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The Modern Classic Reader Society this year named G. Roger Denson’s novel Voice of Force as the 2009 best gay novel to rank with the great gay novels of the past. Here is the story synopsis from the back cover of the novel along with the synopses of the twenty classic novels it joins. To see the actual website go to: http://modernclassicreader.tripod.com/bestgaynovels/ G. Roger Denson -- Voice of Force The first significantly gay novel set in the 21st-century, Voice of Force is a... Read Full Story
Banned Book Released: The Last Pharaoh: Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Obama Age This book covers Egypt's modern history since 1952 with chronology of Ancient Egyptian history to the present day. It focuses on the Mubarak regime and predicts its downfall and what can unfold in the near future and how it can impact American and Western interests in the Middle East. The book is a good primer and textbook for students of social studies, political science and history at... Read Full Story
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ALADDIN ELAASAR LATEST BOOK: THE LAST PHARAOH New York City/Newswires/8/14/09/- The Last Pharaoh: Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Obama Age , banned in Egypt, is now available through Beacon Press. THE LAST PHARAOH is written by Egyptian/American award-winning author and lecturer, Aladdin Elaasar, who was nominated as a candidate for the presidential elections in Egypt in 2005. THE LAST PHARAOH is also the title of a forthcoming Hollywood mega... Read Full Story
Obama and Mubarak’s visit to White House disappoints many Obama’s Words on Good Governance Fall on Deaf Ears in Egypt, Yet Obama Welcomes Mubarak, Another “Friendly Dictator” to the White House I t is with deep disappointment that we, a coalition of Egyptian and Egyptian American organizations and individuals, receive President Obama’s decision to invite and welcome Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to the White House on August 18, 2009. Our coalition comprised of Copts and Muslims... Read Full Story
Book Review : In Afghanistan: Two Hundred Years of British, Russian and American Occupation, David Loyn Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-61403-1 By Aladdin Elaasar Afghanistan is hotter than ever. As the fight against the Taliban is raging, this timely book is well-needed more than before. In Afghanistan: Two Hundred Years of British, Russian and American Occupation , veteran award-winning BBC foreign correspondent David Loyn brings an insider account about what is really happening there... Read Full Story
Building Strength and Stamina: New Nautilus Training for Total Fitness ( Paperback ) By Wayne Westcott 28 used and new from $5.15 Customer Rating: First tagged "health" by Joe Digerolamo Customer tags: kindle (2), reader , drm , see a kindle in your city , health , expensive , exercise , green 3 , ebook , ebook reader , gift idea , eink Read Full Story
Is Egypt Stable? by Aladdin Elaasar Middle East Quarterly Summer 2009, pp. 69-75 http://www.meforum.org/2413/is-egypt-stable Now in his eighties, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has ruled Egypt with an iron fist since 1981; he has turned Egypt into a police state rivaling Syria's or Tunisia's, with a security force numbering nearly two million. As Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak enters his twenty-eighth year in power, Egypt's future is more uncertain than ever. Egyptian society is stagnant... Read Full Story
The latest conspiracy theories of Mubarak and Ahmedinajad Aladdin Elaasar Once again, Mubarak’s state media is crying wolf. This time it is claiming another big conspiracy theory against, not only Egypt, but the whole Arab and Islamic worlds. Mubarak’s media claims that Egyptian security had busted a net of spies- first claiming to work for Hezbollah, and then now claiming an Iranian connection. According to Mubarak’s media, Iran plans to convert, not only Arabs, but Muslims, or perhaps... Read Full Story
Crayon Shinchan Vol. 8 (Crayon Shinchan - Reissue) ( Paperback ) By Yoshito Usui Buy new : $7.99 28 used and new from $3.84 Customer Rating: First tagged "shinchan" by David Customer tags: manga (6), comics (3), funny (2), crayon (2), anime (2), adult swim (2), chan (2), cmx (2), classic (2), japanese , shin , funimation Read Full Story
Crayon Shinchan Vol. 05 (Crayon Shinchan - Reissue) ( Paperback ) By Yoshito Usui Buy new : $7.99 28 used and new from $3.62 Customer Rating: First tagged "shinchan" by David Customer tags: manga (5), crayon (2), shin chan (2), anime (2), comics (2), adult swim (2), cmx (2), shin (2), funimation (2), shinchan Read Full Story
