Khalid
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Jackie may be 14 but she's old enough to know not to go out of the house on Blood Night. The vampire gangs in her neighborhood are vicious! Her dad thinks that his bat is enough to keep them safe and her little sister isn't scared of anything. A trip down the street to the convenience store will change their lives forever.
11) The Chosen One
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Have you ever felt like the black sheep in your family, the one who dances to a different beat and doesn't quite fit the mold? Society often labels such individuals as odd or strange, but what if being the black sheep means you're the chosen one?
In "The Chosen One: The Energy You Possess," discover the empowering journey of those who stand apart, destined to challenge the status quo and catalyze change within their families and communities. This...
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"In 1990, three boys are born, unrelated but intertwined by circumstance: Dayo, Iseul, and Youssef. They are adopted as infants and live in a shared bedroom perched atop a mosque in one of Staten Island's most diverse and precarious neighborhoods, Coolidge. The three boys are an inseparable if conspicuous trio: Dayo is of Nigerian origin, Iseul is Korean, and Youssef indeterminately Middle Eastern. Nevertheless, Youssef is keeping a secret: he sees...
14) American teen
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Hailing from El Paso, Texas, eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter Khalid releases his debut album. It features the first single, Location, along with Let's Go; Hopeless; Coaster; Saved; and the newly released track, Shot Down. Khalid burst onto the music scene with his first single, Location, which received great critical acclaim.
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"A major history of Central Asia and how it has been shaped by modern events Central Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-eighteenth century to today,...
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In Making Uzbekistan, Adeeb Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian Revolution. Traumatic upheavals--war, economic collapse, famine--transformed local society and brought new groups to positions of power and authority and Central Asia, just as the new revolutionary state began to create institutions that redefined the nature of power in the region. This was also a time of hope and ambition and which local...
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It follows Maryam, a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the male incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community's struggle to accept her as their town's first female candidate, Maryam's creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.
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Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, it is a visually sumptuous coming-of-death fable. During her son's naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina's child will die at the age of twenty. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina's ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas, and challenges...