The treatment and role of women is one of the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. In this volume, three respected scholars of Islam survey the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. It offers an overview of the teachings of the Qur'an and the ...
Haddad and Ingle's book aims to make learning Arabic as easy and simple as possible. Assuming no previous knowledge of the language, it is suitable for beginners but also for those who already have a grounding in the basics. It is a self-teaching tool on how to speak, read and write modern standard Arabic. The book consists of 29 units which have ...
Here's the latest edition of the most comprehensive reference in clinical toxicology...the only text that features contributions from experts in all disciplines - medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, toxicology, nephrology, and primary care. Readers are given a practical, readable, authoritative source of information to ...
This book provides a thorough and accessible guide to belief about the afterlife in the Sunni Muslim tradition. Drawing on the Qur'an, traditions, creeds, and theological commentaries, as well as interviews with Muslim clerics, the authors offer an overview of the Islamic eschatological narrative, describing the understanding of events beginning ...
John Rogers Haddad's analytically rich and methodologically complex work attends to various appearances of Chinese culture in America throughout the nineteenth century. Through a close examination of museums, panoramic paintings, blue and white ceramics, tea advertisements, travelogues, missionary accounts, children's literature, and world fairs, ...
This book will be one of the first of its kind to combine financial planning knowledge with a focus on families who have members with disabilities. John and Cynthia have done a lot of work to transform their financial planning presentations into an accessible printed format. This book is a general guide for helping families "plan for two ...
Joumana Haddad, an unrivaled poetry star in Arabic (and many other languages) famous for her deeply passionate poetic visions, has finally given the English-speaking world entry into her luscious work. In these gorgeous translations, her voice remains sumptuous and alluring, carefully drawing the reader in before unveiling soulful insight and ...
This book examines how new workplace technology can improve performance - and how it can have the opposite effect when it is not properly planned and introduced with the participation of key stakeholders. It provides an overview and explanation of the steps involved in technology planning, acquisition, development, implementation, and assessment. ...
Obstetricians and paediatricians in daily practice will find here the answers and explanations they need concerning the major problem of perinatal asphyxia. Leading experts in paediatrics, obstetrics and neurophysiology have come together to produce a single sourcebook covering all aspects of the subject. Biochemical mechanisms and clinical ...
When the president of the United States, Simon Jazrawi, is found in a brothel, his own administration encourages him to resign to avoid tarnishing the image of the presidency. As he ponders his fate, demonstrators and political opponents on Capitol Hill are fired on by national guardsmen and many die. Finally the president resigns. But his ...
Written by a celebrated and prolific 16th-century Islamic scholar, this treatise is a response to a questioner who asks about the rules for remembering God aloud and in a group. In his answer, Imam al-Suyyuti cites 25 prophetic traditions that justify and highly recommend collective prayer and remembrance. Never before available in English, this ...
The only collection of published Mexican tongue twisters, this volume is the product of careful fieldwork by the author. The collection includes translations of regionalisms and otherwise obscure Mexican words. Handsomely illustrated and in an English-Spanish bilingual edition, these products of oral folklore are made accessible to educators, ...
Designed as a reference for students, educators and diplomats using scholarly literature and primary sources in English (1989-1994), this book provides commentary on literature pertaining to topics such as: the role of women in Islam; Islamic economics; and Muslim migration to Europe and the USA.
In this volume economists, demographers, sociologists and anthropologists collaborate in the study of how resources are allocated within households in developing countries and why it matters from a policy perspective. Surveying a broad range of theory and evidence, the contributors examine the many social and cultural factors that influence ...
Washington, D.C. is held hostage by terrorists threatening to detonate a nuclear bomb hidden in the city if Israel's radical Moledet government does not halt an Israeli conspiracy codenamed, "Moledet Solution," to expel all Palestinians. As this hellish scenario begins to unfold the president fails to make the Israelis halt the expulsion. America ...
This book highlights the use of imaging techniques in the diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) injuries in the neonate. Both morphological (US, MRI) and functional (Doppler, MRS,PET, SPECT, NIRS) investigations of the neonatal brain are combined in one source. The possibilities and limitations of these methods, and how they aid in the ...
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