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History of creation Author: Khazal Al-Majidi This book tells the story of creation from the scientific point of view only. It is very necessary as an introduction to the history of civilizations created by man, because it will make us understand the meaning of...

Promised Land Author's name: Theodor Herzl The Promised Land, or Altneuland in German, is the last novel written by the founder of the Zionist movement, Theodor Herzl. It revolves around the Austrian Jewish jurist Friedrich Loewenberg, who, following a failed love affair on an...

procession Author's name: Mounir Al-Haik In 1916, when the epidemic swept through the village, its people went out in a "procession" in honor of the living Saint Elias. The procession turned into a ritual that linked past and present, visions and reality. Two characters...

The Invisible Man Author's name: Herbert George Wells In this novel, H.G. Wells presents one of the most enigmatic and intriguing characters in world literature: Griffin, the scientist who succeeds in making himself invisible but fails to foresee the consequences of his invention. What...

How do you read the body language of others, and how do you use gestures and movements to influence how others perceive you? Supported by illustrative images and many personal experiences, former FBI agent Joe Navarro shows you the body gestures that carry true...

University philosophy Author's name: Arthur Schopenhauer In this bold and satirical work, Schopenhauer directs his sharpest criticism at the academic establishment and its intellectuals. He argues that "university philosophy" is often a tedious exercise in serving the purposes of the state and career advancement,...

Guidelines and principles Author's name: Arthur Schopenhauer In his book "Guidelines and Principles," Arthur Schopenhauer opens a profound window into the art of living and the philosophy of everyday life. With a style that combines tried-and-tested wisdom with his characteristic critical sharpness, he presents...

The Night Tiger   Author: Yangsze Choo‎ "It’s May, and Dr. MacFarlane, for whom eleven-year-old Ren works as a servant boy, is dying. On his deathbed, he tasks Ren with finding his lost amputated finger within forty-nine days, or his soul will roam the...

صدرت أخيرًا عن مركز دراسات فلسفة الدين ودار الرافدين الترجمة العربية لكتاب جون هيك  “الشر وإله المحبة  الذي يعد من أشمل المصادر اللاهوتية -فيما أعرف- حول مشكلة الشر. أمضيتُ في تعريب هذا الكتاب وقتًا طويلًا حتى يخرج في صورته المُثلَى قدر الإمكان وقدر طاقتي...

هذا هو الكتاب الثالث من مجلد "نظرية في إعادة ترتيب الأديان والعصور"، وهو يثير مسألة غاية في الإحراج بالنسبة لعموم المسلمين المعاصرين، تتصل بطرح تساؤلات غير مسبوقة عن "إيلاف قريش" وما إذا كانت هناك بالفعل تجارة عالمية انطلقت من "مكة الحجاز" ذات يوم في...

لُقّبَ محمد كرد علي ب"علّامة الشام" وقضى عمره مدافعاً عن العرب ولغتهم وآدابهم وفنونهم بالإيمان العروبي في مطالع القرن العشرين بامكانية اتصال حاضر العرب بحاضر الأمم المتقدّمة، فشرفُ لغتهم ولطائف أدبهم ودقائق فنونهم التي يعرضها في هذه المقالات لمن وُصف بأنه "أمّة في رَجُل"...

هذا الكتاب لا يصف ما جال في نفس خاصة من فكر، وما ملكها من هوى، وما اثر فيها من عاطفة انما هو يصف الحياة النفسية لكلل شاب وشابة على اختلاف الازمنة والامكنة، وعلى تباين الاحوال والظروف. تلك خصلة تمتاز بها الكتب التي انشئت لتبقى...

"أريد العودة إلى هناك"… بهذه الكلمات يبدأ ألوليم رحلته بعد هبوط فجائي من السماء إلى الأرض، عابراً ممـالـك الوحوش ليؤسس بداية الوعي الإنساني. رواية "فجر السلالات" لرائد إبراهيم، عمل ملحمي مستلهم من ميثولوجيا سومر وأساطير بلاد الرافدين، تسرد الرواية أسطورة النشوء الأولى للإنسان، حين...

رواية تعتمد على أحداث واقعية غريبة، طبيب يؤدي به ظرفه العصيب إلى الإدمان وما يتبع ذلك من نتائج فادحة. تكشف الرواية عن قدرة باهرة للكاتب على تصوير حياة المدمنين والتفاصيل الدقيقة للاضطراب الذي يحيط بهم، ويقدم بولغاكوف عبر تجربة مر بها شخصياً ضرباً من...

في قريةٍ تخاف الحقيقة، وُلدت فتاة بلا نسب…وكبرت لتكشف نسب الخطيئة. في قريةٍ تُدفن فيها الأسرار قبل أصحابها، تكبر عائشة وهي تحمل اسمًا ليس لها: بنت السايح. لا بيت يشبه البيت، ولا نسب يطمئن القلب، ولا حبّ ينجو من سطوة العائلة والخوف والعار. وحين...

