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    Transnational Nomads
    Transnational Nomads ab 38.49 € als pdf eBook: How Somalis Cope with Refugee Life in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaften,
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    One Goal , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 641min
    In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, One Goal tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state - and ultimately national - glory. When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds. Taking listeners behind the tumult of this controversial team - and onto the pitch where the teammates vied to become state champions and achieved a vital sense of understanding - One Goal is a timely story about overcoming the prejudices that divide us.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will Collyer, Amy Bass. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/004277/bk_hach_004277_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Transnational Nomads
    Transnational Nomads ab 43.99 € als Taschenbuch: How Somalis Cope with Refugee Life in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    Heart or Mind: Unbarred , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 95min
    Do the crime, do the time behind bars. But once you've been in, it can be tough to stay out. Tension between African Americans and Somalis at Rodney's high school erupts into a food fight that turns into a riot. In the midst of the violence, Rodney helps a Somali classmate to safety. Soon Rodney and Jawahir fall for each other. Against the pleas of their families and friends, they can't help but follow their hearts. As groups on both sides of the fight harbor lingering resentment, Rodney and Jawahir are caught in the middle. Rodney is determined to avoid trouble, having served a previous stint at the County Home School. But in a world where hate seems to rule, can Rodney and Jawahir keep their flame of love alive? Or will their relationship ignite a fire that destroys all in its path?This modern twist on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet explores the themes of love vs loyalty and societal clashes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lrnr/001285/bk_lrnr_001285_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fresh Air, Ridley Scott and Martin Meredith, Hörbuch, Digital, 46min
    Director Ridley Scott and journalist Martin Meredith on this edition of Fresh Air. Ridley Scott has received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for his film Black Hawk Down. The film, based on the best selling book written by Mark Bowden, is an account of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia, in which 19 US solders and some 1000 Somalis were killed. Scott also received a nomination for best director last year, for his film Gladiator. Gladiator won the Oscar for Best Picture. Scott's other films include Hannibal, Thelma and Louise, Blade Runner, and Alien. Martin Meredith's new book is called Our Votes, Our Guns: Robert Mugabe and the Tragedy of Zimbabwe. Later this week, Zimbabwe holds presidential elections, which means Mugabe's presidency is in jeopardy. The book chronicles Mugabe's transformation from political visionary to violent dictator. Meredith has now spent many years writing about Africa - first as a foreign correspondent for the London Observer and Sunday Times, and now as an author and commentator. His other books include, In the Name of Apartheid: South Africa's New Era and Nelson Mandela. (Broadcast Date: March 6, 2002) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/020306/rt_whyy_020306_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Crossbones , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 825min
    A gripping new novel from today's "most important African novelist". (The New York Times Review of Books)A dozen years after his last visit, Jeebleh returns to his beloved Mogadiscio to see old friends. He is accompanied by his son-in-law, Malik, a journalist intent on covering the region's ongoing turmoil. What greets them at first is not the chaos Jeebleh remembers, however, but an eerie calm enforced by ubiquitous white-robed figures bearing whips.Meanwhile, Malik's brother, Ahl, has arrived in Puntland, the region notorious as a pirates' base. Ahl is searching for his stepson, Taxliil, who has vanished from Minneapolis, apparently recruited by an imam allied to Somalia's rising religious insurgency. The brothers' efforts draw them closer to Taxliil and deeper into the fabric of the country, even as Somalis brace themselves for an Ethiopian invasion. Jeebleh leaves Mogadiscio only a few hours before the borders are breached and raids descend from land and sea. As the uneasy quiet shatters and the city turns into a battle zone, the brothers experience firsthand the derailments of war.Completing the trilogy that began with Links and Knots, Crossbones is a fascinating look at individuals caught in the maw of zealotry, profiteering, and political conflict, by one of our most highly acclaimed international writers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mirron Willis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003527/bk_adbl_003527_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: We Are All Connected, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, Lada Adamic is one of a host of social scientists working at facebook. Anne Strainchamps wanted to know why. And what all those sociologists are up to.Next, Somalia didn’t have a written language until the 1970's, and today, many if not most Somalis still live within an oral tradition. And in that tradition the poet is king. Then, some time ago, Olga Nunes got an invitation to join an email Listserv of more than 21,000 artists. The rules of the Listserv are simple. Every day, one person on the list is randomly selected to write an email and send it – to everyone else. So when it’s your turn… what do you write? Olga Nunes records voicemail memories of smell.After that, in Chile, a new platform called Poderopedia has just been launched. Its goal is to make those connections more transparent. It’s a crowd-sourced map of business and political power in Chile. Journalist Miguel Paz founded Poderopedia. And finally, in the gaming world, game designer Jason Rohrer is a god. Now, saying someone is a god in a certain field is a figure of speech. I mean, they’re not REALLY immortal beings. That is, unless you’re Jason Rohrer. [Broadcast Date: November 29, 2013] Language: English. Narrator: Jim Fleming. