Author: Yasmina Khadra
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
ISBN: 0385545924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
From the internationally bestselling author of The Attack and The Swallows of Kabul, a gripping first-person narrative about one young man's involvement in France's worst terrorist attack. Khalil, a twenty-three-year-old Belgian of Moroccan descent, plans to detonate a suicide vest in a crowd outside the Stade de France on November 13, 2015. Explosions are rocking Paris, at cafés and the Bataclan theater, and when other bombs drive the stadium crowd to flee in his direction, near the Metro, his time has come. He presses his button, and . . . nothing. Fearing he has failed in his mission for Fraternel Solidarity (FS), an ISIS affiliate, Khalil has little choice but to blend in with his would-be victims and run. Back in Belgium, he must lie low and avoid his militant brethren and the authorities. He relies on his family and friends for places to stay, but he keeps the truth about himself secret. All the while, he contemplates what he almost did, and what he will do next--particularly when it comes to light that his vest accidently had been a harmless training unit all along, and FS has a new mission planned for him. In this daring, propulsive literary thriller, Yasmina Khadra takes readers to the margins of Europe's glittering capitals, through neighborhoods isolated by government neglect and popular apathy, if not outright racism. And he brings to life an unusual protagonist, a young man struggling with family, religion, and politics who makes fateful choices, and in doing so dramatizes powerful questions about society and human nature.
Khalil
Author: Yasmina Khadra
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
ISBN: 0385545924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
From the internationally bestselling author of The Attack and The Swallows of Kabul, a gripping first-person narrative about one young man's involvement in France's worst terrorist attack. Khalil, a twenty-three-year-old Belgian of Moroccan descent, plans to detonate a suicide vest in a crowd outside the Stade de France on November 13, 2015. Explosions are rocking Paris, at cafés and the Bataclan theater, and when other bombs drive the stadium crowd to flee in his direction, near the Metro, his time has come. He presses his button, and . . . nothing. Fearing he has failed in his mission for Fraternel Solidarity (FS), an ISIS affiliate, Khalil has little choice but to blend in with his would-be victims and run. Back in Belgium, he must lie low and avoid his militant brethren and the authorities. He relies on his family and friends for places to stay, but he keeps the truth about himself secret. All the while, he contemplates what he almost did, and what he will do next--particularly when it comes to light that his vest accidently had been a harmless training unit all along, and FS has a new mission planned for him. In this daring, propulsive literary thriller, Yasmina Khadra takes readers to the margins of Europe's glittering capitals, through neighborhoods isolated by government neglect and popular apathy, if not outright racism. And he brings to life an unusual protagonist, a young man struggling with family, religion, and politics who makes fateful choices, and in doing so dramatizes powerful questions about society and human nature.
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
ISBN: 0385545924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
From the internationally bestselling author of The Attack and The Swallows of Kabul, a gripping first-person narrative about one young man's involvement in France's worst terrorist attack. Khalil, a twenty-three-year-old Belgian of Moroccan descent, plans to detonate a suicide vest in a crowd outside the Stade de France on November 13, 2015. Explosions are rocking Paris, at cafés and the Bataclan theater, and when other bombs drive the stadium crowd to flee in his direction, near the Metro, his time has come. He presses his button, and . . . nothing. Fearing he has failed in his mission for Fraternel Solidarity (FS), an ISIS affiliate, Khalil has little choice but to blend in with his would-be victims and run. Back in Belgium, he must lie low and avoid his militant brethren and the authorities. He relies on his family and friends for places to stay, but he keeps the truth about himself secret. All the while, he contemplates what he almost did, and what he will do next--particularly when it comes to light that his vest accidently had been a harmless training unit all along, and FS has a new mission planned for him. In this daring, propulsive literary thriller, Yasmina Khadra takes readers to the margins of Europe's glittering capitals, through neighborhoods isolated by government neglect and popular apathy, if not outright racism. And he brings to life an unusual protagonist, a young man struggling with family, religion, and politics who makes fateful choices, and in doing so dramatizes powerful questions about society and human nature.
