In an internet society ‘text’ can mean some trivial thing. Not so its long link with ‘textile’ as something significant woven into words that might even be ‘holy writ’. Meant this way here, ‘Inter-text’ has to do with how—not whether—we think of God. The Qur’an has a laden phrase about ‘esteeming Allah a true esteem’. What ‘measure’, what criteria? Christian and Muslim are in clear kinship about the answer, but—inside it—present a sharp contrast. Together they see the human situation as a trust with the earth as God’s viceroys so that nothing is merely secular, since all is meant for hallowing. Things are only ‘under us’ as we are ‘under God’. This central truth grows ever more urgent now and, with it, the issue that divides. Is this vocation to be ‘on God’s behalf ’ an education into law, served by a political control that makes us amenable? Or, in all realism, must it not be a redemption into love, because we are willful and perverse? Otherwise, why that ringing ‘Perhaps’ in the Qur’an? This—between us—only belongs inside the common stake of the God who has ‘let us be’. It is a theme that demands to bypass the sundry anathemas we have had for each other so long. ‘To understand God we must first spell man.’ When we do so, we discover many other ‘texts’ between us about, for example, the task of scholarship with Scriptures, the temper of religious authority, the inter-liability of the sexes and the humility that learns sincerity.

A Christian-muslim Inter-text Now: From Anathemata to Theme

Religion & Spirituality

CRAGG, Kenneth

Christian Books & Bibles

Rimal Pubns

Cyprus: An Island Apart is an account of the personal experiences of the author as he travelled here and there throughout Cyprus over a three-year period. He visited all the places of major cultural and historical interest on the island, north and south and, in sometimes light, sometimes serious vein, he describes what he saw. With equal warmth, joy and perception, he tells of the ruins, the monasteries, the old castles, the big towns and little villages, the Byzantine churches and ancient temples and, as well, of course, of the people he met along the way. He also attempts to explain briefly the political impasse that exists today. Always in his journeys the author takes with him the discerning and curious visitor who has limited time to spend in the country, or who alternatively wants to mix a couple of weeks beach holiday with a modest and selective tour of the major places of interest on the island.

Cyprus, an Island Apart: A Personal Experience

History

MacHugh, Seamus

Europe

Written in true Orwellian style and set in modern day Paphos on the island of Cyprus, this story tells of the threat that faces the animals of the island when rats, escaping from a burning ship in Limassol harbor, colonize and eventually start to overrun the island. Tolou, the wise she-cat of Paphos, and Theo the badly injured stranger from Limassol and Andreas, the leader of the council of cats, are the principal characters. They undergo many adventures before the final solution is reached and the island is at peace again.

Tolou and the Cats of Paphos

Children's Books

Unsworth, Geoff

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

The old villages, scattered across the landscape of Cyprus, are a far cry from the modern tourist developments that have swamped the coastlines over the past few decades. For most of its recorded history, the island has struggled under the rule of one foreign power or another, each bringing an alien religion or different doctrine to disturb the even tenor of country life. Perhaps the greatest upheaval of all, however, has occurred during the past half century. Until the mid-20th century, life had changed little for the people of the myriad villages scattered across the countryside. A visitor from the Middle Ages might have felt reasonably at home here.  Once change began, however, it accelerated at an ever-increasing pace, altering the lives of virtually everyone on the island. In this book Ms. Kay has tried to describe what is left of traditional life, the practices, beliefs and physical environment that have been the essence of Cyprus over the ages. Perhaps, after all, this age-old world of Cyprus village life will not be irrevocably lost, as she thought it must be when I first came to the village of Anogyra in the late 1980s. Today young people are beginning to renovate their grandparents’ abandoned homes for their own holidays or eventual retirement. And visitors to the island, who make their way to these attractive villages, will gain an insight into the heart of Cyprus.

