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What I Want You to Know. by Foertsch, Catie,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2023.With courage and candor, American veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan share their wartime experiences and consider the impact of their wars on themselves and their fellow veterans. Interspersed with actual images and video footage from both wars, their stories paint an intense and compelling picture of the post-911 wars and their cost to the men and women who fought them.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Military history..; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Current affairs.; History.; Veterans.; War.; Afghanistan.; Iraq.; Iraq War, 2003-2011.;
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Ayenda. by Margolius, Marie,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2023.For a generation of Afghan women, education and opportunities were a given. Growing up post-Taliban meant they enjoyed a freedom their mothers never did. But that all changed in August 2021, when the Taliban regained power in Kabul. One group of women saw what was coming and made the difficult decision to leave their home and their families and, in the dark of night, escape for the security of a better life anywhere but there. Through the harrowing first person stories of the young women who make up the Afghan Women’s Soccer team, we experience the immediate day to day and personal impact of two decades of American foreign policy decisions (and failures).Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Social sciences.; Physical education and training.; Foreign study.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.;
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Eighteen days in October : the Yom Kippur War and how it created the modern Middle East / by Kaufman, Uri,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle." But, argues Uri Kaufman, from the perspective of a half century, the War can be seen as a pivotal victory for Israel. After nearly being routed, the Israeli Defense Force clawed its way back to threaten Cairo and Damascus. In the war's aftermath both sides had to accept unwelcome truths: Israel could no longer take military superiority for granted--but the Arabs could no longer hope to wipe Israel off the map. A straight line leads from the battlefields of 1973 to the Camp David Accords of 1978 and all the treaties since. Like Michael Oren's Six Days of War, this is the definitive account of a critical moment in history"--
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict; Israel-Arab War, 1973;
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The rendezvous [videorecording] / by Jaffrey, Raza,actor.; Katic, Stana,actor.; Matalqa, Amin,film director.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Stana Katic, Raza Jaffrey.Rachel, a Jewish-American doctor, and Jake, an Arab-American government bureaucrat, go on a goose chase across the Middle East trying to solve the mysterious death of Rachel's treasure hunting brother. From Los Angeles to the deserts of Jordan and the ancient city of Petra, they find themselves hunted by a doomsday group called the Armageddonites who believe Rachel and Jake possess the missing Dead Sea Scroll that could bring about the end of days.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dead Sea scrolls; Brothers; Jews;
For private home use only.
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Once Upon a Time in Iraq. by Bluemel, James,film director.; Serkis, Andy,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Andy SerkisOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2020.When America and Britain invaded Iraq in 2003, most people expected an easy victory. They were wrong. This incisive series reconstructs our understanding of the Iraq war - examining its human impact, its crucial mistakes and its tumultuous legacy. Emotional accounts, key characters and previously ignored perspectives reveal a story with many different truths. The Iraqi families who watched as their country erupted into war. The soldiers struggling to understand their enemy. Discover the personal, dramatic and tragic human stories behind a war that has shaped our modern world.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; History, Modern.; Social sciences.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Middle East.; Current affairs.; History.; War.; Iraq.; Documentary television programs.;
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Four Daughters. by Ben, Kaouther,film director.; Sabri, Hind,actor.; Matar, Ichraq,actor.; Karoui, Nour,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hind Sabri, Ichraq Matar, Nour KarouiOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2023.In this Oscar-nominated hybrid of documentary and fiction, when a mother of four’s two older daughters disappear, the filmmaker invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Foreign study.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Ethnicity.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; Women--Africa.; Families.; Sex role.;
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Four Daughters. by Ben, Kaouther,film director.; Sabri, Hind,actor.; Matar, Ichraq,actor.; Karoui, Nour,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hind Sabri, Ichraq Matar, Nour KarouiOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2023.In this Oscar-nominated hybrid of documentary and fiction, when a mother of four’s two older daughters disappear, the filmmaker invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Foreign study.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Ethnicity.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; Women--Africa.; Families.; Sex role.;
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Father night / by Lustbader, Eric.; Lustbader, Eric Van.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Children of presidents; International relations; National security;
© c2012., Forge,
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Hero : the life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia / by Korda, Michael,1933-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935; Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935; Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935.; Great Britain. Army; Middle East specialists; Soldiers; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2010., Harper,
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Fencing with the king : a novel / by Abu-Jaber, Diana,author.;
"A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. Amani is hooked on a mystery-a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father's books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King of Jordan, invites her father to celebrate the king's sixtieth birthday-and to fence with the king, as in their youth. Her father has avoided returning to his homeland for decades, but Amani persuades him to come with her. Uncle Hafez will make their time in Jordan complicated-and dangerous-after Amani discovers a missing relative and is launched into a journey of loss, history, and, eventually, a fight for her own life. Fencing with the King masterfully draws on King Lear and Arthurian fable to explore the power of inheritance, the trauma of displacement, and whether we can release the past to build a future"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Emigration and immigration; Family secrets; Fencing; Identity (Psychology); Kings and rulers; Memory; Refugees; Poetry;
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