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Chapters 26-30

From: My Road from Damascus

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Includes the chapters "The Road to Al-Qala’a Civil Prison", "In the Citadel (Al-Qala’a Civil Prison, April 1981)", "William’s Treasure", … 43 $4.30 Add
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Complex Restructuring of the Community

From: Identifying as Arab in Canada

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Chapter five, Complex Restructuring of the Community, covers the years of transition from 1950 to 1967, when Canada began to gradually open its borders to immigration with new laws and selection … 20 $2.00 Add
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Division

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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Chapter Five focuses on the division between the ideologies of Arabism and Islamism which arose in the Arab States during the mid-twentieth century. Arabism spawned Arab socialism, which promoted … 12 $1.20 Add
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If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You are Alive

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

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In this chapter, the author travels to the Gaza Strip, and explores how artists there are able to find beauty in even the most unstable places. 44 $4.40 Add
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The Ba’athists’ Islamic Ally

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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There were two officially recognized Islamic states in the Middle East which played key roles in the conflict in Syria. One, Saudi Arabia, an important regional satellite of the United States, … 10 $1.00 Add
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Chapters 31-35

From: My Road from Damascus

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Includes the chapters "My Great Escape", "Honoring the Guest at Tadmur Prison", "The Welcoming Ceremony", "Debates in Hell", and "Privileges Granted … 38 $3.80 Add
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Fragmented Political Mobilizations

From: Identifying as Arab in Canada

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Chapter six, Fragmented Political Mobilizations, explores the increasing fragmentation in the Arab secular communities and organizations in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s, often around terminology … 16 $1.60 Add
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Nasserism

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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Chapter Six explores Nasserism. As a nationalist and socialist ideology, Nasserism, which took its name from the Egyptian leader and president Gamal Abed Nasser, greatly influenced and inspired … 19 $1.90 Add
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She is Oranges that Explode

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

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In this chapter, the author explores the experience of refugees living in camps in Palestine. 38 $3.80 Add
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Washington’s State Islamic Allies

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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Most people in the West remember the Arab Spring protests as touching the Arab republics—Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and of course, Libya and Syria. They seldom remember, or know at all, that … 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapters 36-40

From: My Road from Damascus

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Includes the chapters "First-Class Prisoners", "Silva’s Son Became a River Gift", "Just Write It Again", "Hunger Strike after Ihsan’s Death", … 37 $3.70 Add
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Conclusion

Her Name is Maram

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

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In the conclusion, the author tries to find the girl with the green dress who first inspired him to travel to Palestine and meet its writers and artists. 6 $0.60 Add
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Coordinating Struggles

From: Identifying as Arab in Canada

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Chapter seven, Coordinating Struggles, begins with the fourth period of the author’s study, 1967 to 1975, looking at Arab organizing in Canada after the immigration laws changed in 1967. … 34 $3.40 Add
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Divide et Impera

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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Mass movements can be organized around different aspects of personal identity such as race, class, religion, sect, ethnicity, language, sex, and position within the international division of … 15 $1.50 Add
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Naksa

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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Chapter Seven focuses on the ‘Naksa’ or defeat of the Arab states and the Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli army during the 1967 War, or the June War. The chapter explores the … 26 $2.60 Add
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Chapters 41-45

From: My Road from Damascus

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Includes the chapters "The House High on a Hill", "Damascus Spring and Khadija’s Death", "Minibus Visions on the Road to and from the House", "The Syrian … 44 $4.40 Add