Author: Ahmad KamalPublisher:
ISBN: 9780899840222
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Land Without Laughter - Turkey
Author: Ahmad KamalPublisher:
ISBN: 9780899840222
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Land Without Laughter
Author: Ahmad KamalPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595010059
Category : Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
"In the veins of the men of Tataristan courses the blood of Mongol, Hun, Macedonian and Chinese…the fanaticism of Saladin’s and Tamerlane’s Islam, and a rich heritage of Chinese wile." This is the land and these are the countrymen of Ahmad Kamal’s ancestors. A Muslim of Tartar stock, Mr. Kamal was born in America. His great-grandfather fought against the Russians in Central Asia. More than a century later, his American descendant returned to renew the battle in the 1930s. Kamal entered Turkestan through India and Tibet, crossing in mid-winter the most formidable frontier in the world, the Himalayan passes. The account of this journey — under constant threat of extinction from falling avalanches of snow — begins a series of almost incredibly hazardous adventures, told with an authenticity that unrolls the whole richly colored tapestry of a strange, feudal, and barbaric land. AuthorBio: Ahmad Kamal was born on a Colorado Indian reservation in 1914 of Turco-Tatar parents who were forced into exile by the Tsar for participation in the 1905 Revolution. Kamal's genetic makeup imprinted all his endeavors be they as deep sea diver, combat pilot, horseman, warrior, and as exponent of national self-determination. He commanded the Basmachi Rebellion in Turkistan in the 1920's and 1930's, supported the independence of Indonesia and Algeria, and was commanding General of the Muslim liberation forces of the Union of Burma into the 1980's. Though he devoted his entire life to the independence of his fatherland from the Russian and Chinese yokes, he died a month short of the collapse of the USSR. Japan's press, Asahi Shimbun marked his exsistence stating: "Ahmad Kamal lived like a Samurai—and died like a Samurai."
Anatolian Days and Nights
Author: Joy E. StockePublisher: Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN: 0983918813
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The Public
Author: Louis Freeland PostPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
The Public
Author: The Yogurt Man Cometh: Tales of an American Teacher in Turkey
Author: Kevin RevolinskiPublisher: Kevin Revolinski
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Part travelogue, part memoir, The Yogurt Man Cometh is the story of Kevin Revolinski's year-long adventure as an English teacher in Turkey. Revolinski relates in candid style his encounters in a foreign culture, all told with an open mind and a sense of humor. An enjoyable read for anyone who has spent time in Turkey or who plans to do so.
Beyond the Place of Laughter and Tears in the Land of Devotion
Author: David SperoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780970104106
Category : Meditation
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Land and Freedom
Author: A Fez of the Heart
Author: Jeremy SealPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156003933
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The author recounts his adventures traveling through Turkey in search of the history of the fez, using it as a key to understanding the country's history and culture.
Travels in Russia, Tartary, and Turkey
Author: Edward Daniel ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crimea (Ukraine)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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