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Freidoune Sahebjam

    Freidoune Sahebjam was a French-Iranian journalist and novelist. His writings often delve into pressing social and political issues, exploring human suffering and injustice. Sahebjam wrote with a sense of urgency and compassion, aiming to shed light on forgotten or suppressed narratives. His novels are deeply rooted in reportage and personal testimony, lending them a disquieting authenticity. Through his distinct narrative approach, he brought attention to crucial yet often overlooked aspects of the human experience.

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    The Stoning of Soraya M.: A Story of Injustice in Iran
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    Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus: How the Torah Fulfills Its Goal in Yeshua
    • 2019

      This book addresses the questions about the believer's relationship to the Torah (the five Books of Moses, or the Pentateuch) and its commandments (the Law): Since Jesus kept the Law, are believers (Jewish and Gentile) also obliged to keep the Law, or at least some portions of it (Sabbath, the food laws, etc.)? What about the Oral Law (rabbinic traditions)? How does the Torah point to the Messiah? How do we apply the Law of Moses today? Though this book is based on more than a decade of academic research, it is written with the non-academic reader in mind and provides easy-to-understand answers to the questions related to the Torah and does so in a manner thoroughly rooted in a careful reading of the biblical text.

      Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus: How the Torah Fulfills Its Goal in Yeshua
    • 2011

      Soraya M.’s husband, Ghorban-Ali, couldn’t afford to marry another woman. Rather than returning Soraya’s dowry, as custom required before taking a second wife, he plotted with four friends and a counterfeit mullah to dispose of her. Together, they accused Soraya of adultery. Her only crime was cooking for a friend’s widowed husband. Exhausted by a lifetime of abuse and hardship, Soraya said nothing, and the makeshift tribunal took her silence as a confession of guilt. They sentenced her to death by stoning: a punishment prohibited by Islam but widely practiced. Day by day—sometimes minute by minute—Sahebjam deftly recounts these horrendous events, tracing Soraya’s life with searing immediacy, from her arranged marriage and the births of her children to her husband’s increasing cruelty and her horrifying execution, where, by tradition, her father, husband, and sons hurled the first stones. A stark look at the intersection between culture and justice, this is one woman’s story, but it stands for the stories of thousands of women who suffered—and continue to suffer—the same fate. It is a story that must be told.

      The Stoning of Soraya M.: A Story of Injustice in Iran
    • 2000

      (Percussion). Bobby Rondinelli of Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult and master teacher Michael Lauren from the Drummers Collective have put together the most comprehensive text ever written on the subject of double bass drumming. It features hundreds of innovative warm up, beat and fill exercises, tips for getting started, a discography of important double bass recordings, plus a timeline of the most important double bass drummers in history, including photos of their setups. A must for all drummers interested in improving their double bass technique!

      The Encyclopedia of Double Bass Drumming