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• Islamic history month - SFU

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  Simon Fraser University's Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies is happy to partner with the Vancouver Public Library to host its second Islamic History Month Celebration on 5 October 2019 from 12:00-17:00. This celebration explores what it means…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Islamic History Month: Building Relationships Between Communities

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  Come celebrate with us as we explore the rich diversity of Metro Vancouver’s Muslim and Indigenous communities through an afternoon of art, music, poetry, and more featuring some amazing local talent. In partnership with the SFU Centre for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Islamism

  What It Means to the Middle East and the World

  Osman, Tarek

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  An incisive analysis from Yale University of Islamist movements in the Middle East. A political, social, and cultural battle is currently raging in the Middle East. On one side are the Islamists, those who believe Islam should be the region’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beneath the Tamarind Tree

  a Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

  Sesay, Isha, 1976-

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  The first definitive account of the lost girls of Boko Haram and why their story still matters--by celebrated international journalist Isha Sesay. In the early morning of April 14, 2014, the militant Islamic group Boko Haram violently burst into the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beneath the Tamarind Tree

  a Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

  Sesay, Isha, 1976-

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• Ms. Marvel. Volume 1, No Normal

  Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-

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  Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she's suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! When Kamala discovers the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ali

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  Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  Hamid, Mohsin, 1971-

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  A Pakistani immigrant graduates from Princeton at the top of his class and soon finds work at a successful firm in New York City, but the aftermath of 9/11 soon threatens everything he's worked for.

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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  See the film interpretation of the book! When an American academic in Pakistan is kidnapped by anti-American radicals, the CIA thinks popular young Pakistani professor Changez is involved. But as Changez tells his story about his life in the US to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Malala

  the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

  Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-

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  When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price.

• Of fathers and sons

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  Talal Derki returned to his Syrian homeland where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses primarily on the children, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to…Read moreRead more of this annotation