If Oceans Were Ink
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Tells the story of how author and her long-time friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities.
Carla Power Books
Carla Power is an author whose work delves into the intricate tapestry of human experience and cultural encounters. Her background as a foreign correspondent lends a sharp, insightful perspective to her exploration of global themes. Power masterfully blends analytical rigor with profound empathy, offering readers unique insights into the complexities of the world. Her writing is distinguished by its ability to connect personal narratives with broader social and political contexts.
Home, Land, Security
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
"Nicola, Christianne, and Marie are mothers who discovered too late that their sons had been radicalized online and had flown from the West to join the tens of thousands of foreign ISIS fighters in Syria. Too often extremists are portrayed as having sprung from the earth as irredeemable killing machines, but these women underscore the deeper truth that no one is born a terrorist, and they have themselves become activists in preventing violent radicalism. Grasping at the Root explores innovative new counter-extremism programs around the world, including in the United States, Europe, Pakistan, and Indonesia. We meet an American judge who has staked his career on finding new ways to handle terror suspects, a Pakistani woman running a game-changing school for former child soldiers, a radicalized Somali American who learns through literature to see beyond his hate-filled beliefs, and a former neo-Nazi who now helps disarm jihadis"-- Provided by publisher