Jamal: 149 books
Aisha's Cushion
Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Westerners have a strong impression that Islam does not allow religious imagery. Elias corrects this view. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history, he argues that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought in diverse areas such as optics, alchemy, dreaming, vehicle decoration, Sufi metaphysics.
by Khaled Jamal
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
This book is intended for IT fellows who want to acquire a basic to intermediate Linux knowledge rapidly. I used many references to arrange it in such a way to be clear, extremely focused and practical. The key of getting full benefit is to install the nice tool in the first chapter, to read and execute...
by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Stephen Vittoria, S. Brian Willson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Just as the lives of slaves and Indigenous peoples paid for the early growth of the new American nation, so too were lives sacrificed to advance the expansion of empire in the 20th century. Book Two in this epic three-part series is a damning account of war—and the selling of war in America—revealing...
Last In Line
An American Destiny Deferred
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Last in Line reviews the progress of race relations from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Barack Obama. Well researched with over 700 citations, numerous personal stories make for an informative and enjoyable read. The book addresses the impact racism has in education, employment, income, housing, health care, prisons, wealth and all other facets of everyday life.
Muslim Identity in a Turbulent Age
Islamic Extremism and Western Islamophobia
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
How can Islam be understood in the context of internal struggles for unity and identity, a rise in anti-Muslim hate crime and continued media portrayals of violence, extremism, warfare and oppression? Looking at Islam as a faith, a whole system with political dimensions and through the lens of Western...
Essays On Cultural Pluralism
A Philosophical Approach To Interfaith Spirituality In The Age Of Science
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Ours are times when religion is systematically being used: unconsciously by some and deliberately by others, in the service of politics and personal gain, rather then spirituality. However, perceptive and honest minds among all religious communities view different religions as diverse “languages...
Environmental Justice
Issues, Policies, and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movemtake a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for...
The Call of Modernity and Islam
A Muslim's Journey Into the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
The Call Of Modernity And Islam is a timely and welcome anthology of ten scholarly essays that focus creatively on the urgent need to re-energize Islamic culture and institutions. The essays span an enormous disciplinary range. Professor Khwaja moves back and forth with consummate ease between religion,...
by Jamal Ouariachi
Language: Dutch
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: Dutch
Release Date: May 12, 2015
"Studente Aurélie Lindeboom krijgt de schrik van haar leven als haar geliefde volkomen onverwacht gearresteerd wordt. Hij, de bekende ontwikkelingswerker Alexander Laszlo, zou een van zijn Ethiopische adoptiekinderen hebben misbruikt. Heeft Aurélie werkelijk meer dan een jaar het bed gedeeld...
The Role of Religion in Peacebuilding
Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
The question 'who is my neighbour?' challenges the way we see ourselves as well as the way we see others. Especially in situations where we feel conflicted between our own self-identity and common identity within a wider society.
Historically, religion has contributed to this inner conflict...
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics
Silicon-Based Millimetre-wave Technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy.
This series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high...
Advanced Petroleum Reservoir Simulation
Towards Developing Reservoir Emulators
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
This second edition of the original volume adds significant new innovations for revolutionizing the processes and methods used in petroleum reservoir simulations. With the advent of shale drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and underbalanced drilling has come a virtual renaissance of scientific methodologies...
Project Portfolio Management in Theory and Practice
Thirty Case Studies from around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Every CEO in the world, if questioned, will always complain that there are a lot of ideas to implement, but, unfortunately, insufficient resources to accomplish them. This book provides a solution to this dilemma by supplying techniques to assess the value of projects, prioritize projects, and decide...
Black and Green
Black Insights for the Green Movement
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Black and Green is a call to action for the Black community to join the green movement. The book offers insights, ideas, and strategies that demonstrate how Black people can benefit from this movement and also fuel the go-green effort. Ali builds on the premise that the call to 'go green' has not...