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Author: Barbara Sheen Publisher: Growing Up Around the World ISBN: 9781682823231 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 80
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Saudi Arabia is a wealthy Muslim nation that is both very modern and extremely traditional. Finding balance between the modern world and traditional values is a part of almost every young Saudi¿s life. Featured are an overview of the country as well as insights into how Saudi youth experience home and family, education and work, social life, and more.
Author: Barbara Sheen Publisher: Growing Up Around the World ISBN: 9781682823231 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 80
Book Description
Saudi Arabia is a wealthy Muslim nation that is both very modern and extremely traditional. Finding balance between the modern world and traditional values is a part of almost every young Saudi¿s life. Featured are an overview of the country as well as insights into how Saudi youth experience home and family, education and work, social life, and more.
Author: Rick Snedeker Publisher: ISBN: 9781732239500 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 316
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In the fifties, American oilmen developed the oil industry in Saudi Arabia. Many brought families to the desert outpost, thus flipping their children's all-American life into one in the sand dunes and culture of Arabia. In "3,001 Arabian Days," author Rick Snedeker details growing-up in the far-away company town they called "home."
Author: Michael Crocker Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781468198591 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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A fantastic voyage of the life and times of a young "Dennis the Menance" type of little guy growing up in Saudi Arabia oil field compounds fron 1950 up to today. Lot of stories about engagements with Mom, Dad, The Oil Co. Security and just downright both gloriously humorous and some tragic sadness. Some history of the oil firm, history of the Country,some explainations about Islam towards jesus and women. There are 600 pages of antics and downright life that make you laugh so hard you may have problems and make you cry and if you have ever lived overseas as a child,you will relate intensely. One of a kind life of a child in the whispering dunes and yet, riding like the Lone Ranger into Moms world to create havoc. THIS BOOK IS A ONE OF A KIND AND ALL PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO THE CRIPPLE CHILDRENS HOME IN TEXAS AND RIYADH. Grandchildren will be laughing at what it was like and you who experienced the hot sand on bare feet will not be able to stop reading. This book is showdowed by the great North dune that slowly moves into the ocean and sings its song of life for all of us. So dance to the book and enjoy with the family, the information is extensive.
Author: Homa Sabet Tavangar Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345506545 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 306
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In today’s increasingly interconnected world, how do we prepare our children to succeed and to become happy, informed global citizens? A mother of three, Homa Sabet Tavangar has spent her career helping governments develop globally oriented programs and advising businesses on how to thrive abroad. In Growing Up Global, Tavangar shares with all of us her “parenting toolbox” to help give our children a vital global perspective. Whether you’re mastering a greeting in ten different languages, throwing an internationally themed birthday party, or celebrating a newfound holiday, Growing Up Global provides parents and children with a rich, exciting background for exploring and connecting with far-flung nations they may have only heard about on television. Inside you’ll discover • fun activities, games, and suggestions for movies, music, books, magazines, service activities, and websites for expanding your family’s worldview • simple explanations that will help your children grasp the diversity of world faiths • creative ways to gain geography literacy • handy lists of celebrations and customs that offer a fascinating look at how people from different cultures around the world live everyday life Growing Up Global is a book that parents, grandparents, and teachers can turn to again and again for inspiration and motivation as they strive to open the minds of children everywhere.
Author: Jean Sasson Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1780740247 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 320
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As the western world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden has fought to keep his personal life a mystery – loyalty and fear keeping those who know him from speaking out – until now. For the first time, two of Osama’s closest family members, his first wife Najwa and their fourth son Omar, go behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the character and life of a man feared and revered around the globe. In gripping detail, they recount the drama, tensions, and everyday activities of the man they knew as a husband and father. Married at fifteen, Najwa describes the transformation of the quiet, serious young man she fell in love with into an authoritarian husband and stern father, an entrepreneur, and – finally – the leader of a complex international terrorist network. Uprooted from a life of extraordinary luxury and privilege in Saudi Arabia, they suddenly found themselves living life on the run, fleeing from country to country under assumed names and fake passports. Omar describes how he and his siblings were brought up in remote ranches and fortified Afghani mountain camps, handling Kalashnikovs and learning desert survival skills. Their eventual escape from Afghanistan would come just days before the terrible events of 9/11 changed the world forever. With unprecedented access and exclusive family photographs, Jean Sasson, author of the bestselling Princess, presents the story that we were never meant to hear.
Author: Manal Sharif Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1476793026 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 304
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A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.
Author: Omar Kholeif Publisher: ISBN: 9780992952402 Category : Languages : en Pages : 48
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Jeddah Childhood circa 1994 is a mini-novella about a teenage boy growing up in Saudi Arabia. Taking the form of a diary, it evokes a moment of cultural schizophrenia, when the Grunge movement with its thrift store aesthetic took over the malls and bedrooms of the Arab Gulf and the Middle East.Soon after came the internet, big dumb sex, pop diva-obsession, and a gender dysphonia, triggered by a group of burka and jalabiya cross-dressing teens. Laced with discerning anecdotes, this novella traces both the romanticism and trauma of coming of age in the newly globalized world of the 1990s.Writer and Editor, Malu Halasa, describes Jeddah as, 'fast fiction at its best from the heart to the groin. The Middle East like you've never seen it before.'Jeddah Childhood circa 1994 is the starting point for a major novel by the author that is forthcoming.It is the first in a series of creative responses by curator to artist projects staged at Cornerhouse and HOME.Written by Curator and writer Omar Kholeif, this publication coincides with Sophia Al-Maria's novel and exhibition, Virgin with a Memory.
Author: Benjamin Ogbonna Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc. ISBN: 1644680351 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 57
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This book is about a man who had a dream at a very tender age and lived the dream despite all the odds that were stacked against him. With his missionary parents, working in remote parts of Nigeria in the fifties, a period where basic amenities were not available, the dream could have been described as a "pipe dream". Despite several episodes of events that could pass as miraculous and near-death situations, the writer marched on undaunted. A ferocious civil war that claimed the lives of several of his friends did not deter him having survived it. A mouth-watering job opportunity with Caritas International at the end of the civil war for food distribution was rejected because it was considered likely to interfere with the opportunity of achieving the dream of becoming a doctor. Every human being is born into the world with his or her destiny written on the palms of our hands. Only a few are gifted, and genuinely so, with the knowledge to decipher this. The path we take towards achieving this destiny is akin to wandering through a maze. Finding your way through this maze of life is influenced by several obstacles all aimed at preventing you from finding your way through it doing so. Success will depend on several factors of which divine intervention plays a significant part. Parental guidance, as is the case with me, is also a strong factor. Right from childbirth, children show certain traits which ultimately determine what they grow up to become. It is the responsibility of parents therefore to show interest in the development of their children and to guide them all along the way towards achieving their destiny. This responsibility should on no account be left at the discretion of teachers especially during the early formative years. The intense pressure and demands of modern life should on no account be an excuse to abandon this important parental duty. My parents featured prominently in this book, and I owe my success in life to them.
Author: Barbara Sheen
Author: Barbara Sheen
Author: Rick Snedeker
Author: Michael Crocker
Author: Homa Sabet Tavangar
Author: Jean Sasson
Author: Manal Sharif
Author: Omar Kholeif
Author: Cindi Katz
Author: Benjamin Ogbonna
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