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A Vampire's Tale

By: Omar Daniels

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A New York Times Magazine Best Seller! Durante just does his job and hopes he gets a break. When he’s not drinking or enjoying some good eats, he’s policing Vampires of all things with the aid of an Empath who’s not really his type. Meanwhile, two nefarious Vamps by the names of Ryker and Malik are brewing up a storm with hopes of a takeover, or at the very least upsetting the Vampire-Human coexistence. If that isn’t enough, his pals are dropping like flies. Now it’s up to Durante and a couple of shrewd agents to get to the bottom of the recent slayings and uncover the mystery to a set of books known as the Lycan. They must, before the wrong hands do, and the world plummets into a kind of hell, that which no one, not even Vampires, wants to enter. Blood matters.

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Rubaiyat

By: Omar Khayyam

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Rubaiyat

By: Omar Khayyam

Reproduction of the original: Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam

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3732681653

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Toward Our Reformation

From Legalism to Value-oriented Islamic Law and Jurisprudence

By: Mohammad Omar Farooq

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Toward Our Reformation

From Legalism to Value-oriented Islamic Law and Jurisprudence

By: Mohammad Omar Farooq

It is the author’s contention that at the heart of the Muslim predicament lies ignorance and/or lack of commitment to core Islamic values, thus what is advocated throughout this work is a return to what is termed a “value-oriented” approach. We further learn that with the passage of time what we today consider to be the Shariah is in effect an original hub enveloped in a labyrinthine shroud of scholastic views and deductions hindering Muslim development, and to rely on fraudulent hadith and fallacious implementation of hudud law is not only to betray the spirit of the Qur’an and the Prophet’s message, but a disastrous exercise. Consequences being blatant abuse of the Muslim populace under cover of implementing a bogus Shariah. This abuse and misapplication is explored throughout the work.

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International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)

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1565643712

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Prophet Al-Khidr

Between the Qur'anic Text and Islamic Contexts

By: Irfan A. Omar

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Prophet Al-Khidr

Between the Qur'anic Text and Islamic Contexts

By: Irfan A. Omar

This work situates the Qur’anic story of Moses’ meeting with Khiḍr (Sūrat al-Kahf, 18:60-82) in an ever-expanding network of intercultural and interreligious ideas about knowledge, humility, and spiritual excellence, where Moses and Khiḍr are seen as representing the ẓāhir (exoteric) and the bāṭin (esoteric), respectively.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498595928

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9781498595926

How Muslims Shaped the Americas

By: Omar Mouallem

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How Muslims Shaped the Americas

By: Omar Mouallem

Journalist Omar Mouallem uncovers the surprising history of Muslim communities thriving in the west, challenging assumptions about belonging and identity, in this beautifully written, award-winning book. Omar Mouallem grew up in a Muslim household, but always questioned the role of Islam in his life. As an adult, he used his voice to criticize what he saw as the harms of organized religion. But none of that changed the way others saw him. Now, as a father, he fears the challenges his children will no doubt face as Western nations become increasingly nativist and hostile toward their heritage. In How Muslims Shaped the Americas, Mouallem explores the unknown history of Islam across the Americas, traveling to thirteen unique mosques in search of an answer to how this religion has survived and thrived so far from the place of its origin. From California to Quebec, and from Brazil to Canada’s icy north, he meets the members of fascinating communities, all of whom provide different perspectives on what it means to be Muslim. Along this journey he comes to understand that Islam has played a fascinating role in how the Americas were shaped—from industrialization to the changing winds of politics. And he also discovers that there may be a place for Islam in his own life, even if he will never be a true believer. Original, insightful, and beautifully told, How Muslims Shaped the Americas reveals a secret history of home and the struggle for belonging taking place in towns and cities across the Americas, and points to a better, more inclusive future for everyone.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501199161

