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Publisher
DK Publishing, Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
This comprehensive, accessible, and factual guide to Islam is essential to understanding the world's fastest-growing religion. This essential guide to Islam covers every aspect of the Muslim faith and its history - from the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the teachings of the Koran to Islam in the 21st century. Celebrating the scientific, literary, and artistic achievements of the Islamic Golden Age and the ideas of philosophers and theologians across...
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Series
Planet Omar volume 2
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Omar and his friends have been saving up their pocket money for ages so they can have the world's most epic Nerf Blaster battle. But when Omar discovers that his mosque is in trouble, they decide to donate their pennies to help save it. Then they try to raise some more money by: doing some chores (boorrring), selling some home-made cookies (deeelicious) and holding a talent contest (YESSSSSSS). Everything goes PERFECTLY, until the money mysteriously...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
In this three-part travelogue, a young Muslim American couple discovers America's Muslim roots on Route 66. From Chicago to St. Louis to Amarillo, Texas, and across the Southwest, rap-star Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins enjoy the iconic highway's well-known roadside attractions, and along the way discover its overlooked Muslim American story. Who knew that Muslims arrived in the 1500s, or that a Civil War-era Syrian camel driver helped survey...
7) Othello
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Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Iago is furious about being overlooked for promotion and plots to take revenge against his General; Othello, the Moor of Venice. Iago manipulates Othello into believing his wife Desdemona is unfaithful, stirring Othello's jealousy. Othello allows jealousy to consume him, murders Desdemona, and then kills himself.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 32
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ONE OF TIME’S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that...
In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that...
10) The good Muslim
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
Description
"From prize-winning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam, her deeply moving second novel about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh seen through the intimate lens of a family"-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Unity Productions Foundation
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
"This documentary follows Monem Salam, an American Muslim, on his quest to obtain a private pilot's license. But, in the face of post-9/11 heightened domestic security, will the "land of opportunity" deny Monem his dream? This cinema vérité-style documentary reveals a funny and lovable American Muslim who, with his hilarious family in tow, pursues his dream against tides of negative public perception."--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
As a devout Muslim in post-9/11 Australia, detective Zane Malik feels constant pressure to prove himself but frequently clashes with his old-school superior. This critically acclaimed, award-winning crime series tackles thorny themes in today's complex world.
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Series
Publisher
Alpha
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
This biography explores: *Muhammad's background and boyhood, as well as the culture and society in which he lived. *A look at Muhannad as a family man, and how his personal life was a testment to his high regard for women. *Muhammad's mission as a prophet and his new religion's philosophy on topics ranging from monotheism to interfaith relations. *The Qur'an and how it was revealed, how Muslims view it in their religious life, and the concept of jihad...
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"An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X-all living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures,...
15) Two men in town
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
After a troubled youth and eighteen years in prison, William Garnett is being released. With the help of an idealistic parole agent and his newfound Islamic faith, Garnett struggles to rebuild his life and overcome the violent impulses which possess him. However, Bill Agati, the Sheriff of the small New Mexico border county where Garnett is released, has other ideas.
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Publisher
Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
No Go Zones. That's what they're called. And while the politically correct try to deny their existence, the shocking reality of these "No Go Zones"-where Sharia law can prevail and local police stay away-can be attested to by its many victims.
Now Raheem Kassam, a courageous reporter and editor at Breitbart, takes us where few journalists have dared to tread-inside the No Go Zones, revealing areas that Western governments, including the United States,...
18) Amina's Voice
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Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2017
Description
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community in this sweet and moving middle grade novel
Amina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. Except now that she's in middle school everything feels different. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the "cool"...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2013
Description
When an American academic in Pakistan is kidnapped by anti-American radicals, the CIA thinks popular young Pakistani professor Changez is involved. But as Changez tells his story about his life in the US to an American foreign correspondent, the truth becomes harder to pin down.
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