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In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, dwells the mysterious Hawthorn family. There, they tend and harvest the enchanted willows and honour an ancient compact to sing to them in thanks for their magic. None more devotedly than the family's latest daughters, Esther and Ysabel, who cherish each other as much as they cherish the ancient trees. But when Esther rejects a forceful suitor in favor of a lover from the land of Faerie, not only the sisters' bond but also their lives will be at risk...

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war. That's how war works. Right?

The remarkable and courageous story of Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who is working with Amal Clooney to challenge the world to fight ISIS on behalf on her people. With a foreword by Amal Clooney. A Nobel Peace Prize nominee, the first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations and winner of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, Nadia Murad is a courageous young woman who has endured unimaginable tragedy. But she has fought back.

Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar. With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose.

Epidemiology For Dummies is packed with key concepts, practical applications, and real-life examples in the study of disease transmission and control. It's a must-have for students in all public-health-related fields, and for curious learners, too. This Dummies guide will help you conquer even the trickiest epidemiological concepts. In this introduction to the fascinating, complex science, you'll learn—in terms anyone can understand—all the basic principles of epidemiology, plus how those concepts translate to public health outcomes and policy decisions.

In North Cameroon, well-to-do young Ramla is torn from her true love and wed to a manipulative older man. Safira, her co-wife, juggles envy and empathy for this new bride with disappointment in the husband she desperately loves. Like her older sister, Ramla, Hindou is married off to a man she does not know or want, a distant cousin whose instability and violence terrifies her.

As someone who has a foot in both the Western and Arabic worlds, Amal set out to explore the lives of Arab women both in Australia and the Middle East, travelling to the region and interviewing more than 60 women about feminism, intimacy, love, sex and shame, trauma, war, religion and culture. Beyond Veiled Cliches explores the similarities and differences experienced by these women in their daily lives - work, relationships, home and family life, friendships, the communities they live in and more.

Trois femmes, trois histoires, trois destins liés. Ce roman polyphonique retrace le destin de la jeune Ramla, arrachée à son amour pour être mariée à l'époux de Safira, tandis que Hindou, sa sœur, est contrainte d'épouser son cousin. Patience ! C'est le seul et unique conseil qui leur est donné par leur entourage, puisqu'il est impensable d'aller contre la volonté d'Allah. Comme le dit le proverbe peul : "Au bout de la patience, il y a le ciel." Mais le ciel peut devenir un enfer. Comment ces trois femmes impatientes parviendront-elles à se libérer ?

Par l'auteure des " Impatientes ", Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2020. Dans l'extrême nord du Cameroun où sévissent le changement climatique et les attaques de Boko Haram, Faydé, quinze ans, décide de rejoindre Srafata et Bintou, qui ont elles aussi été contraintes de devenir domestiques à Maroua. Alors qu'elles sont écrasées par leurs responsabilités vis-à-vis de leurs familles et qu'elles subissent viol, mauvais traitements et mépris de classe, les jeunes filles luttent pour survivre et se construire un avenir.

Coming from a moderately traditional Muslim family, twenty-seven-year-old Samira Abdel-Aziz has endured her fair share of arranged matches—first dates she calls “doorknock appeals,” where she and her possible suitors eat snacks in her living room in the company of both sets of parents. Her general rule: no shoes with tassels, no cheesy leather jackets, no mustaches. A girl has to have some standards, right? The truth is, Samira is already experiencing enough wedding drama as an assistant at Bridal Bazaar magazine and as a gofer for her soon-to-be-married cousin and nemesis Zahra.

Ten years after the bloody events of season one, the Kingdom of Awadh is now being ruled by an iron hand by Maharani Sukanya. It's an uneasy peace she has fostered, which has led to minor rebellions in remote parts of her kingdom. The absence of the magical forces of Mayawar hasn't gone unnoticed by Sukanya's enemies. Awadhpuri Palace is torn from the inside, and loyalties continue to shift.

