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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Irene Constantine
A granddaughter makes her Giddo's birthday extra special with a surprise gift in this delightful picture book that celebrates Egyptian art and family. When Somaya and her beloved Giddo (Arabic word for grandfather) make their weekly trip to the market, Somaya is impatient to get to the tentmaker's stall; she needs help to complete a birthday surprise for Giddo, but Giddo prefers to take his time to visit his many friends. At first Somaya is frustrated by the delay, but soon she sees the importance of checking in on friends. Like Hajj Mohammed who sells shimmery pots of ink and is sad since his son moved to a faraway land. "Good Morning with roses and jasmine," Hajj Mohammed greets them before inviting Somaya to choose a pen; Somaya bleeds a special birthday message onto paper for Giddo while he and Hajj Mohammed answer the call to prayer. Next, they visit the jeweler. All around sparkling abalone fill baskets like treasure boxes. "Good morning of sweet cream, dearest Somaya," Mariam says as she strings together a beautiful necklace. Giddo decides to stay for tea with Mariam's father. Somaya loves listening to their chatter as the minty tea dazzles her tongue. At last, they reach the tentmakers's stall. Sunlight splashes through the covered roof onto the rainbow of fabrics lining both sides of the narrow alleyway. As Giddo oohs and ahhs over Ammu Safwat's new designs, Somaya heads straight for his apprentice to get help with the final flourish of her gift to Giddo. Finally, they are on their way home where Somaya and her parents surprise Giddo with a cake and Somaya's special gift showing Giddo, the best tentmaker of them all, that she's now a tentmaker too Illustrator Basma Hosam entices the reader with a rich, tapestry of colors that honors the brilliance of artisans who keep the ancient arts of calligraphy, abalone inlay and textile alive. A Good Morning for Giddo is a wonderful celebration of community, art and culture and the bond between generations.
Greeks in Houston
Irene Cassis; Constantina Michalos
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
2013
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This book examines the regime changes in Iraq and Libya to unravel the complexity of statebuilding in countries emerging from authoritarianism and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Framed in a comparative study of post-2003 Iraq and post-2011 Libya, the book examines changes in key state dimensions – representation and political authority, security, and wealth creation and distribution – in a continuous dialogue with past trajectories in these two countries. To grasp the nature and degree of these changes, the mechanisms of state formation are explored in light of a statebuilding agenda that, in its application from Iraq to Libya, has adapted to different political prerogatives. The analysis of Iraq and Libya serves the book’s ultimate goal to address the debate on statebuilding from a regional (MENA) perspective and to lay the ground for the study of other contemporary cases undergoing radical and violent process of changes, such as in Syria and Yemen. The book grapples with problems associated with the difficult process of transition from authoritarianism through conflict and towards peace by focusing on the state, its structure and function. The work is informed by a large quantity of materials collected over the past five years, including secondary literature, policy papers and reports, and semi-structured interviews with key informants on Iraq and Libya. This book will be of much interest to students of statebuilding, Middle Eastern studies, peace and conflict studies, and International Relations in general.
This book examines the regime changes in Iraq and Libya to unravel the complexity of statebuilding in countries emerging from authoritarianism and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Framed in a comparative study of post-2003 Iraq and post-2011 Libya, the book examines changes in key state dimensions – representation and political authority, security, and wealth creation and distribution – in a continuous dialogue with past trajectories in these two countries. To grasp the nature and degree of these changes, the mechanisms of state formation are explored in light of a statebuilding agenda that, in its application from Iraq to Libya, has adapted to different political prerogatives. The analysis of Iraq and Libya serves the book’s ultimate goal to address the debate on statebuilding from a regional (MENA) perspective and to lay the ground for the study of other contemporary cases undergoing radical and violent process of changes, such as in Syria and Yemen. The book grapples with problems associated with the difficult process of transition from authoritarianism through conflict and towards peace by focusing on the state, its structure and function. The work is informed by a large quantity of materials collected over the past five years, including secondary literature, policy papers and reports, and semi-structured interviews with key informants on Iraq and Libya. This book will be of much interest to students of statebuilding, Middle Eastern studies, peace and conflict studies, and International Relations in general.
THE NOVELIST KILLS BY THE BOOK For Commandant Camille Verhœven life is beautiful. He is happily married and soon to become a father. HE'S ALWAYS ONE CHAPTER AHEADBut his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. When his team discovers that the killer has form - and each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the Parisian press are quick to coin a nickname . . . The Novelist. HE HATES HAPPY ENDINGS With the public eye fixed on both hunter and hunted, the case develops into a personal duel, each hell-bent on outsmarting the other. There can only be one winner. The one who has the least to lose.
Irène
Hutson Street Press
2025
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Irène
Hutson Street Press
2025
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La storia il dramma di una madre che difende la figlia da voglie insane di un parente con i necessari risvolti, anche se nel libretto di un'opera lirica le storie sono condizionate dalla musica
Irene ten a los ojos del color de las arenas del desierto y el cabello negro como las noches sin luna. No tendr a m s de 16 a os cuando Allah quiso ponerla en mi camino. Conocerla supuso para un hombre curtido en la guerra, hastiado del rencor y la rabia durante d cadas, como una lluvia fresca de roc o en la madrugada. No miento si digo ante los ojos del Poderoso que de todas las figuras que este servidor de Allah ha tenido la dicha y el infortunio de cruzarse en sus muchos a os de batalla, la Dama Irene de Manrique fue sin duda alguna la m s intensa, la m s especial y la m s sorprendente de todas.A n ten a cuerpo de ni a cuando lleg hasta m . Era de escasa estatura. Una mujer, apenas mujer, pero en sus iris anidaba una fuerza que s lo habita en las almas de quienes tienen en su poder la capacidad de cambiar a las personas con las se cruzan. Su voz era dulce, como el fruto de la palmera, pero atemperada. Ten a un matiz extra o de gravedad contenida. Su juventud s lo potenciaba su firme car cter. Su aparente fragilidad s lo daba motivos para verla a n m s intensa. Ten a una capacidad para apasionarse que s lo rivalizaba con la convicci n de su alma. Un punto irresistible que equilibraba su evidente juventud con una potencia desconocida e improbable para sus a os. Apenas la tuve delante supe que me hallaba ante una mujer de las que se hace dif cil olvidar. Una mujer que herir a, que se clavar a hondo. Una mujer por la que un hombre matar a y se dejar a morir sin dudarlo. Ambas cosas sucedieron. sta es su historia. Irene: Luz y Destino es una novela seriada. Lo que vas a encontrar aqu corresponder a al equivalente de un cap tulo si habl ramos de una serie de televisi n. La intenci n de su autor es proporcionar a los lectores las claves necesarias para engancharles en la trama de sus protagonistas. Como tal no encontrar s un final cerrado en este volumen sino, en su caso, los cierres de algunas de sus l neas inmediatas. Esta serie tiene concebido su final de temporada aunque el n mero de cap tulos finales podr a verse alterado, por lo que se asegura su final. Para posibles nuevas temporadas ser imprescindible la reacci n y fidelidad de su p blico. Confiamos en que los pasajes contenidos en Irene: Luz y Destino sean lo bastante interesantes como para que tal posibilidad exista.IRENE: LUZ Y DESTINO NO es una serie hist rica ni pretende serlo. Es una ficci n rom ntica. Las alteraciones y anacronismos son conscientes y pretendidos.