German title: Der Garten der Wonnen und andere ErzählungenIndonesian title: Hikayat Taman Kenikmatan dan cerita lainnyaAzhari’sreimagined stories of Aceh in the 17th century encompass a garden ofextraordinary beauty, a turtle with chin hairs, pirates in the waters of theMalacca Straits, and so much more. The author’s enthralling storytelling,reminiscent of the 1001 Nights, makes you, the reader, ever so impatient forwhat comes next.

A journey across the seas… in search of the truth.Dave Porter in the South Seas is more than just a classic sea adventure — it’s the story of a young man chasing the mystery of who he really is. From remote islands to hidden enemies, from deep friendships to dangerous storms, Dave’s quest leads him into the unknown in a tale filled with suspense, emotion, and discovery.This edition, edited and presented by Khalid Azhari, brings new life to a forgotten classic from the early ...

This textbook, intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, is an introduction to the physical and mathematical principles used in clinical medical imaging. The first two chapters introduce basic concepts and useful terms used in medical imaging and the tools implemented in image reconstruction, while the following chapters cover an array of topics such as physics of x-rays and their implementation in planar and computed tomography (CT) imaging; nuclear medicine imaging and t...

Amira EI-Azhary Sonbol is associate professor of Islamic history, law, and society at Georgetown University. She is the author of The New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism, and The Creation of a Medical Profession in Egypt, 1800-1922, and is editor of Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History, all published by Syracuse University Press.

Most research has accepted stereotypical images of Muslim women, treating their outward manifestations, such as veiling, as passive and oppressive. Muslim women have been depicted as different, and by exoticizing (orientalizing) them—or Islamic society in general—"they" have been dealt with outside of general women’s history and regarded as having little to contribute to the writing of world history or to the life of their sisters worldwide. By approaching widely used sources with differen...

Since Europeans first colonized Arab lands in the 19th century, they have been pressing to have the area's indigenous laws and legal systems accord with Western models. Although most Arab states now have national codes of law that reflect Western influence, fierce internal struggles continue over how to interpret Islamic law, particularly in the areas of gender and family. From different geographical and ideological points across the contemporary Arab world, Haddad and Stowasser demonstrat...

A story about real life and how karma is a constant force of balance between good and evil and how different the world would be if such acts were rewarded or punished in the moment the act was committed.

"I'll eliminate all of you. Even I crawled in pain. All witches and demons should die in disgrace." This is the story of Aiko's revenge on the witch.

As the price of oil fell in the eighties the pressures on the Arab Gulf States to speed up the diversification of their economies into non-oil sectors increased. This book, first published in 1984, examines this problem and many other issues connected with the impact of oil revenues on development in the Gulf States. It considers changing oil production policies and developments in other sectors of the economy including agriculture, industry and banking. It explores population problems, mo...

The eighteen essays in this volume cover a wide range of material and reevaluate women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a courts, the Ottoman household, Dhimmi communities, children and family law, morality, and violence.

**A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/WEST TRANSLATION AWARDThe 100th Anniversary Edition of a global classic, containing beautiful translations along with the original German text.**While visiting Russia in his twenties, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, Rilke returned to Germany and put down on paper what he felt were spontaneously received prayers. Rilke's Book of Hours is the invigo...