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The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics

The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics

Ayesha Jalal

In a probing biography of her native land, Ayesha Jalal provides a unique insider’s assessment of how the nuclear-armed Muslim nation of Pakistan evolved into a country besieged by military domination and militant religious extremism, and ...
The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture

The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture

Nerina Rustomji

A group of scholars, including David Armitage, Dick Bulliet, kristen Gillespie, Geraldine Heng, Syed Akbar Hyder, Ayesha Jalal, Neil kamil, Jean Ma, Abd al- Razzaq Moaz, Laura Neitzel, Cindy Postma, Alan Segal, and Denise Spellberg ...
The Seasoned Life: Food, Family, Faith, and the Joy of ...

The Seasoned Life: Food, Family, Faith, and the Joy of ...

Ayesha Curry

Ayesha knows firsthand what it is like to be a busy mom and wife, and she knows that for her family, time in the kitchen and around the table is where that balance begins. This book has something for everybody.
Readings in Oriental Literature: Arabian, Indian, and Islamic

Readings in Oriental Literature: Arabian, Indian, and Islamic

Jalal Uddin Khan

I have greatly enjoyed reading this wide-ranging, sensitive and informative sequence of essays from the fluent pen of my erudite colleague and friend, Professor Jalal Uddin Khan. He is currently teaching at the University of Nizwa, Oman, ...
A Colourful Presence: The Evolution of Women's ...

A Colourful Presence: The Evolution of Women's ...

Maryam Ghorbankarimi

As Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa explains, “Their work was charged with political rebellion and existential despair, as well as a skeptical view of progress and development.”3 Sadegh Hedayat in fiction, Nima Yushij in poetry, and Jalal Al-e Ahmad in ...
Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalizing World

Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalizing World

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1. Introduction. Raminder. Kaur,. University. of. Sussex. and. Parul. DaveMukherji ,. Jawaharlal. Nehru. University. The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore. Jalāl adDīn Muḥammad Rūmī The world is a work of art that gives birth to itself.
Writing through Jane Crow: Race and Gender Politics in ...

Writing through Jane Crow: Race and Gender Politics in ...

Ayesha K. Hardison

I especially want to acknowledgethe intellectual rigorandsavvy of Aisha D. Lockridge, TheríA. Pickens, KameelahL.Martin, Thabiti Lewis,Beauty Bragg, Cherise A. Pollard, Nicole L. Sparling, Lanisa Kitchiner,Shaila Mehra, Brandon Manning, ...
Perspectives: Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature

Perspectives: Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature

Jalal Uddin Khan

Bush, Douglas. “Keats and His Ideas” (1957). In English Romantic Poets: Modern Essays in Criticism. Edited by M. H. Abrams. London: Oxford University Press, 1960, 1968. —. Mythology and the Romantic Tradition in English Poetry.
Ancestors and Antiretrovirals: The Biopolitics of HIV/AIDS ...

Ancestors and Antiretrovirals: The Biopolitics of HIV/AIDS ...

Claire Laurier Decoteau

I also benefited greatly from the support provided by my writing accountability group. The warm support and sound advice provided by Lorena Garcia, Anna Guevarra, Ayesha Hardison, and Andy Clarno served me well through the protracted ...
Domain Specific High-Level Synthesis

Domain Specific High-Level Synthesis

Ayesha Khalid

This book offers an in-depth study of the design and challenges addressed by a high-level synthesis tool targeting a specific class of cryptographic kernels, i.e. symmetric key cryptography.
Educational Communities of Inquiry: Theoretical Framework, ...

Educational Communities of Inquiry: Theoretical Framework, ...

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Chapter 11 Relationship between Types of Question Prompts and Critical Thinking in Online Discussions Jennifer C. Richardson Purdue University, USA Ayesha Sadaf Purdue University, USA Peggy A. Ertmer Purdue University, USA ...
The Best of Women: The History of Women of the Year

The Best of Women: The History of Women of the Year

Maureen Paton

... Fleur Tukham Miss Frances Tulloch MA Inspector Shirley Tulloch The Hon Provost Mrs Myra Turnball JP Baroness Turner of Camden Ms Debbie Tweedi Mrs Veronica Uchendu Ms Bernadette Vallely Mrs Ayesha Vernon BA Ms Deirdre Vine ...
The Soldier and the State in India: Nuclear Weapons, ...

The Soldier and the State in India: Nuclear Weapons, ...

Ayesha Ray

Addressing the subject of civil–military relations in India, Rebecca Schiff in 1997 challenged the idea of a strict separation in civilian and military functions. Instead , Schiff attempted to explain the possible overlap of civilian and military functions  ...

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