Entre as cinzas de um mundo em ruínas, uma soldada encontra uma carta que diz: Queime antes de ler. E assim tem início uma correspondência improvável entre duas agentes de facções rivais travando uma guerra através do tempo e espaço para assegurar o melhor futuro para seus respectivos times. E então, o que começa como uma provocação se transforma em algo mais. Um romance épico que põe em jogo o passado e o futuro. Se elas forem descobertas, o destino será a morte. Ainda há uma guerra sendo travada, afinal. E alguém precisa vencer.

King Leo and the Feast is a delightful story of a cat named King Leo who decides to serve a magnificent feast. Invitations are sent far and wide, but those who accept are quite a surprise! Come to the king's table, where pink kangaroos and tangerine lions sit side by side, where all are called to come and to eat. Welcome to the world of King Leo!

This podcast relates the realities of Arab Women and their rich and diverse experiences. It aims to represent the multiplicity of women voices. It wishes to break cultural stereotypes about women of the Middle East, and educate and empower the younger generation of Middle Eastern women who were stripped of their historical reference and weren’t necessarily raised to believe in their own agency and power to create their destiny.

You are about to discover how to open up your mind, spirit, and improve your life by awakening your third eye chakra! Given the recent surge in popularity of energy healing, you’ve probably heard of the seven chakras, and after a bit of self-evaluation, developed an interest in the sixth chakra: the third eye - as you found out about its power in cutting through illusion and accessing deeper truths, as well as its role in expanding intuition and wisdom.

The lake in the middle of her father’s kitchen is only the first in a series of disasters in Zeina’s life. Nassar’s recent health crisis has seen his well-established community restaurant, Casablanca, losing ground and customers to trendier competition. Casablanca’s deterioration is not the only chaos in Zeina’s world but, unlike her husband who won’t speak to her, her best friend who is sliding towards self-destruction, and her cousin who is stealing Zeina’s life story for content, the restaurant is something she can fix. And Zeina, lonely and adrift, needs something she can fix.

Quand l'ambition et la tradition tuent l'amour... Boussoura et Seini forment un couple moderne qui vit à Yaoundé. Il est médecin, elle est professeure de littérature. Une famille épanouie jusqu'au jour où tout bascule quand Seini est rattrapé par son passé. Fils de roi, il est appelé à prendre la succession. Malgré les réserves de son épouse, l'attrait du pouvoir est le plus fort. Devenu lamido, commandeur des croyants et garant des traditions et de la religion, il se transforme en roi tout-puissant.

Eight years ago, Sahar pursued her happily-ever-after when she married Khaled and followed him to Jordan, leaving behind her family, her friends and a thriving cake business. But married life didn’t go as planned, and, haunted by secrets, Sahar has returned home to Sydney without telling her husband. With the help of her childhood friends, Sahar hits the reset button on her life. She takes a job at a local patisserie run by Maggie, a strong but kind manager who guides Sahar in sweets and life.

This Arab Life is an intimate and honest exploration of a rising Arab generation’s descent into silence. Personal and panoramic, granular and sweeping, the book offers a raw account of the unremitting mire that anticipates the region’s present-day chaos.

പുതുകാലത്തിന്റെ മാധ്യമമായ ഫെയ്‌സ്ുക്ക്ഉപയോഗിച്ചു നടത്തുന്ന ചതികളും അതില്‍ പെട്ടുപോകുന്ന നിസ്സഹായരായ മനുഷ്യരുടെ വേദനകളുമാണ് ഈ നോവല്‍ പറയുന്നത്. പുറമേ തമാശയുടെ നനവുണ്ടെങ്കിലും അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര തല ത്തില്‍ വേരുകളുള്ള ഒരു വലിയ തട്ടിപ്പുസംഘത്തിന്റെ അടിവേരുകള്‍ ഈ നോവല്‍ ചുരുളഴി ക്കുന്നുണ്ട്.