History Books & Historical Accounts

Nation Brand: Soft Power And The Case Of The United Arab Emirates

For years, countries have been leveraging so-called ‘soft power’ to preserve their interests and ensure their significant presence in various societies, and in the process, building a strong and positive nation brand that has a respected position in the international arena.

The establishment of alliances at state level and the expansion of soft power is now a fundamental tool for many nations to increase their influence and significant presence on the international stage, while enabling them to spread and secure their foreign policy and pave the way to attracting more allies.

Today then, soft power has become an essential method of influencing minds, winning emotions and getting to grips with peoples’ behaviour, social trends, and emotional tendencies.

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Narrative Techniques In The Book Of The Thousand And One Nights And Its Impact On World Fiction

Narrative Techniques in the Book of the Thousand and One Nights and its Impact on World Fiction starts with a review of the history of The Thousand and One Nights, and a review of its impact on world literature and literary figures since its first translation, as a whole book, into Western languages during the early 19th century and
until today.
This book also discusses the narrative techniques of The Thousand and One Nights and the affinities of the techniques with the later invented literary techniques of metafiction.
The nature, techniques, and theorization of metafiction are also explained. There are also discussions of the most prominent Western fictionists and critics who were occupied with the different applications of the techniques
of metafiction.
This book gives a quick review of the whole of the literary legacy of the Egyptian fiction writer and Noble Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz, and continues with a discussion of Mahfouz’s short but condensed novel Layali Alf Laylah (translated into English as Arabian Nights and Days). This book also discusses the literary legacy of the American fictionist and critic John Barth, and it concentrates on Barth’s short story collection, Ten Nights and a Night:
Eleven Stories.
This book concludes with a call to expand Literary Theory to include not only Western works but also world classics, such as The Thousand and One Nights, for its international appeal, impact on world literature, and for its fascinating narrative techniques praised by Literary Theory.

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Desert Tales Of The Emirates

Desert Tales of the Emirates is a very inspiring, illuminating, and exciting story which educates the reader about the history of the UAE. It is a journey through the UAE's heritage and culture revealing how the Emirates evolved over time. The story is based on the evolution of life in the UAE, recognizing the importance of peace, love, diversity, and excellence accomplished at each stage.

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The Story Of Everything

We have always had questions about our world. We find mysteries whichever way we look. We always aspire to understand the world in which we find ourselves in, and we resort to any means necessary that bring us closer to that understanding.

Scientific discoveries have profoundly changed our understanding of our place in this world. Those discoveries that have allowed us to weave the story of our world based on experience, evidence and facts.

The story of our world begins with telling the story of the science that made us learn about it. When did the story of science begin? Who are its first heroes? Why did it stumble and get weaker? How did it start again? And who are the heroes who contributed to that new start? How did the story of science help shape the world we live in today? What is the structure of matter? How was it formed? And what is the story of our understanding of it? How was our universe born? What are the stages it went through? And what is the story of our knowledge of that? What is the story of the basic structures of the universe, from galaxies to stars, to our solar system and its planets? What is the story of the Earth? How was it formed? What are the stages it went through? What’s our story? How did we start and tame our world? What is the story of ancient, medieval and modern times? Finally, what do we envision for the future?

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Ashes Of A Lost Country

Ashes of a Lost country, is a historical novel that tells the story of hostilities between the Israelis as invaders, and Palestinians as defenders of their homeland. The book is a story about the loss of one’s country and the victory of a man over this event. The main character in this novel is Alghadanfar, who at the age of 14 suffers two disasters; the first is the loss of his mother, and the second is the loss of his homeland, Palestine.  Alghadanfar finds himself alone in this world with no parents to look after him, he travels more than 40 kilometers on foot, under the scorching sun of June to finally reaches his boarding military school, his last shelter.  All he possessed in the world was some shabby clothes and not a single penny in his pocket, but he possessed one effective weapon; his determination to survive. Through the book, Alghadanfar narrates in a gripping story style the history of the Middle East, the most turbulent region in the world, and the ongoing war between Israelis and Palestinians. Yet, in spite of all the suffering the Israelis have inflicted on him and on his people, the author rejects violence and decides to fight with the pen as his father had taught him.  In brief, the book preaches peace, understanding, love, coexistence; and rejects hate, violence and calls on enemies to bury  the hatchet and sharpen their pencils.

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