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9781501199165

The Maladies of Lucifer

By: Omar Mahmoud

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The Maladies of Lucifer

By: Omar Mahmoud

Forgetfulness is one of the Maladies of Lucifer. When he was priest of angels, he forgot to pray to God to protect him from deviating from the straight path. It is written in the Laws of God: Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and Lucifer was most afraid of Adam in his clay form. When finally God commanded the angels Let each one that holds Me for his Lord straightway do reverence to this earth many that loves God bowed themselves but Lucifer with them that were of his mind disobeyed. They said: O Lord, we are spirit and therefore it is not just that we should do reverence to this clay. That was the day Lucifer fell from grace to grass. If he had remembered that he had just failed in his trial, he should have long stopped blaming his fall on the just judgment of God and repent. Again, he forgot he had no wings, and was not created with light like the angels, and yet was elevated and made Priest among angels. Who is he then, to question God what He should and should not do? I wonder. Lucifer boasted that he would give God trouble on Judgement Day. O poor Lucifer! He has again forgotten that God has no need: It is man and Jinn that have need. If God wills, He could blot out present creation for another creation. Lucifer is indeed a confused man-Iblis.

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1438921195

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Child Rights to Guardianship

A Comparative Study in International, Islamic and Libyan Laws

By: Ali Omar Ali Mesrati

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Child Rights to Guardianship

A Comparative Study in International, Islamic and Libyan Laws

By: Ali Omar Ali Mesrati

This book examines how local cultures affect the interpretation of international human rights law. This book explores the Islamic legal system in its approach to the concept of guardianship and, more specifically, the approach of the Libyan legal system through a study of existing legislation and Libyan High Court (LHC) interpretation as revealed in its decisions. This book aims to show how the cultural background affects the interpretation of international human rights in domestic legal systems. This book makes a worthy contribution to promoting greater understanding of the cultural dimensions in operation in both the formulation and particularly the application of international law in Libya as elsewhere. This is an area of research which is, as a whole, one worthy of further development and examination. The book includes case analysis of important Libyan High Court rulings which have been gathered by the author and officially translated, analysed, and discussed from the three lenses namely; Libyan Law, Islamic Law, and International Law. In turn, this book is the first of its kind and unique in the field of Islamic and International Law. This book also includes detailed analysis of the correspondence between the Libyan High Court and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Further, this book provides solutions and comprehensive and practical recommendations that satisfy both International standards and local Islamic and Libyan culture. This is an ever evolving and a current area of interest internationally, this unique book enriches the field and continues the conversation and provides practical sustainable solutions.

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Springer Nature

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9811681813

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Praying to the West

How Muslims Shaped the Americas

By: Omar Mouallem

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Praying to the West

How Muslims Shaped the Americas

By: Omar Mouallem

Omar Mouallem grew up in a Muslim household, but always questioned the role of Islam in his life. As an adult, he embraced atheism and used his journalism to criticize what he saw as the harms of organized religion. But none of that changed the way others saw him, and he began to wonder how compatible Islam truly is with the west. Now, as a father, he fears for the challenges his children will no doubt face. In Praying to the West, he explores the unknown history of Islam across the Americas, traveling to thirteen unique mosques in search of an answer to how this religion has survived and thrived so far from the place of its origin. From California to Quebec, and from Brazil to Canada's icy north, he meets the members of fascinating communities, all of whom provide different perspectives on what it means to be Muslim. Along this journey he comes to understand that Islam has played a fascinating role in how the Americas were shaped--from industrialization to the changing winds of politics. And he also discovers that there may be a place for Islam in his own life, particularly as a father, even if he will never be a true believer. Original, insightful, and beautifully written, Praying to the West reveals a secret history of home and belonging taking place in towns and cities across the Americas, and points to a better, more inclusive future for everyone."--

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1501199145

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Diary of a Colonized Native

(Years of Hidden Colonial Slavery)

By: Ibrahim S. Omar

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Diary of a Colonized Native

(Years of Hidden Colonial Slavery)

By: Ibrahim S. Omar

INSPIRATIONAL SOLIDARITY MESSAGE FROM A FULL-BLOODED NATIVE BROTHER Go on dear brother, forward with your traverse! While in partnership I will awaken the learned, the unlearned, devoted readers of books, the untiring users of shovels and axes and the alien bearers of silver, golden and diamond stars. And if and when, you succumb to the natural realm of eternal blissful life, rest assured, great brother, your historic journey shall continue still, to the farthest land our echoes can reverberate and dwell. Still to victory or martyrdom! Sambas S Omar

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Partridge Publishing Singapore

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1543743277

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Repentance: Breaking Habits of Sin

By: Omar Suleiman

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Repentance: Breaking Habits of Sin

By: Omar Suleiman

Imagine having to stand in front of Allah (s.w.t.) and watch the sin being committed in front of you then having to explain it. Allah (s.w.t.) mentions in surah Ali Imran, verse 135, “And those who, when they commit immorality or wrong themselves [by trangression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins…” Keep the door of repentance open between you and Allah because He is always ready to forgive you.

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Tertib Publishing

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9672420382

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The City Always Wins

A Novel

By: Omar Robert Hamilton

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The City Always Wins

A Novel

By: Omar Robert Hamilton

“The City Always Wins powerfully transmits the hope and despair of Egypt’s Tahrir Square generation . . . one of the defining novels of the Arab Spring.” —Toby Lichtig, The Wall Street Journal Named as one of the Best Books of 2017 by The Boston Globe and The Arts Desk We’ve been doing the same thing for hundreds of years. Marching, fighting, chanting, dying, changing, winning, losing. This time will be different. This time the future can still be made new. The City Always Wins is a novel from the front line of a revolution. Deeply enmeshed in the 2011 uprising in Tahrir Square, Mariam and Khalil move through Cairo’s surging streets and roiling political underground, their lives burning with purpose, their city alive in open revolt, the world watching, listening, as they chart a course into an unknown future. They are—they believe—fighting a new kind of revolution; they are players in a new epic in the making. But as regimes crumble and the country shatters into ideological extremes, Khalil and Mariam’s commitment—to the ideals of revolution and to one another—is put to the test. From the highs of street battles against the police to the paralysis of authoritarianism, Omar Robert Hamilton’s bold debut cuts straight from the heart of one of the key chapters of the twenty-first century. Arrestingly visual, intensely lyrical, uncompromisingly political, and brutal in its poetry, The City Always Wins is a novel not just about Egypt’s revolution, but also about a global generation that tried to change the world. “Unbearable. Unmissable. A dazzling debut.” —Naomi Klein, New York Times–bestselling author

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Macmillan + ORM

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0374716331

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, First, Second and Fifth Editions

By: Omar

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, First, Second and Fifth Editions

By: Omar

Oh, come with old Khayy m, and leave the WiseTo talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies;One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies;The Flower than once has blown for ever dies.-XXVIThough it's difficult to imagine, these 12th-century stanzas-oft quoted and frequently looked to for inspiration by those seeking to live life to the fullest-did not come to the public's attention until Edward FitzGerald published them in English in 1859... and even then they were ignored until the painter Dante Rossetti discovered a remaindered copy two years later and excitedly spread news of it around his intellectual and artistic circles.Not a direct translation, these liberal interpretations make Khayy m's verse accessible to readers in the English language. Several editions of FitzGerald's work are included in this volume, allowing the reader multiple approaches to their wisdom and beauty.Persian astronomer and poet OMAR KHAYY M (1048-1131) also authored works on music and mathematics.British poet and translator EDWARD FITZGERALD (1809-1883) also wrote Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances (1852) and translated from the Spanish Six Dramas of Pedro Caulderon (1853).

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1596054387

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A New Era for Microbial Corrosion Mitigation Using Nanotechnology

Biocorrosion and Nanotechnology

By: Basma A. Omran,Mohamed Omar Abdel-Salam

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A New Era for Microbial Corrosion Mitigation Using Nanotechnology

Biocorrosion and Nanotechnology

By: Basma A. Omran,Mohamed Omar Abdel-Salam

This book focuses on corrosion and microbial corrosion, providing solutions for these problems based on nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology. It introduces the causes, consequences, cost and control of corrosion processes. It gives a particular emphasis on microbial corrosion of steel and other metals in oil, gas and shipping industries. The book presents the materials vulnerable to such kind of corrosion, and the use of nanomaterials to control it.

