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Takes you "behind the scenes to ISIS's cities, training camps, and prisons. You will explore the battles that have defined the rise of this terrorist army, and see the recruitment process that keeps it thriving, and uncover the money that funds its survival. By reading this book, you will be able to understand the challenges America faces-- and how this dangerous group could irreparably damage the world"--Back cover.

"A passionate manifesto decrying misogyny in the Arab world, by an Egyptian American journalist and activist When the Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy published an article in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012 titled "Why Do They Hate Us?" it provoked a firestorm of controversy. The response it generated, with more than four thousand posts on the website, broke all records for the magazine, prompted dozens of follow-up interviews on radio and television, and made it clear that misogyny in the Arab world is an explosive issue, one that engages and often enrages the public. In Headscarves and Hymens, Eltahawy takes her argument further. Drawing on her years as a campaigner and commentator on women's issues in the Middle East, she explains that since the Arab Spring began, women in the Arab world have had two revolutions to undertake: one fought with men against oppressive regimes, and another fought against an entire political and economic system that treats women in countries from Yemen and Saudi Arabia to Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya as second-class citizens. Eltahawy has traveled across the Middle East and North Africa, meeting with women and listening to their stories. Her book is a plea for outrage and action on their behalf, confronting the "toxic mix of culture and religion that few seem willing or able to disentangle lest they blaspheme or offend." A manifesto motivated by hope and fury in equal measure, Headscarves and Hymens is as illuminating as it is incendiary"--.

"Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research, two of America's leading experts on violent extremism and terrorism explain the genesis, evolution, and implications of today's most barbaric jihadist army, Islamic State--and how we can fight it."--Provided by publisher.

Examines the origins of the terrorist group ISIS, from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of "al-Qaeda in Iraq," to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the formation of ISIS out of the remnants of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Explores ISIS's goals to create a new Islamic caliphate.

Chronicles the origins and rise of terrorist groups ISIS and Hamas; examines their capabilities, resources and objectives; and explains how, if left unchecked, they could carry out a genocide of unprecedented proportions.

Examines Islam's place in the Middle East, focusing on how the country's medieval and modern history has led to the interweaving of the sacred and secular in its political and intellectual life.

Salma, a Bedouin woman who was forced out of her village after giving birth to a child out of wedlock, creates a new identity in England, but soon becomes preoccupied with returning to her homeland to find the daughter who was taken from her.

Presents an inside look at Muslim society through interviews with women from ten Islamic countries in which they discuss the realities of their lives.

Suicide bombings, hostage executions, hundreds of thousands of U.S. military personnel on the Arabian Peninsula. How did the United States become tangled in the Byzantine politics and internecine warfare of the Middle East?.