Khalil & Keya
Author: Regina Swanson
Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing
ISBN: 1648405193
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Khalil and Keya have a love that conquers all. But when you've just been handed the reigns to Dallas' most notorious family's business, that love can be tested beyond anything that you could have ever imagined. Keya is still dealing with the senseless death of her brother Xavier although she is trying to convince Khalil that she's perfectly fine. Keya is just about to lose control when someone other than Khalil steps in to make sure that she stays safe. Khalil is dealing with his new found responsibilities of being a boss. He knows that he along with everyone he loves just became a target to anybody who wants to replace him. He's ready to do whatever it takes to keep Keya safe even if it means keeping her in the dark about it. Khalil's right hand man is not the least bit happy about not being named head of the Carters' empire. Although he initially lays back and appears to support Khalil, it's all just a smoke screen until he's ready to make his move. Khalil and Keya's love will be challenged beyond belief. The only question to be answered is can their love survive jealousy, lies, an deceit.
Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing
ISBN: 1648405193
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Khalil and Keya have a love that conquers all. But when you've just been handed the reigns to Dallas' most notorious family's business, that love can be tested beyond anything that you could have ever imagined. Keya is still dealing with the senseless death of her brother Xavier although she is trying to convince Khalil that she's perfectly fine. Keya is just about to lose control when someone other than Khalil steps in to make sure that she stays safe. Khalil is dealing with his new found responsibilities of being a boss. He knows that he along with everyone he loves just became a target to anybody who wants to replace him. He's ready to do whatever it takes to keep Keya safe even if it means keeping her in the dark about it. Khalil's right hand man is not the least bit happy about not being named head of the Carters' empire. Although he initially lays back and appears to support Khalil, it's all just a smoke screen until he's ready to make his move. Khalil and Keya's love will be challenged beyond belief. The only question to be answered is can their love survive jealousy, lies, an deceit.
United States of America V. Khalil
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Khalil's Journey
Author: Ashraf Kagee
Publisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 1431403628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Khalil "the Companion" is given his name by the One Above at his birth in 1903. Despite evidence of this divine interest, Khalil's 80-odd years of life remain fairly ordinary, even though many of these years are spent under the far-from-ordinary conditions of the System in South Africa. Apart from the high moments--an adolescent trip to India, the fleshly delights on his wedding night, and a memorable evening spent with the Black Pimpernel at an abortive New Unity Movement meeting--Khalil's later life is mostly taken up with trying to keep his wife and children happy and fed. Nevertheless, just as Khalil's birth was an event discussed at length by the aunties of the neighborhood, at the end of his life, Khalil realizes his life's journey contains many memorable moments.
Publisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 1431403628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Khalil "the Companion" is given his name by the One Above at his birth in 1903. Despite evidence of this divine interest, Khalil's 80-odd years of life remain fairly ordinary, even though many of these years are spent under the far-from-ordinary conditions of the System in South Africa. Apart from the high moments--an adolescent trip to India, the fleshly delights on his wedding night, and a memorable evening spent with the Black Pimpernel at an abortive New Unity Movement meeting--Khalil's later life is mostly taken up with trying to keep his wife and children happy and fed. Nevertheless, just as Khalil's birth was an event discussed at length by the aunties of the neighborhood, at the end of his life, Khalil realizes his life's journey contains many memorable moments.
Khalil Maleki
Author: Homa Katouzian
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786072947
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Khalil Maleki (1901–1969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran. His was a unique approach to politics, prioritising the criticism of policies detrimental to his country’s development over the pursuit of power itself. An influential figure, he was at the centre of such formative events as the split of the communist Tudeh party, and the 1953 coup and its aftermath. In an age of intolerance and uncompromising confrontation, Maleki remained an indefatigable advocate for open discussion and peaceful reform – a stance that saw him jailed several times. This work makes a compelling case for him to be regarded among the foremost thinkers of his generation.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786072947
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Khalil Maleki (1901–1969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran. His was a unique approach to politics, prioritising the criticism of policies detrimental to his country’s development over the pursuit of power itself. An influential figure, he was at the centre of such formative events as the split of the communist Tudeh party, and the 1953 coup and its aftermath. In an age of intolerance and uncompromising confrontation, Maleki remained an indefatigable advocate for open discussion and peaceful reform – a stance that saw him jailed several times. This work makes a compelling case for him to be regarded among the foremost thinkers of his generation.
Khalil The Heretic
Author: Khalil Gibran
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465574123
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Sheik Abbas was looked upon as a prince by the people of a solitary village in North Lebanon. His mansion stood in the midst of those poor villagers' huts like a healthy giant amidst the sickly dwarfs. He lived amid luxury while they pursued an existence of penury. They obeyed him and bowed reverently before him as he spoke to them. It seemed as though the power of mind had appointed him its official interpreter and spokesman. His anger would make them tremble and scatter like autumn leaves before a strong wind. If he were to slap one's face, it would be heresy on the individual's part to move or lift his head or make any attempt to discover why the blow had come. If he smiled at a man, the villagers would consider the person thus honoured as the most fortunate. The people's fear and surrender to Sheik Abbas were not due to weakness; however, their poverty and need of him had brought about this state of continual humiliation. Even the huts they lived in and the fields they cultivated were owned by Sheik Abbas who had inherited them from his ancestors.
