culture conflict

When her mother has the chance to establish an eye clinic for the poor in Cairo, Egypt, seventeen-year-old Caroline reluctantly gives up her plans for a summer spent with her best friend and boyfriend and instead moves to Cairo, where she encounters a culture and city that enchant her and a charming boy who challenges her thoughts on love, faith, and privilege.

"[Relates the history] of late-eighteenth-century Hawaii--its kings and queens, gods and goddesses, missionaries, migrants, and explorers--a not-so-distant time of abrupt transition, in which an isolated pagan world of human sacrifice and strict taboo, without a currency or a written language, was confronted with the equally ritualized world of capitalism, Western education, and Christian values"--Provided by publisher.

Jumping at the chance to escape his parents' constant fighting, aspiring photographer Dylan Moore accompanies his best friend, Rohit Lal, on a family vacation to India, where he hopes to have many exciting adventures. However, being a New Yorker in Mumbai is not easy, and when Rohit's family begins bickering, Dylan and Rohit will have to find a way to repair their friendship and fulfill an epic quest.

"Alia, oppressed by her wealthy, overly conservative parents, and Tanzeela, a teenager trapped in an abusive arranged marriage. From silk saris to bombings; from fundamentalism to American sympathy; from Dior makeup to desperate poverty; from sexual abuse to religious taboos, the world of Ayla, in her late teens, struggling in the real world of modern-day Pakistan, is anything but simple"--Jacket flap.

When Bilal's family suddenly moves to America, his father stays in Pakistan, and Bilal embraces baseball, an unexpected friend, and a new language. But this new way of life does not feel so special without Baba--will he ever get to America to see Bilal pitch a game?.

"Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations"--Provided by publisher.

"Friedman zooms in on the region that has, for five hundred years, been the cultural hotbed of the world--Europe--and examines the most basic building block of the region: culture. Analyzing the fault lines that have existed for centuries--and which have led to two world wars and dozens more conflicts--Friedman walks us through the 'flashpoints' that are still smoldering beneath the surface and are on course to erupt again"--Provided by publisher.

In a small West Texas town, an Australian exchange student becomes a star on the football field and soon finds himself torn between the lure of America and the ties that bind him to his home in Australia.

Everything looks different once you have seen "Death to" before your name -- Creativity versus the dark corner: tales from the Muslim culture wars -- Karachi open mic: guardians of cultural space -- The Imam's liberated daughter and other stories: women battling beyond stereotypes --To speak out and die: journalists writing for their lives -- Growing roses in the triangle of death -- Reading Spinoza in Tehran --The Ramadan basketball tournament -- Why I hate Al Qaeda: surviving and challenging fundamentalist terrorism -- Sidi Bouzid blues and the Green Wave: journeys through the Arab Spring and Fall -- The people of Al Qaedastan: voices from northern Mali -- A baby cries at Qalandia Checkpoint: opposing injustice in the struggle against Muslim fundamentalism -- Raise your voice while singing is still possible.

Fourteen-year-old Thandi Sobukwe must say goodbye to all her friends and family in South Africa when her father accepts a position in Buena Vista, California; but adjusting to a new life in a different culture proves to be difficult for the young girl.