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The story of an unlikely friendship between American war correspondent Don Teague and Rafraf Barrak, a translator for NBC during the early months of the war in the wake of the American invasion of Iraq. While covering a story together, the two were nearly killed by a bomb, an experience that created a bond between them that neither one could have imagined. Because she had helped the Americans, Rafraf, from a devout Muslim family, became the target of terrorists who threatened to kidnap and murder her. Coming to her rescue were the American correspondents she helped and she found herself on the receiving end of an offer for safety and a new life in the United States. Don and his wife, Kiki, and their children help her to adjust to her new life while at the same time learning valuable lessons about another culture.

This book traces the historical spread of Islam throughout Africa. It also examines current issues and controversies surrounding the Muslim faith in Africa, including fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, efforts to impose Islamic law in countries with mixed Muslim and non-Muslim populations, and religious-based violence.

This title in Lucent's World History series tells the story of how the modern country of India came into existence. The book traces the ancient political struggles, along with the more recent struggles that lead to India becoming a colony of Great Britain and eventually an independent country.

Introduces the life and times of the prophet Muhammad, the significance of the holy city of Mecca, and explores the teachings, festivals, and ceremonies of Islam.

Discusses the rise of the Islamist totalitarian movement and examines problems the media has with understanding and covering it.

Presents a biography of Muhammad, focusing on the prophet's role in the creation of Islam.

A brief study of Islam for the Western reader, describing Islamic beliefs and acts of worship, values and morals, way of life, festivals and observances, family life, relations between the sexes, daily activities, relationships with Jews and Christians, and social interactions.

An illustrated history of Islam, examining the origins and development of the world's second largest religion from the pre-Islamic Arab world, through the late twentieth century.

No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion?except that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the day?not by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.