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465574123
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Sheik Abbas was looked upon as a prince by the people of a solitary village in North Lebanon. His mansion stood in the midst of those poor villagers' huts like a healthy giant amidst the sickly dwarfs. He lived amid luxury while they pursued an existence of penury. They obeyed him and bowed reverently before him as he spoke to them. It seemed as though the power of mind had appointed him its official interpreter and spokesman. His anger would make them tremble and scatter like autumn leaves before a strong wind. If he were to slap one's face, it would be heresy on the individual's part to move or lift his head or make any attempt to discover why the blow had come. If he smiled at a man, the villagers would consider the person thus honoured as the most fortunate. The people's fear and surrender to Sheik Abbas were not due to weakness; however, their poverty and need of him had brought about this state of continual humiliation. Even the huts they lived in and the fields they cultivated were owned by Sheik Abbas who had inherited them from his ancestors.
The Torture of Tasneem Khalil
Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN:
Category : Detention of persons
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN:
Category : Detention of persons
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Hannah Khalil: Plays of Arabic Heritage
Author: Hannah Khalil
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350242217
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This is the first ever collection of plays by Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil; the first woman of Arab heritage to have a main-stage play at the RSC. It encompasses a decade's worth of plays exploring her Arab heritage, drawing on family histories as well as significant events in the Arab World. They were all written during a period that included the end of the war in Iraq, the intensification of the occupation of Palestine and the birth and disillusion of the so called Arab Spring. The plays included are set in both a historical and modern context. They include a feminist take on 1001 nights and the Scheherazade story; an exploration of Gertrude Bell, the Museum in Baghdad and Britain's role in the birth of the Iraq; plus two plays looking at the Palestinian experience, one based on a family living through the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the other an epic collage that moves in time from 1948 to present day. This anthology also includes a radio play set in Dubai and a monologue about the power and legacy of artefacts. It's notable that these plays offer a plethora of non-stereotypical roles for actors of Arab heritage. Through the six plays included the reader can trace a variety of approaches to storytelling, a host of memorable characters and some unforgettable stories. Plays include: Plan D Scenes from 73* Years A Negotiation Museum in Baghdad Last of the Pearl Fishers Hakawatis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350242217
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This is the first ever collection of plays by Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil; the first woman of Arab heritage to have a main-stage play at the RSC. It encompasses a decade's worth of plays exploring her Arab heritage, drawing on family histories as well as significant events in the Arab World. They were all written during a period that included the end of the war in Iraq, the intensification of the occupation of Palestine and the birth and disillusion of the so called Arab Spring. The plays included are set in both a historical and modern context. They include a feminist take on 1001 nights and the Scheherazade story; an exploration of Gertrude Bell, the Museum in Baghdad and Britain's role in the birth of the Iraq; plus two plays looking at the Palestinian experience, one based on a family living through the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the other an epic collage that moves in time from 1948 to present day. This anthology also includes a radio play set in Dubai and a monologue about the power and legacy of artefacts. It's notable that these plays offer a plethora of non-stereotypical roles for actors of Arab heritage. Through the six plays included the reader can trace a variety of approaches to storytelling, a host of memorable characters and some unforgettable stories. Plays include: Plan D Scenes from 73* Years A Negotiation Museum in Baghdad Last of the Pearl Fishers Hakawatis
Khalil's Clothes
Author: Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Khalil wears different outfits for his daily activities. Young readers learn about kinds of clothes in this simple story. Pairs with the nonfiction title Clothes We Wear.
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Khalil wears different outfits for his daily activities. Young readers learn about kinds of clothes in this simple story. Pairs with the nonfiction title Clothes We Wear.
Khalil Mack
Author: Jon M. Fishman
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1728409845
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
From playing college football at Buffalo to becoming the highest paid defensive player in National Football League (NFL) history with the Chicago Bears, Khalil Mack has always been a standout. Readers will love learning how he became a superstar linebacker.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1728409845
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
From playing college football at Buffalo to becoming the highest paid defensive player in National Football League (NFL) history with the Chicago Bears, Khalil Mack has always been a standout. Readers will love learning how he became a superstar linebacker.