Olives & Lemons: Traces of Cyprus Past

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

In Jerusalemites, Dr. Nusseibeh tells of growing up in British Mandate Palestine and recalls the pain inflicted on the Palestinians by the creation of Israel. He describes how he dedicated his professional life to the service of the Palestinian people and the goal of restoring their basic human rights. Dr. Nusseibeh also provides unique inside accounts of some of the major events in contemporary Arab and international history. Throughout Hazem Nusseibeh’s long and illustrious career as a senior politician and diplomat, the lure of Jerusalem, the city of his birth, remained strong.See a video preview of the book:

Jerusalemites: A Living Memory

Nusseibeh, Hazem Zaki

Life at the Crossroads gives the rich history of Gaza from ancient times until the present. The strategic importance of the area geographically is addressed as a crossroads of culture. The role of Gaza in the current conflict with Israel is analyzed in its historical context.The book culminates with the two intifadas and the Israeli war on Gaza in 2008-09, explaining the territory’s association with the development of the Islamic movement within the Palestinian community.This book reveals the rich history of Gaza. Continuously inhabited for more than 3,000 years at a key strategic crossroads of the region, it has witnessed the rise and fall of dozens of kingdoms and dynasties. As well as considering the early period, the age of the Pharaohs and the Philistines of the Bible, Life At The Crossroads includes accounts of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras. The coming of Islam, the interlude of the Crusades and the long period of Ottoman domination bring the story up to the First World War. The crucial history of Gaza in the 20th century is discussed in the period of the British Mandate and the conflicts with Israel.

Life at the Crossroads: A History of Gaza

Butt, Gerald

This book is a record of the 50 years Widad Kawar spent researching, collecting and preserving part of the heritage of Palestine. This endeavor evolved into the Widad Kawar Collection, the largest to date of Palestinian, Jordanian and other Arab traditional dress and accessories, comprising more than 2,000 items. In the following chapters she presents the story of how the collection evolved and she introduces the life stories of the women who produced the beautiful costumes it contains. For her, each item calls to mind an individual or a place: a wife, a mother, a daughter, a family, a house, a village, a town, a field, a market. Each item was worn on special occasions, happy and sad, that marked the owner’s life. Much of Widad’s knowledge stems from the personal narratives of these women whose embroidery and dress-making skills she so admires. With this book she pays homage to Palestinian women. Threads of Identity is a history of Palestinian women of the 20th century told through aspects of popular heritage, focusing on traditional dresses but also including textiles and rug weaving, rural and urban customs, cuisine, and festivities. The interviews with women who lived through the traumas and changes of the 20th century are a contribution to oral history, augmenting standard historical accounts. While most writing about the Middle East concentrates on politics, her book focuses on the dignity of ordinary people, and women in particular, bridging the gap between the major events of history and everyday life. See a video preview about the book:

Threads of Identity: Preserving Palestinian Costume and Heritage

Arts & Photography

Kawar, Widad Kamel

History & Criticism

This book is a record of the 50 years Widad Kawar spent researching, collecting and preserving part of the heritage of Palestine. This endeavor evolved into the Widad Kawar Collection, the largest to date of Palestinian, Jordanian and other Arab traditional dress and accessories, comprising more than 2,000 items. In the following chapters she presents the story of how the collection evolved and she introduces the life stories of the women who produced the beautiful costumes it contains. For her, each item calls to mind an individual or a place: a wife, a mother, a daughter, a family, a house, a village, a town, a field, a market. Each item was worn on special occasions, happy and sad, that marked the owner's life. Much of Widad's knowledge stems from the personal narratives of these women whose embroidery and dress-making skills she so admires. With this book she pays homage to Palestinian women. Threads of Identity is a history of Palestinian women of the 20th century told through aspects of popular heritage, focusing on traditional dresses but also including textiles and rug weaving, rural and urban customs, cuisine, and festivities. The interviews with women who lived through the traumas and changes of the 20th century are a contribution to oral history, augmenting standard historical accounts. While most writing about the Middle East concentrates on politics, her book focuses on the dignity of ordinary people, and women in particular, bridging the gap between the major events of history and everyday life.

Threads of Identity: Costumes and Traditions from Palestine

Kawar, Widad

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