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The Haj is a novel published in 1984 by American author Leon Uris that tells the story of the birth of Israel from the viewpoint of a Palestinian Arab. [1]"Haj" in the novel's title refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so is obliged to make at least once in their lifetime.
Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 – June 21, 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books, including Exodus (published in 1958) and Trinity (published in 1976).
Hage has published journalism and fiction in Canadian and American magazines, and in the PEN America Journal.His debut novel, De Niro's Game (2006), won the 2008 International Dublin Literary Award, [3] and was shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2006 Governor General's Award for English fiction.
The Haj (novel) M. Mila 18; Mitla Pass (novel) Q. QB VII; R. Redemption (Uris novel) T. Topaz (novel) Trinity (novel) This page was last edited on 24 October ...
Mila 18 is a historical novel by Leon Uris set in German-occupied Warsaw, Poland, before and during World War II. Mila 18 debuted at #7 on The New York Times Best Seller list and peaked at #2 in August 1961. [1]
Michael Wolfe in 2007. Michael B. Wolfe (born April 3, 1945) [1] is an American poet, author, and the President and Co-Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation. A secular American born in Cincinnati, Ohio to a Christian mother and a Jewish father, Wolfe converted to Islam at 40 [2] and has been a frequent lecturer on Islamic issues at universities across the United States including ...
Nadia Abu El-Haj (Arabic: نادية أبو الحاج; born 1962) [1] is an American anthropologist at Barnard College and Columbia University. [2]The author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (2001) and The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology (2012), Abu El-Haj was the subject of ...
Depiction of the Masjid al-Haram (Sacred Mosque) and Kaaba in a manuscript of the Futūh al-Haramayn, 1582 (Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage) Little is known about Lari's early life and career. He is thought to be of either Persian [1] or Indian [2] origin. Lari might suggest he was from Lar, a town south-east of Shiraz.