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"A story about love, marriage, compromise, parenthood and the difference between the life one imagined and reality."*
Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer, a California-bred feminist, surfer, and aspiring journalist, met Ismail Suayah, sincere, passionate, kind, yet from a very different world. One of eight siblings born in an impoverished fishing village in Libya, Ismail was raised a Muslim-and his faith informed his life. When Krista and Ismail...
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2012
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The acclaimed author of Rubicon No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion—except that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as...
5) Islam
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Readers can explore the traditions, culture, and history of Islam, one of the world's largest religions.
6) Wanted women: faith, lies, and the war on terror : the lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui
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c2011
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Scroggins illuminates not only the disconnect between the West's often one-dimensional perception of Islam and its multifaceted reality but the schisms within Islam itself through the "weird symmetry" in the lives of two women--Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui.
7) Ramadan
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2018.
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Introduces the Muslim holiday, discussing the ways in which it is celebrated and why it is important.
8) Mosque
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1992
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Filmed in Cairo, Egypt, this program introduces a mosque and Muslims and The islamic religion.
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