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Family & healthApril 2019Islamic Montessori: Inspired Activity
Montessori Activities for Moslem Households
by Zahra Zahira
Montessori is probably the most well known parenting method right now. However, some family still have tradition and values that goes through generation that cannot be found in the popular parenting method. This realization came to Zahra Zahira’s mind as she is working as Montessori practitioner who comes from moslem family. Thus, she made a lesson plan activity inspired by montessori philosophy and curriculum. This book will help moslem parents to apply montessori and introduce islamic values to their children at home, at the same time.
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The Lebanon Cook Book
by Zahra Hakim and Lisa Rammensee
Welcome to delicious Lebanon! Zahra Hakim will help us to discover the delicacies of the country, seasoned with personal memories and culinary traditions. Prepare irresistible hummus with her, make your own cream cheese the traditional way and enjoy her vegetable, fish and meat specialties. Lebanese cuisine combines the flavors and spices of Europe with those of the Middle East in an incomparable way. The dishes in this book range from breakfast recipes, light starters and crunchy salads to rich mezze plates; from spicy and aromatic soups to traditional and modern main courses and fragrant desserts. The beautiful watercolour illustrations by Lisa Rammensee also give a visual impression of the food and life in Lebanon and wet your appetite for the dishes, which are all easy to cook and a real treat.
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FictionBlackspace
by Jasper Polane
In the Whitespace, the Whitehikers walk through space and time. Once they were human, but now they are more than that. They rearrange timelines and alter reality to suit their own needs. Sister Zahra of Rastaban is known as the woman who cannot love. When she falls in love anyway, her love releases a demon that threatens to end the entire Whitespace. Factory worker Tobias RGZ-193 possesses the gift of understanding how intricate machines work. When he is put at the controls of Whitespace itself, he discovers how to use the timelines to his own advantage. As past and future collide with old myths and new ideas, Zahra tries to regain her beloved, and Tobias amasses more and more power. When their paths cross, tensions rise until they find themselves diametrically opposed. The fate of Whitespace lies in their hands…
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Children's & YASeptember 2020Amazing Women of the Middle East
25 Stories to Inspire Girls Everywhere
by Wafa' Tarnowska
The first and only book about trailblazing women of the Middle East, by award winning Wafa' Tarnowska. 25 fascinating mini biographies, including those of Cleopatra, Zenobia, singer Fairuz and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. Their work covers sports (Zahra Lari, UAE iceskater), film making (Nadine Labaki, Lebanon), mathematician (Manahel Thabet, Yemen). Beautiful illustrations of all the women by talents including Hoda Hadadi are complemented by a simple map and a Glossary of terms. A wonderful read 'Guaranteed to inspire' - Kirkus Reviews.
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FictionSnail Day
by Zahra Abdi
The story is created by two narrators. The two women who have been living next door to each other, commence a bitter and end-less story in which each stand on both sides of the story. Afsoun, in the middle of the 80s, is “the girl next door" whom Khorso is in love with. In hesitation of letting himself to lose his heart to Afsoun, or leaving to go to the battlefield, he chooses the harder. He is missing after 11 days of being sent to the front-end. The other side of the narration is left to Shirin, Khosro’s sister. Afsoun describes the sudden absence of Khosro, and Shirin, who observed the formation of a half-done love story, recounts this painful loss from her own perspective. The novel is not limited to the 80s and reflects Tehran today, and except for limited situations, it doesn’t travel to the past. The whole story is not grounded on an "absence". Khosro is absent, and this absence has brought about two new women from his beloved sister and his love. Women who, while maintaining their vulnerabilities and their pains, still thrive to answer their unanswered questions. Although SNAIL DAY is caused by the absence of Khosro, it is not the story of Khosro. The third important woman in the story is Khosro’s mother. She aims to takes Shirin’s life under her control, similar to what she had been doing to Khosro’s life. She represents the dominant social behavior; she intrudes into the most personal matters of her children, and tires to oversee those matters. She represents the dominant ideology of the society (today and in the past). She has such a long and dominant presence whereby Shirin is obliged to shelter, not only in a fictitious love but in an imaginary life on the internet, out of sight of the ruling power. Shirin, through the internet, is in a relationship with a young man, a randomly taped movie salesclerk, who sees her, in the real world, only every couple of days. As the wall between Afsoun and Khosro in the 80s, there is now an iron curtain between the two souls which works similarly. The tick wall in the past, the present love in an unreal world, a mother who restlessly aims to control her grown-up children are all the fundamental metaphors of the story. The story also hints at a psychological melodrama. We can not believe that the absence of Khosro, if caused by any other reason, would have had a similar effect on Afsoun and Shirin. Hence, SNAIL DAY doesn’t ignore the source of the psychological effect on the two main narrators; even though the story doesn’t spend even half of the focus on the reason of the “absence”, but still doesn’t ignore it. SNAIL DAY is and isn’t the narration of a passionate love story. This state of suspense is accompanied by the uncertainty of the two main characters of the story. SNAIL DAY has certain questions – similar to those of Afsoun, Shirin, and Kosro – that it hasn’t found an answer to.
