This Workbook offers a step-by-step guide for city officials to proactively plan for natural disasters and climate change impacts. It is based on learning from three cities in Vietnam that developed Local Resilience Action Plans (LRAPs) containing a set of prioritized actions related to infrastructure, policy, and socioeconomic actions.
The book "Once Upon In Our Minds" is an anthology, compilation of short stories written by budding young writers, ages 5 to 12. These stories depict some fun facts and fiction that the kids have imagined, into a string. It is a wonderful collection of moral stories, mythical tales and more, that will inspire and mesmerize you. “Once Upon In Our Minds” is an initiative by AU Ridhhaan Jaiin to give platform to the young writers like him. So, pick up a copy today and enjoy reading about different genres like horror, comedy, mystery and more, written by young creative minds of the next generation!
In September 1996, fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room, shielding her baby brother, while shots rang out in the dark outside the family home in Karachi. This was the night her father Murtaza was murdered. It was the latest in a long line of tragedies for one of the world's best-known political dynasties. Songs of Blood and Sword tells the story of a family of feudal landlords who became powerbrokers. It is an epic tale of intrigue, the making of modern Pakistan, and ultimately, tragedy. A searing testament to a troubled land, Songs of Blood and Sword reveals a daughter's love for her father and her search to uncover the truth of his life and death.
Whether it's as Selma, a second-generation, hijab-wearing feminist grappling with her Muslim practice and desire to please her new husband with sexy lingerie, or Asma, a Pakistani immigrant mother searching for her daughter's future husband in the Urdu Times Matrimonial section, Fatima embodies the complex interplay between heritage and contemporary society."--Publisher's description.
From the writing of her first book, Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society in 1975, Mernissi has sought to reclaim the ideological discourse on women and sexuality from the stranglehold of patriarchy. She critically examines the classical corpus of religious-juristic texts, including the Hadith, and reinterprets them from a feminist perspective. In her view, the Muslim ideal of the silent, passive, obedient woman has nothing to do with the authentic message of Islam. Rather, it is a construction of the 'ulama', the male jurists-theologians who manipulated and distorted the religious texts in order to preserve the patriarchal system. Mernissi's work explores the relationship between sexual ideology, gender identity, sociopolitical organization, and the status of women in Islam; her special focus, however, is Moroccan society and culture. As a feminist, her work represents an attempt to undermine the ideological and political systems that silence and oppress Muslim women.
There is no doubt to the importance the Holy Prophet gave to his daughter, Lady Fatima. The Holy Prophet said this about his daughter Fatima on several occasions:"Fatima is a part of me. Whoever hurts her hurts me, and whoever delights her delights me."Soon after the demise of the Holy Prophet, the first caliph Abu Bakr usurped the land of Fadak. It was gifted to this very lady by her father. He argued that Prophets do not leave inheritance and claimed he heard this saying from the Holy Prophet himself. To claim her right and prove otherwise, Lady Fatima headed to the Prophet's Masjid and gave a remarkable sermon recorded in this book. This short book enlightens the reader of her prophetic knowledge and wisdom, while reminding us that she left this world disheartened.
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