Farid: 64 books
The end of the middle
what a society of extremes means for people, politics and business
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
In this book, Farid Tabarki describes how the middle disappears. Travel agents and record companies, as middle men in an antiquated production process, are certainly on the way. However, as Tabarki claims, the entrepreneur, HR manager, civil servant and school teacher also may see themselves falling...
Du durchschaust mich nicht
Das Geheimnis der Magie
Language: German
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Er ist undurchschaubar. Eigentlich. Doch in diesem Buch lüftet der Magier und Illusionist Farid das große Geheimnis hinter seinen Tricks. Es ist weniger Zauberei, die hier am Werk ist, sondern vielmehr Schauspielkunst und die Fähigkeit, Menschen abzulenken. Indem er die Aufmerksamkeit seiner Zuschauer...
by Farid Ud-din Attar
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2017
This is a classic sufi text written by the Persian poet Farid Ud-Din Attar. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical Persian bird roughly equivalent...
by Farid Adel
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
You Are Both Wrong!
By: Farid Adel
Farid Adel was born in Old Kabul City, Afghanistan, on January 4, 1951. He completed his primary education in Habibia High School; then completed his military duty and graduated as a Second Lieutenant from the Afghan National Army.
Shortly thereafter,...
Our Leaders, Our Choices, Our Destiny
Reclaiming Your Destiny in the Midst of Confusing Brawl
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
America is hurting, and so is the rest of the world. The agonizing financial events of the last decadeeconomic meltdown, rising unemployment rates, homes lost to foreclosurehave resulted in broken social systems, exhausted workers, and disconnected families. Environmental calamities, both natural...
by John H. McGlynn, Lily Yulianti Farid
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
A collection of short stories by Lily Yulianti Farid, which has not yet been published as a collection in Indonesian. The stories were written between 2008-2009, showing mosaic spaces in describing Indonesian family life over time. Family room is where the dark side of socio-cultural dynamics and...
The Qur'an
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
The Qur’an has spoken to Muslims for over one thousand years; it is seen as law-maker, moral code, and the word of God. Drawing on both contemporary and ancient sources, Esack outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context of this unique work whilst examining its content,...
On Being a Muslim
Finding a Religious Path in the World Today
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Funny, challenging, controversial, passionate and unforgiving, this is an unprecedented personal account of a Muslim's life in the modern world. As an Islamic scholar, outspoken social activist and well-known commentator, Farid Esack is in a unique position to tackle the quandaries and challenges facing...
by Farid ud-Din Attar
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Farid ud-Din Attar was a Persian poet, druggist, and social theorist of Sufism, who wrote much of his poetry while treating hundreds of patients a day with his herbal remedies. As a young man he made a pilgrimage to Mecca, and sought wisdom during his travels in Egypt, Damascus, and India. His masterpiece,...
Muslim Saints and Mystics
Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya' (Memorial of the Saints)
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
This is a major work of Islamic mysticism by the great thirteenth-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar. Translated by A J Arberry, Attar’s work and thought is set in perspective in a substantial introduction.
by Farid Aziz
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
Fictional satire on the life of a pervert prophet. The novel has 29 illustrations. Mahound, one of the world’s most feared warlords, awakes one morning to find himself surrounded by fire and brimstone. How on earth did he get here? What fate awaited him? Mahound had an insatiable appetite forged...
by Farid ud-Din Attar
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Farid ud-Din Attar (1145/46 1221) was a Persian poet, druggist, and social theorist of Sufism, who wrote much of his poetry while treating hundreds of patients a day with his herbal remedies. As a young man he made a pilgrimage to Mecca, and sought wisdom during his travels in Egypt, Damascus and India....
Resettling the Borderlands
State Relocations and Ethnic Conflict in the South Caucasus
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Until the arrival of the Russian Empire in the early nineteenth century, the South Caucasus was traditionally contested by two Muslim empires, the Ottomans and the Persians. Over the following two centuries, Orthodox Christian Russia – and later the officially atheist Soviet Union – expanded into...
Postcolonial Counterpoint
Orientalism, France, and the Maghreb
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Postcolonial Counterpoint is a critical study of Orientalism and the state of Francophone and postcolonial studies, examined through the lens of the historical and cross-cultural relations between France and North Africa. Thoroughly questioning the inability of Western academia to shake free of...