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/131129/rt_tbon_131129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Night Ranger: A John Wells Novel, Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 632min
    John Wells enters new territory, as he goes underground in East Africa to track four kidnapped Americans and the Somali bandits who snatched them, in the tough, thoughtful, electrifying new novel from the #1 New York Times best-selling author. Four friends, recent college graduates, travel to Kenya to work at a giant refugee camp for Somalis. Two men, two women, each with their own reasons for being there. But after twelve weeks, they’re ready for a break and pile into a Land Cruiser for an adventure. They get more than they bargained for. Bandits hijack them. They wake up in a hut, hooded, bound, no food or water. Hostages. As a personal favor, John Wells is asked to try to find them, but he does so reluctantly. East Africa isn’t his usual playing field. And when he arrives, he finds that the truth behind the kidnappings is far more complex than he imagined. The clock is ticking. The White House is edging closer to an invasion of Somalia. Wells has a unique ability to go undercover, and to make things happen, but if he can’t find the hostages soon, they’ll be dead - and the U.S. may be in a war it never should have begun. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Guidall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002048/bk_peng_002048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: We Are All Connected, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, Lada Adamic is one of a host of social scientists working at facebook. Anne Strainchamps wanted to know why. And what all those sociologists are up to.Next, Somalia didn’t have a written language until the 1970's, and today, many if not most Somalis still live within an oral tradition. And in that tradition the poet is king. Then, some time ago, Olga Nunes got an invitation to join an email Listserv of more than 21,000 artists. The rules of the Listserv are simple. Every day, one person on the list is randomly selected to write an email and send it – to everyone else. So when it’s your turn… what do you write? Olga Nunes records voicemail memories of smell.After that, in Chile, a new platform called Poderopedia has just been launched. Its goal is to make those connections more transparent. It’s a crowd-sourced map of business and political power in Chile. Journalist Miguel Paz founded Poderopedia. And finally, in the gaming world, game designer Jason Rohrer is a god. Now, saying someone is a god in a certain field is a figure of speech. I mean, they’re not REALLY immortal beings. That is, unless you’re Jason Rohrer. [Broadcast Date: March 13, 2013] Language: English. Narrator: Jim Fleming. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/130313/rt_tbon_130313_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Black Hawk Down: The History of the Battle of Mogadishu , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 75min
    Includes an explanation of the action, what went wrong, and an analysis of who was to blame. Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading. Includes a table of contents. "The Somalis were a curious bunch. For every armed person, there were 50 unarmed just standing around, often right next to the guy firing at us." (Michael Goffena, a Black Hawk pilot) If it was the dawn of a new world order in the 1990s, it was one of American unilateralism. Throughout the decade America's unrivaled power and the globalization of the world through technology like the Internet offered Americans a sense of security and a belief that the United States could accomplish anything. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States was the world's only remaining superpower, and communism around the world began to decline. Moreover, since communism in the Soviet Union was not defeated by outside military force but collapsed from within, its draw as an alternative system to Western capitalism and democracy was seriously weakened. Ten years after American marines were killed in the notorious barracks explosion in Beirut during Lebanon's Civil War, American special operations forces were sent to Somalia at the behest of President Bill Clinton as part of Operation Gothic Serpent. The goal set for the American forces was to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and thus prevent him from continuing to perpetrate violence. There is an ancient and oft quoted Somali saying that in many ways sums up the outside perception of Somalia, a race that appears unchangeably wedded to warfare and internal conflict: "Me and my clan against my nation. Me and my family against the clan. Me and my brother against the family. Me against my brother." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Wayne Stageman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035250/bk_acx0_035250_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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