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Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books - Refugee Experience - Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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When an Iraqi family is forced to flee their home, they can t bear to leave their beloved cat, Kunkush, behind. So they carry him with them from Iraq to Greece, keeping their secret passenger hidden away. But during the crowded boat crossing to Greece, his carrier breaks and the frightened cat runs from the chaos. In one moment, he is gone. After an unsuccessful search, his family has to continue their journey, leaving brokenhearted. A few days later,...
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"Five refugees recount their courageous journeys to America--and the unimaginable struggles that led them to flee their homelands ... The five, originally from Afghanistan, Myanmar, South Sudan, Iraq, and Burundi, give ... first-person testimonies about what it is like to flee war, face violent threats, grow up in a refugee camp, be sold into slavery, and resettle in America"--Amazon.com.
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"In a thrilling dramatic narrative, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents. When the government of Jordan granted amnesty to a group of political prisoners in 1999, it little realized that among them was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a terrorist mastermind and soon the architect of an Islamist movement...
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With their financial resources dwindling and no hope of finding employment, life is increasingly difficult for Syria's Iraqi refugees. Many families have little choice now but to go back home and contend with the chaos that awaits them there. Afrah must confront the militia occupying her house, and Faiz will try to reestablish his TV repair business without funds or a place to live. For Ahlam, the return to Iraq is too painful to consider, so she...
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"Everyone in Denmark knew that Yousef Ahmed, a refugee from Iraq, brutally murdered the right-wing politician Sanne Melgaard. So, when part-time blues musician, frustrated home renovator, and full-time private detective Gabriel Præst agrees to investigate the matter because his ex--the one who got away--asked him to, he knew it was a no-win case. But as Gabriel starts to ask questions, his face meets with the fists of Russian gangsters; the Danish...
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Shot unembedded less than one hundred miles from ISIS controlled territory, this program offers an unprecedented in-depth perspective on the daily lives and feelings of refugees. Requiem was shot with a crew of refugees who felt the urgency to convey their situation to the world. Albeit set against a bleak background, Requiem is a film about hope. As the adolescent refugee Mizgin says: "This experience has made us stronger". The film ends with a cathartic...
15) Victims of IS
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As Obama announces a US strategy for tackling the Islamic State in Iraq, on the ground thousands of lives are being torn apart. This shocking report dives into the chaos, revealing a horrifying refugee crisis.
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What, if anything, has American military power achieved in Iraq? What are the origins of the fractured nation's sectarian warfare? Are Iraqi security forces more dangerous than Islamist insurgents? This documentary features reports that U.S. and Iraqi government forces can be linked to the country's most dire security problems. Featuring interviews with high-ranking officials in the Interior Ministry and police chiefs in Mosul and Baghdad, the program...
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This Second Report Marking The First Anniversary Of Iraq'S Invasion Of Kuwait, Traces Major Events During The Gulf War Between United States (Us) - Led Allied Forces And Iraqi Troops. Combat In The Gulf Began On The Night Of January 16/17, 1991, When The Multinational Force Launched An Extensive And Largely Unopposed Air Offensive Against Iraq And Against Iraqi Troops Occupying Kuwait. When The Allies Unleashed A Long Anticipated Ground War On February...
18) No safe place
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Fifteen-year-old Abdul, having lost everyone he loves, journeys from baghdad to a migrant community in Calais where he sneaks aboard a boat bound for England, not knowing it carries a cargo of heroin, and when the vessel is involved in a skirmish and the pilot killed, it is up to Abdul and three other young stowaways to complete the journey.
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The video deals with the causes that provoke the refugee ‘waves’ and the trespass of Human Rights. It aims to shed light at the illegal movement of immigrants and refugees from Syria to Turkey and later on into Cyprus. Shocking images of immigrants at the borders of Syria and Iraq oscillate between hope and hopelessness. The political position of Turkey, the position of the International Amnesty and the never ending struggle of people striving...
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The last year of the 20th century saw the impeachment trial of President Clinton, the resignation of Boris Yeltsin, and the funeral of Jordan's King Hussein. This program includes clips from those and other headline-making stories, as well as footage from military hotspots such as Chechnya, East Timor, Kosovo, and Iraq; interviews with scientists involved in deciphering chromosome 22 and experts on genetically modified crops; and coverage of the Air...