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What is going on out there?
by Zahra Nematollahi
One day, the red and juicy pomegranate seeds were playing with each other when suddenly they heard strange sounds from outside the house. They asked themselves: "What is going on out there?" The seeds were curious and the sounds were getting louder and louder. "Delicious Stories" is a collection of stories about delicious fruits around Berman. "What's going on out there?" It is a story about pomegranate.
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Open Your Hand, Baby!
by Zahra Mousavi
Open Your Hand, Baby! is a book of Chik Chikan series, which concentrates on helping toddlers with delicate gestures. It tries to improve their essential skills, such as holding objects, moving, and tying their shoelaces through lovely poems. Furthermore, using simple, adorable, and familiar illustrations along with relaxing colors make this poetry book for children more attractive and instructive. Thus, this title provides a perfect base for parents to practice these skills with toddlers while showing them affection and enjoying their time together, making this process a lovely and fun experience
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A closet that had a question
by Zahra shahi
The story is about a clean and neat room where everything is in the right place. Suddenly, the closets and drawers decide to stop being neat and well-ordered. These objects can speak and have the power to make decisions, which engages the reader’s imagination. Furthermore, the illustrator portrays the room from different angles with different components in detail that provide a familiar atmosphere for children. The purpose of the story is to emphasize the effects of being orderly in life and teaches children to care about their belongings, even if they seem useless. Also, it shows creativity by making new devices from old and unusable ones. Finally, the act of donation is another golden lesson of this story.
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Susu Can Not Sleep
by Zahra Mousavi
susu is a baby crocodile. In the first book, Susu wants to sleep, but he cannot, even though he is tired. Therefore, he tries different ways to help him sleep. Firstly, Susu eats his food and goes to bed, but it does not work. Susu’s mom comes and kisses him. Susu goes from side to side in his bed. Then, his father reads a few books to him, though Susu still cannot sleep. The bees bring him blankets. Then, Susu tries to sleep by counting from one to ten, he goes to the toilet, and then he counts the stars to fall asleep, but he cannot! Finally, after trying different ways, Susu slowly falls asleep and closes his eyes. Susu Wants a Kiss starts in the morning when Susu wakes up and wants a kiss to start the day. Then, at lunchtime, he wants a kiss, and his mother gives him one. Even when he is hurt and crying, he wants her mom to kiss him, and at night while drinking milk, her mom kisses him. The story ends when he is going to sleep, but what is needed? A kiss that daddy gives to him
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Have mercy on Kilkas
by Zahra Shahi
A four-volume book, with funny stories about two tribes which live in a very special city and they are always sabotaging. Their main food is Caspian Sea Sprat and their job is producing and exporting Aftabe.Because of entering the Warty Comb Jelly to the Caspian Sea, Sprat is in danger and it’s fished less every year. This story has tried to explain this environmental problem for children in a funny way and give them an overall picture of the endangered animals of Iran.
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Something Sneaky
by Zahra Jalaei Far
A little boy finds out everything will be invisible if he closes his eyes or if he puts his finger in his ears, he will not hear a thing anymore! He even understands that by holding his nose, all the smells will disappear so he can do sneaky things! when? on Father’s day. How? by covering his eyes, putting cotton balls in his ears, and holding his nose! And at the end, he thinks he surprises his parents by sneakily making a cake while all the time his parents were watching him!
