Bano: 11 books
Female Islamic Education Movements
The Re-democratisation of Islamic Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Since the 1970s, movements aimed at giving Muslim women access to the serious study of Islamic texts have emerged across the world. In this book, Masooda Bano argues that the creative spirit that marked the rise and consolidation of Islam, whereby Islam inspired serious intellectual engagement to...
The Rational Believer
Choices and Decisions in the Madrasas of Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Islamic schools, or madrasas, have been accused of radicalizing Muslims and participating, either actively or passively, in terrorist networks since the events of 9/11. In Pakistan, the 2007 siege by government forces of Islamabad’s Red Mosque and its madrasa complex, whose imam and students staged...
Meri Kahaniyan-Zeelani Bano (Hindi Stories)
मेरी कहानियाँ-जीलानी बानो
Language: Hindi
Release Date: January 30, 2013
इस किताब को पढ़ने के बाद शायद आप इस सवाल का जवाब दे सकेंगे...शायद आप मुझसे यह सवाल भी करें कि मैंने इन कहानियों का चयन क्यों...
Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils
Transcending the Boundaries of Community and Law
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women.
Contemporary English Plays
Eden’s Empire; Alaska; Shades; A Day at the Racists; The Westbridge
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Edited and introduced by leading cultural and theatre critic Aleks Sierz, this bold and urgent collection of contemporary plays by England's newest and most relevant young writers explores the various cultures and identities of a nation that is at once traditional, nationalistic and multicultural.
Eden's...
Breakdown in Pakistan
How Aid Is Eroding Institutions for Collective Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channeled through NGOs or community-based organizations to improve service delivery to the poor, build social capital, and establish democracy in developing nations. However, growing evidence suggests that aid often erodes, rather than promotes, cooperation...
Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities
Issues for Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
While forced marriage and 'honour-based' violence attract media attention, little is known about the issues and experiences of South Asian women and children who are affected by gendered violence.
This book explores the key theoretical and empirical issues involved in gendered violence, ethnicity...
by Sanjeeda Bano
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Diaspora is a displacement of a community or an individual from one geographical region to another geographical region. Either voluntary or forced such spatial movements from one's native land to the foreign land are very common during post-colonial and postmodern globalized period. Diaspora as an...
Forced Marriage
Introducing a Social Justice and Human Rights Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Forced Marriage: Introducing a social justice and human rights perspective brings together leading practitioners and researchers from the disciplines of criminology, sociology and law. Together the contributors provide an international, multi-disciplinary perspective that offers a compelling alternative...
by Immanuel Kant, Agustín Béjar Trancón, Alberto Rábano Gutiérrez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Kant publicó en febrero de 1764 este pequeño ensayo sobre las "enfermedades de la cabeza" en una revista local y de forma anónima. La ocasión: la presencia de un hombre de mediana edad, con un comportamiento extravagante, al que acompañaba un niño en estado semisalvaje. En la polémica...
by Fabrizio, Bano
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Con la “direttiva Bolkestein” si intende realizzare, nell’Unione europea, un mercato integrato per la prestazione di servizi. Ciò implica la rimozione di tutti gli ostacoli che limitano la libertà di prestare servizi, inclusi quelli che impediscono alle imprese lo spostamento di manodopera tra...