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The Invention of the Jewish People

This book is controversial because it challenges traditional narratives about Jewish history and identity. Shlomo Sand argues that the idea of a unified, ancient Jewish nation with a shared ethnic lineage is a modern political construct, not a historical reality. He contends that Jewish peoplehood, as it is popularly understood today, was “invented” in the 19th and 20th centuries to support the…

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Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew

Palestinians are, undeniably, victims of the Zionist project. They were ethnically cleansed and expelled from their homeland when Israel was established. More than half became refugees and the name Palestine was wiped off the map. However, there is another group of victims that no one talks about: the Jews of the Arab lands. Avi Shlaim is an Iraqi-Jew. He declares, “We were Arab-Jews. We lived…

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The Secret

In the late 1960s, the Department of Defense used a civilian chemical plant as a front to hide a secret project. Seven scientists worked to develop antidotes for Russian biological weapons. When an accident happened at the plant, Morgan Sanson was blamed for it. He was supposedly a disgruntled employee that sabotaged the plant. The official story was that only seven people died in the…

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The Firm

Shortly before Mitch McDeere graduated from Harvard Law School, Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a prestigous law firm, offered him a job. The firm claimed that it only hired the best and therefore reward their employees handsomely. The firm gave him a BMW, paid off his student loans, and offered a low mortgage on a new house. He was, of course thrilled, being the ambitious young man that he was. At the…

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Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Zionism began as an evangelical Christian project. It is a religious appeal to help and prepare for the ‘return of the Jews’ to Palestine to establish a Jewish state, as a fulfillment of God’s will. Later, the Christians involved in this campaign politicised the ‘theology of return’ when they realised that a similar movement had emerged among European Jews, who despaired of finding a solution to…

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Pada Masa Yang Terhenti

Orkid adalah budak baru yang bertukar ke sekolah Malik. Pada suatu hari, tiba-tiba Orkid muncul di depan Malik dan bertanya, “Awak Malik, kan? Saya nak kawan dengan awak. Dulu nenek saya ada kawan nama Malik. Nenek saya kata kawannya baik.” Lalu mereka berkawan dan menjadi akrab sehingga Orkid menjadi sebahagian daripada keluarga Malik. Tahun 2019. Bapa Malik pesakit barah tahap empat. Malik…

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Recalling the Caliphate: Decolonization and World Order

This book critically explores Muslim identity, political sovereignty, and the concept of the caliphate in the post-colonial era. It discusses the decline of the caliphate and its implications for the Muslim world, especially in the context of colonialism and post-colonialism. It examines the historical, political, and cultural significance of the caliphate, which was abolished in 1924 by Mustafa…

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The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation around the World

This book examines how Israel’s eight-decade occupation of Palestine has enabled it to develop and refine military and surveillance technologies. Israel has developed a world-class weapons industry with weapons tested on Palestinians, then marketed as battle-tested. The technologies are exported globally, often to authoritarian regimes. Israel’s isolation in the Middle East, surrounded by what…

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Bayang Sofea

Saya suka novel ini sebab pemutarbalikan plotnya (plot twist) memang tak terjangka. Sofea bekerja sebagai eksekutif di salah sebuah syarikat terbesar di Nusaraya. Dia berkawan baik dengan Tirrah, seorang pegawai keselamatan di syarikat itu. Anak Tirrah mengidap barah dan adalah peminat tegar seorang peninju bernama Danish. Kebetulan, Danish adalah kawan sekolah Sofea, maka Sofea membawa Tirrah…

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Projek Athena 3: Amukan Manusia Ciptaan

Presiden William dan isterinya, Irene, mati dibunuh di kamar mereka. Sisatan unit perisikan mendapati ‘Irene’ adalah penyamar yang telah menjalani pembedahan supaya wajahnya menyerupai Irene. Dengan kata lain, Irene sebenar masih ditahan penculik. Buku ini menyingkap kisah silam Ezakiel yang meyebabkannya berdendam apabila penjenayah yang membunuh anak dan isterinya secara kejam terlepas…

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Corruption and Hypocrisy in Malay Muslim Politics: The Urgency of Moral-Ethical Transformation

The author wrote this book due to his disillusion, dismay, and shame for the deplorable moral decay in politics and the widening internal rifts in the Malay-Muslim community. He is appalled by how moral decadence has worsened in recent years. This book critically examines the moral and ethical dimensions of political behaviour within the Malay-Muslim political landscape in Malaysia. The author…

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The Long Road to Perdition

Tammy Taylor was a DEA agent who was transferred to Alpine for breaking an arm of a judge who sexually harassed her. While on her morning jog, the smell in the air told her that there was a lab cooking meth somewhere in the area, but she did not have the man power or resources to track it down. As luck would have it, she stumbled upon her law enforcement friends, who were bikers, on a road trip.…

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Morphic Resonance: The Nature of Formative Causation

Imagine that everything in the universe — plants, animals, crystals, even humans — has a sort of invisible memory field that connects things of the same kind. This memory field helps them “remember” how they’re supposed to grow, behave, or look. Sheldrake calls this a “morphic field”. Now, here’s the wild part: When something happens often — for example, a group of animals learning a new trick…

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Review of "Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths" by Karen Armstrong 👉 https://youtu.be/3TK0trBygTo

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