عندما تتحوّل الذاكرة إلى بودكاست في ليلةٍ كنديةٍ باردة، تتصافّ الأحداث كأحجار الدومينو، واحدةً تلو الأخرى، بتتابعٍ، لتنتهي حيث بدأت. ليلةٌ انتظرها الجميع لمدة اثنتين وعشرين سنة، يشتعل المسرح بأيقونة البوب گوگوش، صوت معتّق كنبيذ شيراز يتداخل مع همس لرجلٍ يحمل مرارة المنفى: گوگوش،...

لقد آنست في قرارة نفسي، كما في كل مكان آخر، مشاعرَ حب تجاه أمي وغيرة تجاه أبي، مشاعرَ إخال أنها شائعة بين الأطفال الصغار جميعاً [...] إذا كان الأمر كذلك حقّاً، فإننا نتفهم [...] الأثر المذهل الذي تركته مسرحية أوديبوس ملكاً في النفوس. [...]...

خلف دخان المدافع في الحرب العظمى، كانت هناك حربٌ من نوعٍ آخر تدار في غرف الاستخبارات، بين دهاليز برلين وأزقة إسطنبول؛ حيث غدت «الخلافة» قطعة شطرنج في يد الألمان.حربٌ تكشفُ عن أخطر رهانٍ آنذاك: المقامرة بالمقدسات لتفجير العالم من الداخل. هنا رحلةٌ مثيرة ترصد...

كان مارك سايكس أحد أكثر الشخصيات تأثيرًا في رسم السياسة البريطانية تجاه الشرق الأوسط خلال الحرب العالمية الأولى. وقد ارتبط اسمه بمرحلة مفصلية تركت آثارها في تاريخ المنطقة حتى يومنا هذا. غير أن الرجل الذي عرفه العالم من خلال اتفاقية (سايكس-بيكو) والوثائق الرسمية، يظهر...

تعد روايةأبلوموف (1859) لإيفان غونتشاروف من أهم الروايات الكلاسيكيّة الروسيّة في القرن التاسع عشر جنباً إلى جنب روايات دوستويفسكي وتورغنيف. وتكمن أهمية هذه الرواية أن مصطلحاً مهماً قد اشتق من اسم بطلها أبلوموف بعنوان الأبلوموفية الذي يطلق على نزعة الكسل والتراخي التي يعيشها بطل...

تبدو حياة الفنان بكلّ ما فيه من بوهيميّة وتحرّر كرنفاليّ الطابع، ومن يتواتر على زيارة منزله من مشاهير الفنّ، ونُخبة المُجتمع ونقاشاتهم الحاميّة في مواضيع كبيرة، مثل قصّة خياليّة بالنسبة لطفلة وحيدة من عائلة بسيطة تُصارع للبقاء على قيد الحياة وسط أزمة الكساد في...

استيقظت رند على صوت الساعة من نومها العميق، مدت جسدها تثاءبت، اقطبت حاجبيها وهي لا تزال في السرير.-أين أنا؟ حدَّثت نفسها، ثم انحنت وأمسكت ملابسها لتتأكد مما كانت ترتديه فتفاجأت بقميص نومها السماوي.-متى خلعت ملابسي الجامعية؟ سرحت للحظة ثم أغمضت عينيها وابتسمت. يبدو أنني...

A book that addresses the history of political conflicts and wars using the analogy of a game of chess. The author illustrates how major powers orchestrate international conflicts and how tactics and intrigues are used to achieve objectives. The book is considered an in-depth...

This book is an attempt to rethink the very conditions of reason, after modernity lost its old certainties and the world transformed into a space where power, knowledge, language, and legitimacy are contested. In "Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action," Jürgen Habermas continues his grand...

On every page, "The Art of Journaling" proves that creativity can be found in every moment of life, regardless of what is happening in the world. In this book, Suleika Jaouad explores the art of journaling, sharing everything she has learned about how this...

Carnegie's time-tested advice has remained effective for generations because it addressed fundamental questions about the art of getting along with people, how to win friends and influence others. The book challenges you on how to communicate effectively, how to increase your ability to get...

What is the worst that can happen to an eighteen-year-old girl who falls in love? Or to a young man with Down syndrome? Or to an eighty-year-old father? Imagine being translated to death, or blown up by an explosive belt, or dying in a...

"Karl, a bright sixteen-year-old, whose poor parents had sent him to America because a maid had seduced him and borne his child, stood on the ship's deck. As the vessel slowed, entering New York harbor, he saw the Statue of Liberty, which he had...

This book reveals Jacques Derrida's complex intellectual journey between rigorous skepticism and the prophetic tone he adopted when discussing the revolutionary nature of writing and justice. The work traces Derrida's transformation from radical deconstruction to an attempt to transcend the limits of doubt towards...

