The Theocrat

The TheocratThe Theocrat takes as its subject one of Arab and Islamic historys most perplexing figures, al Hakim bi Amr Illah (the ruler by order of God), the Fatimid caliph who ruled Egypt during the tenth century and whose career was a direct reflection of both the tensions within the Islamic dominions as a whole and of the conflicts within his own mind. In this remarkable novel Bensalem Himmich explores these tensions and conflicts and their disastrous

and – running through it all – the desperate search for a panacea that could arrest the nation’s relative decline and return the country to its supposed former glories

while they raise questions about leadership on and off the field

The book traces how the heroism of the poet

and be read by those many veterans who served in the units of Strategic Air Command and the USAF in Europe

- Isabelle Hesse

This globetrotting filmmaker testifies to his six decades on the move through a passionate devotion to the moving image

It starts by highlighting the spread

This book provides a study of the Girls’ Friendly Society to examine how the construction of girlhood was intricately tied to constructions of whiteness and ideas of empire

energy use efficiency

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Media and Campaign Language’ is an original

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