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2012
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| 2012 | 1st ed | Palgrave Macmillan | xvi, 235 p. ; 24 cm. | On Shelf North Highlands-Antelope 305.235095 A651 2012 |
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| 2012 | Hoopla | St. Martin's Publishing Group | 1 online resource (256 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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"During the Arab Spring, the world saw a long-suppressed group in the Middle East--young people--assert itself and demand its rights. But youthful dissent did not appear overnight; for decades it has been simmering beneath the surface in countries from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, from Iran to Egypt. In Arab Spring Dreams, a number of young Middle Easterners describe their experiences with the region's laws and cultural mores, including the crime of holding...
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| c2010 | 1st ed | Doubleday | ix, 257 p. ; 25 cm. | On Shelf Central 956.054 S775 2010 |
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| 2010 | OverDrive | Books on Tape | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection |
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| 2010 | OverDrive | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection |
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A shattering account of war and disillusionment from a young woman reporter on the front lines of the war on terror.
A few weeks after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center, journalist Megan K. Stack was thrust into Afghanistan and Pakistan, dodging gunmen, prodding warlords for information, and witnessing the changes sweeping the Muslim world. Every Man in This Village Is a Liar is her riveting story of what...
A few weeks after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center, journalist Megan K. Stack was thrust into Afghanistan and Pakistan, dodging gunmen, prodding warlords for information, and witnessing the changes sweeping the Muslim world. Every Man in This Village Is a Liar is her riveting story of what...
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| c2011 | 1st ed | Harper Perennial | viii, 358 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. | On Shelf Central 958.1 N328 2011 |
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| 3 of 1 | Online OverDrive Collection |
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| 2011 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 3
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Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal explorationof Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corruptofficials to warlords and child brides and beyond. KhaledHosseini, author of The Kite Runner and AThousand Splendid Suns calls Opium Nation "an insightful andinformative look at the global challenge of Afghan drug trade. Fariba Nawa weaves her personalstory of reconnecting with her homeland...
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Central
FICTION Abdoh, S.
Elk Grove
FICTION Abdoh, S.
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| 1 of 1 | Central | FICTION Abdoh, S. |
| 1 of 1 | Elk Grove | FICTION Abdoh, S. |
| 1 of 1 | Woodland Public Library | FICTION Abdoh, S. |
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| [2020] | Akashic Books | 237 pages : maps ; 22 cm | On Shelf Central FICTION Abdoh, S. Elk Grove FICTION Abdoh, S.
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| 2020 | Hoopla | Unabridged | Dreamscape Media | 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 13 min.)) : digital. | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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"Saleh, the narrator of Out of Mesopotamia, is a middle-aged Iranian journalist who moonlights as a writer for one of Iran's most popular TV shows but cannot keep himself away from the front lines in neighboring Iraq and Syria. There, the fight against the Islamic State is a proxy war, an existential battle, a declaration of faith, and, for some, a passing weekend affair. After weeks spent dodging RPGs, witnessing acts of savagery and stupidity, Saleh...
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2016
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Arden-Dimick
GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016
Carmichael
GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016
Central
GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016
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| 1 of 1 | Arden-Dimick | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Carmichael | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Central | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Franklin | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Isleton | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | McKinley | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | North Sacramento-Hagginwood | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Rancho Cordova | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Southgate | GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 |
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| 2016 | First edition | Drawn & Quarterly | 298 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm | On Shelf Arden-Dimick GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 Carmichael GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016 Central GRAPHIC 956.704431 G559 2016
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Carmichael
ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016
Central
ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016
North Highlands-Antelope
ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016
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| 1 of 1 | Carmichael | ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Central | ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | North Highlands-Antelope | ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Southgate | ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016 |
| 1 of 1 | Valley Hi-North Laguna | ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016 |
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| [2016] | Kino Lorber Edu | 2 videodiscs (334 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf Carmichael ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016 Central ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016 North Highlands-Antelope ARABIC DVD 956.70443 HOMEL 2016
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| 2015 | Kanopy | Kino Lorber | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (335 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound | Available Online Kanopy |
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In February 2002 - about a year before the U.S. invasion - Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel traveled home from France to capture everyday life as his country prepared for war. No strangers to war, the Iraqis thought they understood what was coming, and could even manage to be grimly humorous about what they felt would likely be a major and lengthy inconvenience. And then, the war began. When Fahdel resumed filming in 2003, two weeks after the invasion,...
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