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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Shi'a Muslims all over Iraq are taking up arms to combat the spread of the Islamic State. Iranian filmmaker Majed Neisi travels to the edge of Anbar Province, to embed himself with the under-equipped but determined volunteers fighting to rescue their country from the onslaught of ISIS. Filmed in the battlefield as bullets ricochet all around, The Black Flag provides a powerful look at the Shi'a men fighting the Islamic State.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After beheading prisoners and seizing territory in the Middle East, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, declared that it was establishing a new caliphate in the region. U.S. airstrikes and the deployment of military advisers have done little to rein in the militant group, and its power seems to be growing. What should the United States' next steps be? Should the U.S. goal be containment, or must ISIS be defeated?
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Nicola, Christianne, and Marie are mothers who discovered too late that their sons had been radicalized online and had flown from the West to join the tens of thousands of foreign ISIS fighters in Syria. Too often extremists are portrayed as having sprung from the earth as irredeemable killing machines, but these women underscore the deeper truth that no one is born a terrorist, and they have themselves become activists in preventing violent radicalism....
Pub. Date
[2012], c2001
Language
English
Description
Anti-American demonstrations fill the streets of Peshawar, and in Lahore, street merchants draw a direct connection between their poverty, the IMF, and the U.S. Even among the liberal, "Westernized" students at Islamabad's Women's College, anti-American feeling is riding high. What has the U.S. done to alienate so many people in the Muslim world? Is foreign policy solely to blame, or have the values of Pakistan's ruling class also played a part? And...
7) Inside ISIS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
ISIS have become a dynamic presence online. By looking at one of their campaign videos designed to disseminate their radical manifesto, this report offers a chilling insight into a markedly 21st century insurgency.
9) Snow
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER •Vogue An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiant Ipek, now recently divorced.Amid blanketing snowfall and universal suspicion, Ka finds himself pursued by figures ranging from Ipek’s ex-husband to a charismatic terrorist....
11) Bhutto
Pub. Date
2011, 2010.
Language
English
Description
"A recent Sundance world premiere, Bhutto tells the epic story of one of the most fascinating characters of our time--Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation. A favored daughter of the family often called the "Kennedys of Pakistan," Benazir was elected Prime Minister after her father was overthrown and executed by his own military. Her two terms in power saw extreme acts of courage and controversy as she tried to clean up...
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 8
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When ISIS plans an attack no one anticipates, one that cannot be defeated by an airstrike, Pike Logan and the Taskforce are America's only hope.
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