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Peace studies & conflict resolutionMarch 2017Libya's Religious Sector and Peacebuilding Efforts
by Palwasha L. Kakar, Zahra Langhi
This report focuses on Libya’s religious sector and its current in uence—positive and negative—on peacebuilding and the democratic transition there. Drawing on the results of surveys conducted in Libya in 2014 and 2016 by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the report is also informed by the local knowledge of researchers resident in Libya.
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October 2020The Night Letters
by Denise Leith
For five years, Australian doctor Sofia Raso has lived in Kabul’s vibrant Shaahir Square, working with Dr Jabril Aziz to support the local women. She knows that living peacefully in Kabul requires following two simple rules: keep a low profile; and keep out of local affairs. Yet when threatening night letters from the Taliban taunt the town, and young boys disappear from Jamal Mina, Kabul’s largest slum, Sofia can no longer remain silent. While the square is encased by fear, an elegant former warlord proves an unlikely ally, and a former lover re-emerges with a warning. As the search for the boys intensifies, and Sofia feels herself being drawn back into a love affair she thought had ended, it soon becomes clear that answers will bring a heavy price. Gripping and evocative, The Night Letters takes you to the heart of Kabul in a story of secrets, friendship and love in all its imperfect guises.
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February 2009Reflections of Love
Out of Print
by Zahra Owens, Jaxx Steele, Janey Chapel, Nicki Bennett, Ariel Tachna, G.S. Wiley, Chrissy Munder, Maria Albert, Ashlyn Kane, S. Blaise, Bethany Brown, Sean Kennedy
Is your heart yearning for Valentine's Day, the only day of the year exclusively devoted to love? Mark the occasion with this special anthology of heart-warming tales that will convince you Cupid is alive and well.The stories in this collection reflect love in all its guises - from established couples to first encounters, from chocolates and roses to more untraditional wooing. Romance is the common denominator that brings the men in each story together. Make Valentine's Day even more special with Reflections of Love!See the excerpt for story blurbs. ;
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April 2018Rural Development: Multiple Perspectives for its Analysis
by Jorge Iván Bula Escobar, Wilson Alonso Nuncira Cervantes, Jaime Flórez Bolaños, Cristian Samir Ulloa Ramos, Catherine Valencia González, Jessica Alexandra Cristancho Niño, Juan Sebastián Guerrero Gordillo, Jennifer Alexandra Romero Aldana, Juana Edith Navarrete Marneou, Edgar Alfonso Sansores Guerrero, Zahira Moreno Freites, Lisandro José Alvarado Peña, Roberto Benvenuto
This book aims to present multiple perspectives for the analysis of production dynamics developed in rural areas of Latin American countries such as Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. Authors address certain issues that affect (directly and indirectly) rural development and the challenge of consolidating a model that seeks the satisfaction of needs, employment and well-being of peasant populations. Such issues include large estate, conflict, production endeavors, internationalization, retail marketing, and environmental impacts. To highlight some results, it is concluded that: a) the large estate model is changeless in time, b) production endeavors in Production Transformation Plans lead to important results in local production, c) there are specific groups of agricultural and agro industrial products with high export potential in the country, d) the case of Mexican retail marketing companies allows to identify variables that highly affect marketers’ capital structure, and e) the diagnosis made in the Venezuelan case shows possible negative environmental impacts as a consequence of extractive activities in rural areas.
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May 2010Necking
Out of Print
by Lori Toland, Jana Denardo, Josephine Myles, Evan Gilbert, Aundrea Singer, Emily Moreton, Heidi Cullinan, Heidi Champa, Dar Mavison, Jamie Freeman, JL Merrow, Zahra Owens, Devon Rhodes, G.S. Wiley, Lenore Black
Edited by Julianne BentleyJust close your eyes and feel: soft, warm lips skimming from your shoulder to your ear, your skin prickling and tickling. Then add another set, echoing the first, layer upon layer of sensation as two sets of hands join the game, stroking, sliding, ratcheting up the heat. And when your lips part and the tip of your tongue darts out, it's met by two more in a luscious, messy, three-way kiss. This is necking, pure and hot, sending shivers of arousal down your spine. In these stories, the men come in threes: triple the pleasure, triple the love. ;
