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Margaret Thatcher unalterably changed the face of Britain. This
volume, the first book-length bibliography on Thatcher, will help
the researcher to evaluate her impact. The volume opens with a
brief biography, which includes coverage of Thatcher's monetary and
social market policies, her special relationship with Ronald
Reagan, her foreign and domestic policies, and her attitudes toward
women and equal opportunity issues. The bibliography, which
comprises the bulk of the book, provides a comprehensive guide to
works on Thatcher's life and career. Entries are annotated except
when a title is self-explanatory. Coverage is devoted primarily to
English-language materials. The book includes full indexes. The
book will be an important aide for all scholars, researchers, and
students concerned with British politics.
Gamal Abdel Nasser arguably has had the greatest impact of any
Middle Eastern leader of the twentieth century. His significance
lies in his fostering of modern Pan-Arab thought, institutions, and
policies, his transformation of Egypt from a feudal state under
British protection to a developing industrial nation, and his
contributions to third world politics. Despite his importance,
however, the last thorough examination of Nasser's life and impact
was published more than twenty years ago. Faysal Mikdadi's volume
helps to draw together the writing on Nasser and to re-examine the
origins of his thinking and the impact of his writings and
policies. After a capsule biography of Nasser and a detailed
chronology, the volume is divided into chapters covering specific
aspects of Nasser's life. Each chapter contains explanatory notes
and a full bibliography. In addition to citing works in English,
Arabic, and French, Mikdadi has included works from other major
languages as well. Each bibliographical citation is accompanied by
a brief summary note. The volume concludes with comprehensive
author, periodical, and subject indexes. This work will be
invaluable for scholars and students concerned with
twentieth-century Middle Eastern Studies.
These are poems and paintings which reflect the poet's struggle to
make order out of chaos. For years, Mikdadi has struggled for peace
between Israelis and Palestinians. At different junctures in his
life, his despair at the intransigence of both sides and at the
sheer cruelty of what Palestinians have had to endure, led him to
write poetry and, occasionally, to paint in watercolours. These are
some of the poems and paintings that he produced during his life.
They speak for themselves. Maeve Binchy felt that Faysal Mikdadi's
passion makes his poetry impossible to ignore. There is also a
black and white version of this colour book also published by Lulu.
It has been printed because this colour version, being printed
entirely in colour, was deemed a trifle expensive. The black and
white version allows readers to afford a copy. This colour version
has also been published as an e-book.
These are poems and paintings which reflect the poet's struggle to
make order out of chaos. For years, Mikdadi has struggled for peace
between Israelis and Palestinians. At different junctures in his
life, his despair at the intransigence of both sides and at the
sheer cruelty of what Palestinians have had to endure, led him to
write poetry and, occasionally, to paint in watercolours. These are
some of the poems and paintings that he produced during his life.
They speak for themselves. Maeve Binchy felt that Faysal Mikdadi's
passion makes his poetry impossible to ignore. This is a black and
white version of the colour book also published by Lulu. It has
been printed because the colour version, being printed entirely in
colour, was deemed a trifle expensive. This black and white version
allows readers to afford a copy. The colour version has also been
published as an e-book.
This is a collection of short stories written especially to
brighten up each reader's Christmas. Like all things Christmassy,
everything is possible in this dream world. Immerse yourself in
Mikdadi's Christmas fantasy where everything ends with a smile on
every single character's face. Christmas brings people together.
Miracle of miracles, it even causes family members to like each
other. That is the true spirit of Christmas. Mikdadi reflects the
joy of Christmas so evocatively and so beautifully. These short
stories, which were written to be read to the author's children on
Christmas Eve, will reverberate in the reader's mind for a long
time after the book has been put down. Mikdadi's children now have
children of their own. These, and many new stories, will be their
future Christmas fare.
These two stories were written during two visits, one to Neuchatel,
Switzerland and the other to Florence, Italy. In both stories,
Mikdadi tries to make sense of events around him and to create some
order out of perceived chaos. He does so with gentle satire and the
occasional fury. Snowflake has received considerable critical
praise for its dream like quality and for its gentle and zany
humour. The narrator arrives at his stepmother's home in Neuchatel
and, through a stream of consciousness narration, he alternates
between the present and his unhappy past and his failed marriage.
He links his current observations with his sad experiences and
desperately tries to make some sense of his seemingly empty life
and his Diaspora existence.
These are short stories written during various visits to Dubai and
Ras Al Khaimah. Many of the stories were inspired by real
experiences during meetings with interesting people and during long
solitary walks in both cities and their surrounding countrysides.
Mikdadi tries to make some sense of a hilariously disordered world
and some order out of chaos. These short stories are memorable. As
the late Maeve Binchy said of Mikdadi's writings, his words cannot
help but move all readers.
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