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Springer Nature

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3030495329

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Between Sunsets

By: Leah Omar

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Between Sunsets

By: Leah Omar

Camilla Bergland has never called anywhere home, happy to be tied to no one and no place. A citizen of the world, she thinks the only real roots she has is her grandparents’ lake cottage in Wheaton, where she spent every summer of her nomadic childhood. So when her grandparents need help, she volunteers to spend the summer with them while she figures out her next move. What she didn’t anticipate was relishing the precious time with her grandparents despite her grandmother’s increasingly heartbreaking Alzheimer’s, small-town life, and reconnecting with childhood friends. All roads in Wheaton seem to lead to Jake Abram, her childhood crush and the person she spent her summers following around, but the kindhearted Jake she had idolized seventeen years ago has become a different person. He’s rude, edgy, and likes to remind Camilla that while she’s been traveling the globe, she’s also been neglecting her grandparents and their growing needs. Unfortunately, Jake’s the only one who can help her fix up her grandparents’ rundown lakefront cottage. Before long, she’s made a deal with the devil. He’ll help Camilla renovate the cottage in exchange for her decorating his lake home next door. The more time they spend together, the more she remembers why she used to like him back in the day. But can their growing attraction survive the secrets he’s keeping and Camilla’s determination to always leave before she can get hurt?

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam

A New Translation from the Persian

By: Omar Khayyam

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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam

A New Translation from the Persian

By: Omar Khayyam

A repository of subversive, melancholic and existentialist themes and ideas, the rubaiyat (quatrains) that make up the collected poems attributed to the 12th century Persian astronomer Omar Khayyam have enchanted readers for centuries. In this modern translation, complete with critical introduction and epilogue, Juan Cole elegantly renders the verse for contemporary readers. Exploring such universal questions as the meaning of life, fate and how to live a good life in the face of human mortality, this translation reveals anew why this singular collection of poems has struck a chord with such a temporally and culturally diverse audience, from the wine houses of medieval Iran to the poets of Western twentieth century modernism.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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075560055X

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Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

A Critical Edition

By: Omar Khayyam,Edward FitzGerald

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Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

A Critical Edition

By: Omar Khayyam,Edward FitzGerald

Christopher Decker's critical edition of the Rubaiyat is the first to publish all extant states of the poems and to unearth a full record of its complicated textual evolution.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813916895

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9780813916897

Morning in the bowl of night

By: Omar Khayam

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Morning in the bowl of night

By: Omar Khayam

Omar Khayyam's magical poetry with its rich sensual glow and evocative oriental imagery, once again available in Edward Fitzgerald's famous translation. Oen of the great classics of world literature. Large print edition PPERSIAN POETRY

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Lulu.com

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1291934715

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Nanovaccines

An Innovative Technology to Fight Human and Animal Diseases

By: Sergio Rosales-Mendoza,Omar González-Ortega

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Nanovaccines

An Innovative Technology to Fight Human and Animal Diseases

By: Sergio Rosales-Mendoza,Omar González-Ortega

This book provides a compilation of the current developments in mucosal nanovaccines, which are an attractive approach to fight against infectious and non-communicable diseases. Since nanomaterials possess unique properties; many of them have a positive effect on vaccine efficacy when used as antigen carriers and have been applied in vaccinology with significant advances over the past years. This book addresses the methodologies for mucosal nanovaccines synthesis; based on the following nanomaterials: gold, PLGA, silica, and chitosan nanoparticles; as well as nanogels, carbon nanotubes, liposomes, and Virus-like particles. A description of the immunogenic properties of the mucosal nanovaccines is presented, highlighting the improvements achieved with this approach when compared to conventional formulations. Mucosal vaccines constitute the most practical immunization approach since they are easy to administer (promoting patient ́s comfort and increasing compliance), allow triggering relevant immune responses at both the site of administration and distant compartments, and thus may protect the main entry portal for pathogens (oral, nasal, and genital mucosae). In this context, the potential of nanovaccines to result in new mucosal formulations in the benefit of global health is analyzed. Covers the synthesis and functionalization of nanomaterials for the development of nanovaccines; Discusses the underlying mechanisms involved in the induction of immune responses through mucosal compartments and the advantages of nanomaterials in the formulation of nanovaccines; Transmits the state of the art for the development of mucosal nanovaccines; Provides routes for the design and evaluation of mucosal nanovaccines; Presents key perspectives for the field of mucosal vaccine development.

