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Sunday, 25 November 2012
The Ali Abbas story
Warren, Jane. The Ali Abbas
story. Harper Collins Entertainment,2004.
"The Ali Abbas story" is a real story of
a boy (Ali Abbas) his father, mother, and brother were killed in the Iraq war
of 2003. Ali lost both his arms. The story is the stories of many children’s
that became orphans as consequence of wars. Is a dramatic story that the author explain really
well the deep sadness and fear of children at the same situation of Ali.
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
The women of Afghanistan under the Taliban
Skaine, Rosemaries: The
women of Afghanistan under the Taliban. Jefferson, N.C. :McFarland, c2002.
RosemariesSkaine described the suffering of Afghanistan people have under the rule of theTaliban. The women lives are but especially difficult. They are denied basic human rights, forced to dress themselves completely and kept in isolation. Is a disheartening, disturbed for readers, specially for women.Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Word into art: artists of the modern Middle East
One of the best ways to express politic situation in a determinate moment is across art. The history of the Wold has been study by historiadores and anthropology by means of sculpture, picture, arquitecture etc. Venetia Porter in this book selects contemporary calligraphers’ works from Middle East and North Africa. Is an interesting pictorial book that show to the people meddle east art beyond of war, violence and terrorism.
Sunday, 11 November 2012
The black banners: inside the hunt for Al Qaeda
Persepolis
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis: The story of a childhood.
Jonathan Cape, London: 2003
Marjane Satrapi tells her childhood in Iran. She
group up in educated, modern family the last years of Shah rule, after
fundamentalist Muslims became the new government. On this complex and difficult
circumstance .The author used format graphic to describe how she was lived that
period in Iran. Is an amazing graphic novel for readers that like graphic
novels.
Mayada: daughter of Iraq: one woman's survival under Saddam Hussein
Sasson, Jean. Mayada: daughter of Iraq: one woman's survival under Saddam Hussein.
New York: Dutton, c2003.
A true story of
Mayada Al-Askari, a daughter of an influence and wealth Iraqi family. Mayala
was working as translator to America journalist, Jean Sasson. Both women became
really good friend. When Sasson returned to the United State, they keep in
touch until 1999 when Mayala is arrested by Saddam Hussein's secret police.
Mayada is accused of printed pamphlets against Sadan Hussein regimen. Mayala
survive a month in the worst prison in Bagdad.
The end of the story is happy but is impossible not to think in many
lives that did not survived Sadan Hussein’s regime.
The high cost of peace: how Washington's Middle East policy left America vulnerable to terrorism
Bodansky,
Yossef. The high cost of
peace: how Washington's Middle East policy left America vulnerable to terrorism. Roseville, California,
2002.
Yossef Bodansky (born in Israel) is an
Israeli-American political scientist. The book is a no fiction that analyses
terrorism into historical context, since the establishment of Israel, 1948.
Many countries in the Middle East are involucrate in terrorism, and the author
explain evidences of countries as Iran and Iraq are links with politics
terrorist as responds of west countries actions. Is a remarkable book for readers that are
interested in theme of terrorism.
In the hands of the Taliban: her extraordinary story
Yvonne, Ridley. In the hands of the Taliban: herextraordinary story.
London: Robson Books, 2001.The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem revisited
Benny Morris is an Israeli professor of History in the Middle
East. This
book gives you a brief history of creation of the state of Israel from
that thousand of Palestinian Arabs have
to move from the house and they were became refugees. The author makes an
analysis with historical documents, describe different lives to carry for
Israelis and Palestinian. Numerous descriptions of violence on civilian
Palestinian. Is a powerful book, make it
with meticulous detail; give to the reader a historical vision of Palestinian
refugee problem.
An Israeli in Palestine: resisting dispossession, redeeming Israel.
Halper,
Jeff. An Israeli in Palestine: resisting dispossession,
redeeming Israel. London, Ann Arbor, MI Pluto Press, 2008
Thousands of Palestinian houses are destroyed since
the Israeli occupation. Jeff Halper is an anthropologist Israeli. Analyses the
conflict Israel – Palestine from a real perspective, he make a critical about
Israeli politics, the damage is doing to Palestinian. Is a Political –
historical book, has illustrations and geography maps of Israel and territory
occupied. Is an interesting book written for a author is
living in Israel.
Behind the veil of vice: the business and culture of sex in the Middle East
John
R Bradley is a British journalist, author of numerous books about Middle
East. As the title reveal the book
described the permitted business sex in the Middle East. Very young girls are
sold to older Arab men to get married. According with traditional Islamic
culture, girls can get married with the very age of 11, so those girls are
temporary forces to married. This book is a powerful book with clear detail of
real stories that would cause distress and sadness to the reader.
All the Shah's men: an American coup and the roots of Middle East terror
My war at home
Sultan Masula born in Afghanistan but grow up in
America. When she was 17 years old she got married by agreement with a men old
that her. After few years she divorced and decided return to the small
community in Afghanistan where she born. Sultan Masula have two cultural visions, the
American and Afghan, she describes women’s live in Afghanistan. Is a political personal
book that the author relate really well how the foreign interests in
Afghanistan not contribute to get peace in the country.
Taliban: the story of the Afghan warlords: including a new foreword following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001
Ahmed Rashid is a journalist Pakistani and bestseller author. “The Taliban: the story of the Afghan warlords” is a complex book about the diplomatic relations between the Taliban and Americans. The book is quit informative, is not easy to read as a result of the amount of information and dates. The book is recommended for readers that have previous knowledge about politics and economics relation in this conflict.
Our woman in Kabul.
Irris Makler is Australian journalist. She was living in a small village in Northern Afghanistan and Kabul. The author relates her personal experience and the unbelieved stories of Afghan women lives. The readers will enjoy reading this interesting book that encourages to discovery different women’s lives. Is a interesting powerful book.
Monday, 29 October 2012
The kite runner
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. London: Bloomsbury, 2003.
The Kite Runner is fiction book, located in Kabul, Afghanistan. Is the story between two boys, growing up in Kabul in the some house, Amir and Hassan. Amir is the son of a rich man while Hassan is the son of a servant. Amir left the country when the soviets invaded Afghanistan, Hassan stated in Kabul. The story is situated in hostile period in Kabul. The author shows the extreme bond of fidelity in Afghanistan society.
In 2007 Marc Foster took the bestseller to the big screen as the book as the movie is strongly recommended for the beautiful story treaty with deep sensibility.
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