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Jean Twenge

Contents:
Your Don’t Need Their Approval: The Decline of Social Rules
An Army of One: Me
You Can Be Anything You Want to Be
The Age of Anxiety (and Depression and Loneliness): Generation Stressed
Yeah, Right: The Belief That There’s No Point in Trying
Sex: Generation Prude Meets Generation Crude
The Equality Revolution: Minorities, Women, Gays and Lesbians
Applying Our Knowledge: The Future of Business and the Future of the Young

‘The Prayer of The Oppressed’ of Imam Muhammad ad-Dari’. With Arabic text and English translated by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, and a CD of prayer recitation by the Fes Singers.

The Du’a Nasirri is essentially a plea to God that our transgressions be overlooked, that Divine Mercy be bestowed upon us, that social justice be restored in spite of us, that wrongs be righted, and that righteousness reign once again in our lands, so that the destitute may no longer be in need, the young may be educated, the animals’ purpose fulfilled, rain restored, and bounties poured forth.

A story about a bibliophile who tries to save the books in her library.

Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappe
The winter 2008/09 assault claimed the lives of 1,400 Palestinians and thrust the crisis in Gaza into the centre of the debate about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The crippling siege continues to block access to construction materials desperately needed to rebuild in the wake of the Israeli attack and prevents people from leaving the Strip even for treatment of life-threatening illnesses. With the constant humiliation of liking a life punctuated by regular military incursions and ubiquitous checkpoints, the people of Gaza live in an area that has come to be known as the world’s largest open-air prison.

Following Israel’s attack on the Freedom Flotilla – a group of vessels carrying relief supplies and aiming to break the unbearable siege – international observers are increasingly questioning the logic of Israeli military aggression, and worldwide support for Palestine is growing.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

This book is a revision and update of the seminal ‘Traditional Islam in the Modern World’ published two decades ago, now out of print.

Contents
What is Traditional Islam?
Islam in the Present-day Islamic World
Jihad: Its Spiritual Significance
Islamic Work Ethics
The Male and the Female in the Islamic Perspective
Twelve Imam Shi’ism
Islamic Spirituality
“Development” in the Contemporary Islamic World
Islamic Education, Philosophy and Science
Education
Teaching Philosophy
Traditional Islamic Science and Western Science
Islamic Art and Its Spiritual Significance
The Architectural Transformation of the Urban Environment in the Islamic World
Madrasahs and the Revival of Traditional Islamic Education
Philosophy in the Present-day Islamic World
Western Interpreters of Islamic Tradition

Donalyn Miller

In late 2007 Muslim leaders from around the world together issued in the pages of The New York Times an open letter to Christian leaders inviting cooperation as a step toward peace. That letter, “A Common Word between Us and You,” acknowledged real differences between the two faiths but nonetheless contended that “righteousness and good works” should be the only areas in which they compete. The 138 signatories included over a dozen grand muftis, an ayatollah, and a Jordanian prince, and the document was widely considered a groundbreaking step toward reconciliation between Islam and Christianity — two major religions with a great deal in common.

That original letter and a collaborative Christian response — “Loving God and Neighbor Together” — both appear in this remarkable volume. Building on those original momentous documents, A Common Word further includes subsequent commentary and dialogue between Muslim and Christian scholars addressing critical and frequently asked questions.

With essays by Prince Ghazi of Jordan, Miroslav Volf, Habib Ali al-Jifri, Reza Shah-Kazemi, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Judge Bola Abdul Jabbar Ajibola, Joseph Cumming, David Burrel, Martin Accad, Senator John Kerry.

Shirley Climo and Robert Florczak

For imaginative little ones: the magical tale of Settareh set in Persia, beautifully illustrated.

Susan Abulhawa

Palestine 1941. In the small village of Ein Hod a father leads a procession of his family and workers through the olive groves. As they move through the trees the green fruits drop onto the orchid floor; the ancient cycle of the seasons providing another bountiful harvest.

Palestine 1948. The Abuheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin.

Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause will become his enemy. Amal’s own dramatic story threads its way through six decades of Palestinian-Israeli tension.

Patrick Tyler

Riveting history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East from Eisenhower to Bush II.