Nasrin's memoir is a story of friendship and mutual support, of how the women drew strength from one another and found endless small ways to show kindness and even find tiny specks of joy.
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Children's & YAFebruary 2019A Tudor Turk - The Chronicles of Will Ryde and Awa Maryam Al-Jameel, Book One
by Rehan Khan
ISTANBUL, 1591 - and Sultan Murad III has been robbed! The Staff of Moses, used at the parting of the Red Sea, has been stolen from under his imperial nose. To track down the thieves, an elite band of hand-picked warriors is assembled. Among them are friends Awa and Will. Awa, the studious daughter of a noble family from West Africa, once a slave but now a whirling force with a scimitar, and Will, snatched as a child from his home in London at the age of 5, is now 16 and a galley slave on a Moroccan warship. Escaping that fate to join the Rüzgar turns him into a man. From the roofs of Ottoman Istanbul, along the canals of Venice and all the way to the court of Elizabeth I. The first in a series of three books.
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Children's & YAOctober 2019Mira's Curly Hair
by Maryam al Serkal and Rebeca Luciani
Mira doesn't like her hair. It curls at the front. It curls at the back. It curls everywhere! She wants it to be straight and smooth, just like her Mama's. But then something unpredictable happens...and Mira will never look at her Mama's hair the same way again! A delightful celebration of natural hair and the courage it takes to be yourself.
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RomanceBloodsoacked
by Mehdi Yazdani Khoram
Bloodsoaked passes through unfamiliar spaces, taking its readers to the heart of Iran and the Middle East, where love and life and even death are influenced by war, religion, and, of course, a cursed history. By combining Christian aesthetics with Iranian political history and through references to the history of the Middle East in early 1980s, the author has created an atmosphere that could be attractive for both Western and Eastern audiences. Bloodsoaked is one of the most read novels in the past few months in Iran. The novel has rightly been regarded by Iranian critics as a "Modem Gothic". Mohsen Meftah, a graduate student at the University of Tehran, earns his life by following in his father's footstep and making up for the missed prayers and fasts on behalf of deceased Muslims. The story begins on an autumn day when Mohsen is scheduled to visit the graves of five brothers and perform their mother's vow. And so his life gets entangled with the story of the five brothers who grew up in an old neighborhood in Tehran, next to an Armenian Apostolic Church. With the onset of the Islamic Revolution, the lives of these brothers change forever in October 1981. Nasser, the eldest brother, goes to Isfahan with his beloved, Maryam, whose father was executed after the revolution. A Catholic collector has tempted her to excavate some sacred antiquities from a church in Isfahan in turn for a Vatican visa for herself and Nasser. But this excavation turns out to be completely different from what they have imagined. Massoud is a sniper in the Iran-Iraq War, who shoots from a church tower to prevent Iraqi forces from entering the city. He is a brave young man whose shocking destiny is tied up with the fate of the left women in a war-torn city. Mansour, the third brother, is a photographer who has taken photos from the executions and trials in Revolutionary Tribunals. Taking pictures of the execution of a notorious prostitute changes his life and drags him to Beirut. There he falls in love with a Maronite nun, Maria. But politics and religious fanaticism shape a different destiny for them. Mahmoud falls in love with a communist girl and follows her to Mashhad, so that they can flee to the Soviet Union together. And the fate of Tahir, their six-year-old brother, is tied to Tehran and St. Marry Church in their neighborhood. Mohsen says prayers over all these graves, but why they all have remained empty after so many years?
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Sustainable agricultureRediscovered seeds
A Journey to Discover Agricultural Biodiversity
by Marco Boscolo, Elisabetta Tola
In the early 20th century, the Russian geneticist Nikolaj Vavilov travelled halfway round the world and studied methods to produce new varieties of plants which would yield more and be adapted to the different climates in the Soviet Union. In a veritable on-the-road story which goes back over some of the stages of Vavilov’s journey, Marco Boscolo and Elisabetta Tola introduce us to the ‘guardians’ of agricultural biodiversity who have learned his lesson: researchers, farmers and new artisans who are innovating farming by recovering local varieties and seeds that risk disappearing, replaced by industrial products that are the same all over the world but not very adapted to meeting the effects of climate change. There is no trace of nostalgia in this journey, but a new idea of innovation fuelled by a global network – Senegal, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, France, United States and Italy – which is offering models of production and different supply chains to guarantee, following in Vavilov’s footsteps, that despite the climate upheavals that we will have to face, nobody must suffer hunger.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2018Beloved Delhi
A Mughal City and her Greatest Poets
by Saif Mahmood (Foreword by Rakhshanda Jalil; Preface by Sohail Hashmi)
‘A riveting resurrection of the city of poets, the city of history, Saif Mahmood’s learned and evocative book takes us to the heart of Delhi’s romance with Urdu verse and aesthetics.’—Namita Gokhale Urdu poetry rules the cultural and emotional landscape of India—especially northern India and much of the Deccan—and of Pakistan. And it was in the great, ancient city of Delhi that Urdu grew to become one of the world’s most beautiful languages. Through the 18th and 19th centuries, while the Mughal Empire was in decline, Delhi became the capital of a parallel kingdom—the kingdom of Urdu poetry—producing some of the greatest, most popular poets of all time. They wrote about the pleasure and pain of love, about the splendour of God and the villainy of preachers, about the seductions of wine, and about Delhi, their beloved home. This treasure of a book documents the life and work of the finest classical Urdu poets: Sauda, Dard, Mir, Ghalib, Momin, Zafar, Zauq and Daagh. Through their biographies and poetry—including their best-known ghazals—it also paints a compelling portrait of Mughal Delhi. This is a book for anyone who has ever been touched by Urdu or Delhi, by poetry or romance.
