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In the City of Gold and Silver
The inspiring story of an orphan who rose to become a queen and the voice of freedom. Here is the long-forgotten story of Begum Hazrat Mahal, queen of Awadh and the soul of the Indian revolt against the British, brought to vivid life by a writer whose own story reads like a novel. Begum was an orphan and a poetess who captured the attentions of King Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh and became his fourth wife. As his wife, she incited and led a popular uprising that would eventually prove to be the first step toward Indian independence. Begum was the very incarnation of resistance: as chief of the army and the government in Lucknow, she fought battles on the field for two years; she was a freedom figh...
Farewell Princess
This true account of the life of Selma, the grand-daughter of a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, has been written by her journalist daughter, who is now a special correspondent in the Middle East and India.
Our Sacred Land
In 2002 celebrated novelist and journalist Kenize Mourad traveled through Israel and the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, interviewing ordinary Palestinians and Israelis who have been extraordinarily touch by the conflict between their peoples. This book tells their stories.
Regards from the Dead Princess
A daughter recreates the life of her mother in a fictional account of the life of Princess Selma, who marries a wealthy Indian rajah
Au pays des purs
Avec ce bouleversant roman d’amour Kenizé Mourad nous emmène dans un pays secret et méconnu, le Pakistan, « Le Pays des Purs ». Anne, journaliste française, enquête, dans ce seul pays musulman doté de la force nucléaire, sur les risques d’un détournement possible de la bombe par les terroristes. Dans la beauté aristocratique de Lahore, célèbre pour ses palais, ses mosquées et ses jardins moghols, la jeune femme se heurte aux réseaux d’espions de tous bords, de militaires et de policiers, de familles patriciennes et de djihadistes. Elle va tenter de pénétrer une organisation extrémiste responsable d’attentats meurtriers, sera prise en otage, connaîtra la faim, la soif et l’angoisse de la mort. Parmi ceux qui la guident, son étrange ami Karim pourra-t-il la sauver ? Karim, l’homme de théâtre qui monte des pièces de Beckett à Lahore, Karim qui aime le Pakistan passionnément et garde un dangereux secret.
An Iraqi In Paris
A young Iraqi writer sets out to become a Hollywood film-maker, only to end up as a refugee on the streets of Paris, where he beds down in a metro station. Although his dream of making a film about his deaf mute father is never realised, the extraordinary encounters he has with the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Beckett and a ghost from Père Lachaise Cemetery transform his own story into a captivating drama more compelling than anything on the big screen.
The Gilded Cage on the Bosphorus
Brothers bound by blood but fated to be enemies. Can their Empire survive or will it crumble into myth? Istanbul, 1903. Since his younger brother usurped the Imperial throne, Sultan Murad V has been imprisoned with his family for nearly thirty years. The new century heralds immense change. Anarchy and revolution threaten the established order. Powerful enemies plot the fall of the once mighty Ottoman Empire. Only death will bring freedom to the enlightened former sultan. But the waters of the Bosphorus run deep: assassins lurk in shadows, intrigue abounds, and scandal in the family threatens to bring destruction of all that he holds dear… For over six hundred years the history of the Turks...
De part de la princesa morta
Quan esclata la Primera Guerra Mundial, la princesa Selma fuig de Turquia, travessa el Líban amb el seu marit, un rajà musulmà, i arribats a l'Índia, se separen. Embarassada de la seva única filla, Kenizé, i acompanyada d'un eunuc, la princesa viatja a Occident quan els primers estralls bèl·lics de la Segona Guerra Mundial comencen a perfilar-se i dóna a llum a París, ocupat pels nazis. En explicar les vicissituds de la seva mare, que Kenizé Mourad no va arribar a conèixer mai, l'autora omple també els buits de la seva pròpia vida. Traduïda a vint-i-una llengües, De part de la princesa morta s'ha convertit en tot un clàssic de la literatura universal.
India
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD (2022), ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR*** The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, and reportage from around the world. Its aim, to break down barriers and introduce the essence of the place. Packed with essays and investigative journalism; original photography and illustrations; charts, and unusual facts and observations, each volume offers a unique insight into a different culture, and how history has shaped the place into what it is today. Brimming with intricate research and enduring wonder, The Passenger is a love-letter to global travel. IN THIS VOLUME, Arundhati Roy, Prem Shankar Jha, Tishani Doshi explo...