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Springer Nature

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3030316688

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9783030316686

Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Omar Khayyam (Illustrated)

By: Omar Khayyam

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Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Omar Khayyam (Illustrated)

By: Omar Khayyam

An eleventh century Persian mathematician and astronomer, Omar Khayyam is renowned in his own country for his scientific achievements, though he is chiefly known to English-speaking readers through Edward FitzGerald’s 1859 translation of ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’. A form of verse complete in four lines, employing a rhyme scheme, the ‘quatrain’ is close in style and spirit to the epigram. Each quatrain forms a complete poem in itself, as part of a continuous elegy with intellectual unity and consistency. Although they are extremely free translations, FitzGerald’s ingenious work exerts a compelling verve and succinctness. Having flourished a thousand years ago, Omar Khayyam can be seen as a kindred spirit to other poets that explore existential themes, while celebrating the beauty of the world. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Khayyam’s collected poetical works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Khayyam’s life * Concise introduction to Khayyam’s life and poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Easily locate the quatrains you want to read * Multiple translations of the quatrains by four different poets * Includes FitzGerald’s 1st and 5th edition texts * The original Persian 1342 text, edited by Sadegh Hedayat * A special dual Persian-by-English text of the first 50 quatrains * Features a bonus biography — discover Khayyam’s medieval world * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Omar Khayyam Brief Introduction: Omar Khayyam Edward FitzGerald Translation, 1st Edition Text (1859) Edward FitzGerald Translation, 5th Edition Text (1889) E. H. Whinfield Translation (1883) Gelett Burgess Translation (1904) Norton F. W. Hazeldine Translation (1908) The Original Text Contents of the Persian Text The Dual Text Dual Persian and English Text (Quatrains 1-50) The Biography Introduction: Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia (1859) by Edward FitzGerald

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1801701903

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9781801701907

Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK

State of the Nation

By: Bridget Byrne,Claire Alexander,Omar Khan,James Nazroo,William Shankley

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Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK

State of the Nation

By: Bridget Byrne,Claire Alexander,Omar Khan,James Nazroo,William Shankley

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. 50 years after the establishment of the Runnymede Trust and the Race Relations Act of 1968 which sought to end discrimination in public life, this accessible book provides commentary by some of the UK’s foremost scholars of race and ethnicity on data relating to a wide range of sectors of society, including employment, health, education, criminal justice, housing and representation in the arts and media. It explores what progress has been made, identifies those areas where inequalities remain stubbornly resistant to change, and asks how our thinking around race and ethnicity has changed in an era of Islamophobia, Brexit and an increasingly diverse population.

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Policy Press

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1447351258

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Queer Companions

Religion, Public Intimacy, and Saintly Affects in Pakistan

By: Omar Kasmani

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Queer Companions

Religion, Public Intimacy, and Saintly Affects in Pakistan

By: Omar Kasmani

In Queer Companions Omar Kasmani theorizes saintly intimacy and the construction of queer social relations at Pakistan’s most important site of Sufi pilgrimage. Conjoining queer theory and the anthropology of Islam, Kasmani outlines the felt and enfleshed ways in which saintly affections bind individuals, society, and the state in Pakistan through a public architecture of intimacy. Islamic saints become lovers and queer companions just as a religious universe is made valuable to critical and queer forms of thinking. Focusing on the lives of ascetics known as fakirs in Pakistan, Kasmani shows how the affective bonds with the place’s patron saint, a thirteenth-century antinomian mystic, foster unstraight modes of living in the present. In a national context where religious shrines are entangled in the state’s infrastructures of governance, coming close to saints further entails a drawing near to more-than-official histories and public forms of affect. Through various fakir life stories, Kasmani contends that this intimacy offers a form of queer world making with saints.

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Duke University Press

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1478022655

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