Discourse on Method   Author: René Descartes   It is well known that the book "Discourse on Method" by the French philosopher René Descartes is one of the pillars of modern Western philosophy, which has had an unparalleled influence on global philosophical thought. Dar...

Knowledge and the Sacred   Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr   Can science thrive without a spiritual conscience? How can we restore the moral dimension to education? And why has modernity failed to answer the great existential questions? This book takes us on an intellectual...

Islam and Arab Civilization Author: Muhammad Kurd Ali     In this book, Muhammad Kurd Ali adopts a three-pronged approach: he cites, then refutes, then proves and clarifies. He cites the criticisms of critics, the biases of most orientalists, and the falsities of the...

Nietzsche's Letters   Author Name: Friedrich Nietzsche   We present to the Arab reader a selected collection of letters from the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) to his family, friends, and female acquaintances. These are rare letters he wrote during his life,...

Badr Shakir al-Sayyab   Author Name: Badr Shakir al-Sayyab   "Al-Sayyab wrote at least ten poems that are among the most beautiful Arabic poems written from the 1950s until today. This is enough for him to endure. And this is enough for me to...

The Bani Khalid Tribe in History Author: Ahmed Al-Ameri Al-Nasiri     This book provides a comprehensive encyclopedia about the ancient Bani Khalid tribe, highlighting its history spanning three and a half centuries, from the Jabur state to the Bani Khalid state. The book...

Mandaean Mythology Author: Khazal Al Majidi     This book may be the first of its kind in both the Arabic and foreign libraries, as it delves into a rare subject that many shy away from due to the need for extensive knowledge in...

Egyptian Religion Author: Khazal Al-Majidi     Despite the abundance of books discussing Egyptian religion and its details, the distinction of this book lies in its unprecedented classification of the eight main and secondary components of religion within Egyptian religion. Each component occupies an...

Greek Art Author: Khazal Al-Majidi     The book "Greek Art" by researcher Dr. Khazal Al-Majidi. Al-Majidi likens this art to "a tree whose roots are immersed in the sea of Aegean arts, its trunk grows in the early stages of early Greek arts...

The Happy Prince and Other Tales   Author: Oscar Wilde‎ Wilde orally recounted the tales in this collection to his brother in Paris as subjects for a magazine he was corresponding with at the time. He did not know that they would later become...

Over the Republic Bridge   Author: Shahad Al Rawi‎ There are two cities a person loves in their life. The first is a city we dream of visiting, but that dream never comes true. The second is the city we were born in, left,...

The Wonderful Fool   Author: Shusaku Endo‎ Takamori and his sister Tomoe welcome the wonderful fool Gaston Bonaparte, who arrives in Tokyo from Paris after World War II. Shusaku Endo, the renowned Japanese novelist, delves into the depths of unique Japanese life after a...

Drama on the Hunt   Author: Anton Chekhov‎ This book includes Chekhov's notebook and scattered pages from his diaries. These notes and diaries, which fall within the inner aspect of the author's creative activity, are of great importance. Chekhov himself destroyed the drafts of...

A Drama in the Hunt   Author: Anton Chekhov‎ In his detective novel "A Drama in the Hunt," Chekhov does not merely depict crime; he attempts to grasp its philosophical and social roots, emphasizing that the criminal is inseparable from the society that created...

The Castle   Author: Franz Kafka‎ A land surveyor is sent by an unknown person for an unknown purpose to the Castle. The Castle itself is an unknown place. It is not clear what he is supposed to accomplish there. The novel follows his...

Swiss Summer   Author: Inaam Kachachi   We stretched with the light on. Then with the light off. You laugh in the darkness, and I whisper that the victim is in the arms of her executioner. We left behind the sickly terms and focused...

Letters to Philis 2/1 Author's name: Franz Kafka Kafka corresponded with an unknown woman, always referring to her in his diaries by the initial "F." This name remained a mystery, and people had no idea who she was, constantly guessing from all possible sources...

Footnotes on a Past Century Author's name: Bernard Lewis The New York Times bestselling author tells his extraordinary life story! After 9/11, Americans who hadn't given much thought to the Middle East turned to Bernard Lewis for an explanation, checking out his book What...

Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin Author's Name: Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin is one of the most famous novels in American literature. In it, its author portrayed the lives of American Negroes before the Civil War, igniting noble souls and stirring up...

religious woman feminist woman Author's name: Mouj Youssef Dr. Mouj Yousef tended to explore literary sociology, meaning that she addressed the topic of women and literature from the perspective of the image of women in literary action. Her research was rich in its literary...

Wittgenstein and the meaning of life Author's name: Reza Hosseini When engaging with Wittgenstein's insights into matters related to life and philosophy in general, it is important to keep in mind the difference between what we can glean from his way of seeing and...