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Onze lieve vrouw van Alice Bhatti

Onze lieve vrouw van Alice Bhatti

Mohammed Hanif

Ze zal al haar krachten moeten aanwenden om zich uit deze situatie te redden -maar wonderen kennen ook hun grenzen... Mohammed Hanif is geboren in Pakistan,waar hij een tijd werkte voor de luchtmacht.
Alice Bhattis Himmelfahrt: Roman

Alice Bhattis Himmelfahrt: Roman

Mohammed Hanif

Mohammed Hanifs zutiefst menschlicher Zugang und der eindringliche und temporeiche Erzählstil bestätigen seinen Ruf als herausragende literarische Stimme Pakistans.
The Baloch who is Not Missing and Others who are

The Baloch who is Not Missing and Others who are

Mohammed Hanif

An account of enforced disappearances in Baluchistan. The stories are based on interviews conducted with families of the missing.
A Case of Exploding Mangoes

A Case of Exploding Mangoes

Mohammed Hanif

You are going to receive it from the President of Pakistan. You have two choices: graduate with honour in four weeks or go out front-rolling to the sound of drums. Tomorrow. Clap. Clap. Tony Singh style.' He brings his hands together twice, like  ...
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Mohammed Hanif

Can Alice and Teddy live happily ever after? Will the hospital accept her unorthodox ways? It all seems unlikely, but then Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse and this is downtown Karachi where the unusual is ordinary .
Love in a Blue Time

Love in a Blue Time

Hanif Kureishi

'In this haunting, troubling collection of short stories, Hanif Kureishi has finally embraced the decadence that has lain in wait for him . . . A tense, desolate and consuming collection.
Gabriel's Gift

Gabriel's Gift

Hanif Kureishi

The protagonist of Hanif Kureishi's delightful novel is Gabriel, a fifteen-year-old North London schoolboy trying to come to terms with a new life, after the equilibrium of his family home has been shattered by the ousting of his father.
The Body: A Novel

The Body: A Novel

Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi -- acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy -- explores the possibilities in this provocative story of an older man whose brain is surgically placed in a younger man's body by a network of underground doctors.
Hanif Kureishi: Postcolonial Storyteller

Hanif Kureishi: Postcolonial Storyteller

Kenneth C. Kaleta

This book is the first critical biography of Hanif Kureishi. Kenneth Kaleta interviewed Kureishi over several years and enjoyed unlimited access to all of his working papers, journals, and personal files.
The Black Album

The Black Album

Hanif Kureishi

The Black Album is the second novel by Hanif Kureishi, one of the most praised and influential writers of our times.
Rethinking Islam: Common Questions, Uncommon Answers

Rethinking Islam: Common Questions, Uncommon Answers

Mohammed Arkoun

Although he is a product of Islamic culture, Mohammed Arkoun nonetheless disagrees with the Islamic establishment and militant Islamist groups.
Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996

Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996

Calvin H. Allen

Soud al-Habsi Mubarak b. Abdallah b. Hamid al-Rashdi Saif b. Mohsin b. Hilal al- Ma'amari Juma b. Hamed b. Salim al-Ghilani Abdallah b. Khalid b. Ali Al- Hamouda Sa'id b. Mohammed b. Abdallah al-Suwa'i Abdallah b. Hashel b. Rashid al-Maskeri Amer b. Mohammed b. Shamis al-Hajri Abdallah b. Hamdoon b. Humaid al-Harthi Khamis b. Halis b. Khadim al-Hashmi Hamoud b. Rashid b. Saif al-Sha'aibi Mohammed b. Khamis b. Hilal al-Majali Ahmed b. Rashid b. Hamed al-Shamsi ...
Will the Middle East Implode?

Will the Middle East Implode?

Mohammed Ayoob

In this short book, leading Middle East scholar Mohammed Ayoob argues that the Arab Spring has both changed and charged some of the region’s thorniest problems - from the rise of political Islam to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Israel ...
Of Death and Dominion: The Existential Foundations of Governance

Of Death and Dominion: The Existential Foundations of Governance

Mohammed A. Bamyeh

Death is the opposite not of life, but of power. And as such, Mohammed Bamyeh argues in this original work, death has had a great and largely unexplored impact on the thinking of governance throughout history, right down to our day.
Cairo: City of Sand

Cairo: City of Sand

Maria Golia

... Mohammed Mansour, Samir Morcos, Mohammed Mounir, Effat Nasser, Steve Negus, Kristina Nelson, Saeed Okasha, Maria Pastore, Mahmoud Sabet, Pierre Sioufi, Samir Rafaat, Youssef Rakha, Max Rodenbeck, Nigel Ryan, William Wells , ...
Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, Not Static

Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, Not Static

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Dynamic, Not Static Abdul Aziz Said, Mohammed Said Farsi Professor of Islamic Peace and Director of the Center for Global Peace Abdul Aziz Said, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Meena Sharify-Funk ...
Values in Islamic Culture and the Experience of History

Values in Islamic Culture and the Experience of History

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According to the leading Oromo historian, Mohammed Hassen, "[ajbout seventy percent of the Oromo are Muslims". See, Mohammed Hassen, "Islam as a Resistance Ideology among the Oromo of Ethiopia. The Wallo Case, 1700-1900" // Said ...
The Construction of Belief: Reflections on the Thought of ...

The Construction of Belief: Reflections on the Thought of ...

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Reflections on the Thought of Mohammed Arkoun Aziz Esmail, Abdou Filali- Ansary ... of language and philosophy of psychology. Aziz Esmail Aziz Esmail is the former Dean of The Mohammed Arkoun: A Passionate Critic About the Contributors.
Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi

Bart Moore-Gilbert

The first book-length study of one of Britain's most successful young writers.

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