An Assyrian Dream The Mirza Family Story

Author : Julius W. Mirza
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469178850
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Assyrian - Dream The Mirza Family Story written by Julius W. Mirza and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a young boy, Julius W. (Jay) Mirza, born into a Christian Assyrian Family, living in a Muslim nation, who emigrates from Iran. He and his little brother must leave the bosom of their loving family to seek an education in a foreign country in order to live a better life – a life of both personal responsibility and freedom. He must enter a British boy’s school in India, without any knowledge of the English language. He will not see his family but once in six years. After graduation, his education takes him first to England, then America, where he graduates with a degree in Architectural Engineering. The heart wrenching sacrifices of his parents for their son’s education finds full reward in Jay’s success in life – his architectural practice—his family, his home and his community involvement. This is a story of an immigrant to America for whom, with hard work and dedication, the American dream came true.

Author : Andrew Selth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317298896
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burma, Kipling and Western Music written by Andrew Selth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, scholars have been trying to answer the question: how was colonial Burma perceived in and by the Western world, and how did people in countries like the United Kingdom and United States form their views? This book explores how Western perceptions of Burma were influenced by the popular music of the day. From the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824-6 until Burma regained its independence in 1948, more than 180 musical works with Burma-related themes were written in English-speaking countries, in addition to the many hymns composed in and about Burma by Christian missionaries. Servicemen posted to Burma added to the lexicon with marches and ditties, and after 1913 most movies about Burma had their own distinctive scores. Taking Rudyard Kipling’s 1890 ballad ‘Mandalay’ as a critical turning point, this book surveys all these works with emphasis on popular songs and show tunes, also looking at classical works, ballet scores, hymns, soldiers’ songs, sea shanties, and film soundtracks. It examines how they influenced Western perceptions of Burma, and in turn reflected those views back to Western audiences. The book sheds new light not only on the West’s historical relationship with Burma, and the colonial music scene, but also Burma’s place in the development of popular music and the rise of the global music industry. In doing so, it makes an original contribution to the fields of musicology and Asian Studies.

Author : Shahnaz Shoro
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527530531
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Stories behind Honour Killing written by Shahnaz Shoro and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honour killing, as it is widely understood, is the cold-blooded murder of a woman or a man involved with her, by the male members of her household in order to cleanse the reputation of the family, clan, community or tribe. This violent tradition in the name of religion, custom and culture continues to be carried out in a significantly large part of the world. The majority of people still believe that honour killings happen for reasons such as marriage from choice or a love affair of a kinswoman, rape, a demand for divorce from a woman, or the birth of a female child, all of which are perceived as bringing shame on the family. However, current research on honour killing suggests that there are a number of intriguing and very cleverly knitted plots of jealousy, greed, violence and murder which show that, in the name of honour, various other purposes are being served and people are killed in ways which give the impression that they are honour killings. By collecting data from people involved in such situations, this book opens a Pandora’s box, showing that such killings are carried out not to assuage the hurt honour of a patriarchal society, but to serve a variety of malign intentions, goals and agendas. It will serve to let the world comprehend the phenomenon of honour-related violence where culture and crime unite under the umbrella of highly discriminating laws against women. This book consists of twenty-six testimonies from those involved in honour killings, bringing together interviews with killers, victims and the falsely accused.

Author : Joseph Naayem
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015696501
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shall This Nation Die? written by Joseph Naayem and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Lisa Mirza Grotts
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453552081
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Traveler's Passport to Etiquette written by Lisa Mirza Grotts and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As much as I have traveled, I never knew so much about packing for a trip until I read this book. A fun and fast read!” Willie L. Brown, Jr. Mayor of San Francisco, 1996 – 2004

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Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Academy written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Edward Cutts Birch Appleton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Academy and Literature written by Charles Edward Cutts Birch Appleton and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ole Bruun
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739111159
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Precious Steppe written by Ole Bruun and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ole Bruun focuses on a community of nomadic livestock herders in present-day Mongolia. He depicts their transition from a contained, Soviet-era collective to modern times and addresses the most essential conditions for their continued survival and prosperity in the age of the market: the adaptability of their own culture and working strategies, government policy, and international attention. By studying the nomadic practice of animal husbandry in the context of family farms, Bruun points out the similarity to the peasant economy defined by the Russian agricultural economist Alexander Chayanov nearly a century ago. In both economies, the labor-consumer balance and life-cycle variations commonly set the term for economic strategies, yet the pastoral economy involves a highly specialized form of agriculture in which the scale of exchange determines wealth and lifestyle. In a vast territory such as Mongolia, infrastructure, social benefits, and other means of state support are crucial to prevent herders from sliding into a subsistence orientation, eventually leading to poverty.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dwight's Journal of Music written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Sullivan Dwight
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dwight's Journal of Music, a Paper of Art and Literature written by John Sullivan Dwight and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: