Download or read book Latifa Unveiled written by Latifa Woodhouse and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latifa Unveiled is an engaging memoir that reveals the power of human spirit, one that bridges the gap between East and West, education and ignorance, and the past and future. Readers are taken behind the heavy doors of secrecy and see what life was like for a Pashtun girl growing up in Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, who fought for her freedom. In the middle between two cultures and two radically different expectations of womanhood stands Latifa, a feminist before she even knew what that description meant. Her story is one that must be read.PRAISE FOR LATIFA UNVEILED: "Out of all the challenges she has faced, Latifa has found a way to a fulfilled life. She now dedicates her time to building bridges between Muslims, Jews, Christians, and Protestants through her association with the Unitarian Universalist Church and to promoting human rights through her work at the United Nations."-Daisy Khan, Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement "Latifa Woodhouse is an extraordinary mentor to young women both because of her passionate interest in their lives and dreams, as well as her ability to encourage them through her own life story. This inspirational story is the basis of Latifa Unveiled, the story of a young girl who eagerly seeks education first in her own country, then in the United States as she starts a family and flees from war-torn Afghanistan.-Dr. Terry Neese, Founder, and CEO of the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women"Latifa Woodhouse is a rescuer, a teacher, and a storyteller of the power of devoting your life to helping refugees find a secure home. This book is a beautiful narrative about the courage of the human spirit to overcome oppression and to find a home in a new world."-Artemis Joukowsky, Director Defying the Nazis"Latifa Woodhouse tells the story of her journey across borders, cultures, and faiths with courage and directness. Her voice is strong and committed to the rights of women and refugees. She is a person of deep empathy, dedicated to spiritual insights and communal connections. Latifa loves to bring people together and sharing her story is part of that mission.-Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore, Unitarian Universalist Minister at Shelter Rock, Manhasset New York. "Latifa's memoir is an act of bravery and a tender truth. Her internal compass points toward humanity, making her journey an inspiration to follow."-Dr. Nadia Hashimi, Novelist "I met Latifa Woodhouse in Lesbos, Greece where she, her husband Colin, and youngest daughter Alexandra were helping the most vulnerable people on some of the worst days of their lives. I saw first hand their selfless efforts in assisting refugees in any way they could - whether it be by giving them warm clothes, making sure they received medical treatment, shoveling mud to clean up their surroundings or by sharing a simple laugh and warm hug. They were there to share humanity with a group of people who had just experienced some of the most inhumane days, months or even years of their lives. I wanted to know more about Latifa's life and I got that from this book. This is the compelling story of what made a little girl from Kandahar, Afghanistan into the woman Latifa is today."-Atia Abawi, Author of 'A Land of Permanent Goodbyes' and Journalis
Download or read book Shiloh written by Erica Meus-Saunders and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHILOH- a legendary City under a curse. The Lady Latifa of Shiloh committed a crime against Innua, Guardian of the South. Innua punished her, predicting that she would bear twin daughters, destined to destroy each other. The battle that would take place between the daughters would also lead to the destruction of the famed City of Shiloh. Latifa tries to prevent the curse from taking place, and separates the twins at birth, placing them in different lands. Years pass, and the curse is all but forgotten, but destiny intercedes and the twins meet in the City of Shiloh. Zandra, daughter of light, has fallen in love with the Prince and they plan to marry. When Zedra, the dark twin appears, and is determined to destroy this union and gain control of Shiloh. She introduces an old and forgotten practice, Kwa Sutra, which enables her to seduce and control the Prince through his dreams. The battle is intense, and Zedra is winning, when and old friend of Latifa intercedes and offers help to the doomed couple. Shiloh is a story of love and lust, of betrayal and black magic.
Download or read book Nurturing the Nation written by Lisa Pollard and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-01-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on gender and the family, this erudite and innovative history reconsiders the origins of Egyptian nationalism and the revolution of 1919 by linking social changes in class and household structure to the politics of engagement with British colonial rule. Lisa Pollard deftly argues that the Egyptian state's modernizing projects in the nineteenth century reinforced ideals of monogamy and bourgeois domesticity among Egypt's elite classes and connected those ideals with political and economic success. At the same time, the British used domestic and personal practices such as polygamy, the harem, and the veiling of women to claim that the ruling classes had become corrupt and therefore to legitimize an open-ended tenure for themselves in Egypt. To rid themselves of British rule, bourgeois Egyptian nationalists constructed a familial-political culture that trained new generations of nationalists and used them to demonstrate to the British that it was time for the occupation to end. That culture was put to use in the 1919 Egyptian revolution, in which the reformed, bourgeois family was exhibited as the standard for "modern" Egypt.
Download or read book Current Opinion written by Frank Crane and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Woman In The Muslin Mask written by Daphne Grace and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2004 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the contested role of ‘veiling’ over last 150 years, seen both in terms of oppression and resistance in literature.
Download or read book Current opinion written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Taliban written by Mark Silinsky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the complexities of the most lethal insurgent group of America's longest war—the Taliban. Battle hardened, tribally oriented, and deeply committed to its cause, the Taliban has proven itself resourceful, adaptable, and often successful. As such, the Taliban presents a counterinsurgency puzzle for which the United States has yet to identify effective military tactics, information operations, and Coalition developmental policies. Written by one of the Department of the Army's leading intelligence and military analysts on the Taliban, this book covers the group's complete history, including its formation, ideology, and political power, as well as the origins of its current conflict with the United States. The work carefully analyzes the agenda, capabilities, and support base of the Taliban; forecasts the group's likely course of action to retake Afghanistan; and details the Coalition forces' probable counterinsurgency responses. Author Mark Silinsky also reviews the successes and failures of the latest U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine to extrapolate the best strategies for future counterinsurgency campaigns.
Download or read book Pen International written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes reviews of works written in languages of lesser currency, news from PEN Centres, original works, and papers delivered at International PEN congresses.
Download or read book The Jeweled Path written by Karen Johnson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate account of the development of a spiritual tradition and a biography of its creators--told by one of the Diamond Approach cofounders. The Jeweled Path invites you to enter into the story of how the modern spiritual path of the Diamond Approach emerged. With humor and intimacy, Karen Johnson, cofounder with A. H. Almaas, reveals the personal experiences that birthed the teaching and furthered its development. These profound awakenings—occurring amidst ordinary life—became the building blocks of a remarkable new approach to human nature and to our understanding of reality.
Download or read book Bulletin of Selected Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Imagining Arab Womanhood written by A. Jarmakani and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress.
Download or read book Ken written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book With All Our Strength written by Anne E. Brodsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With All Our Strength is the inside story of this women-led underground organization and their fight for the rights of Afghan women. Anne Brodsky, the first writer given in-depth access to visit and interview their members and operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, shines light on the gruesome, often tragic, lives of Afghan women under some of the most brutal sexist oppression in the world.
Download or read book Pakistan Journal of Women s Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Honor written by Anthony Cunningham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the notion of honor with an eye to dissecting its intellectual demise and with the aim of making a case for honor’s rehabilitation. Western intellectuals acknowledge honor’s influence, but they lament its authority. For Western democratic societies to embrace honor, it must be compatible with social ideals like liberty, equality, and fraternity. Cunningham details a conception of honor that can do justice to these ideals. This vision revolves around three elements—character (being), relationships (relating), and activities and accomplishment (doing). Taken together, these elements articulate a shared aspiration for excellence. We can turn the tables on traditional ills of honor—serious problems of gender, race, and class—by forging a vision of honor that rejects lives predicated on power and oppression.
Download or read book The Asiatic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society written by Pakistan Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
