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Haleh Banani

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Haleh Banani is the first female to host a program for Al-Fajr TV called 'With Haleh' which combines...

Anwar Al-Sadat: Transforming the Middle East

Robert L. Tignor

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Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of...

A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to Isis

Robert F. Worth

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In 2011, a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to...

Faityum

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The oasis-like basin Faiyum was artificially built 3,900 years ago by enlarging the Bahr Yussef...

graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Mr. Impossible (Carsington Brothers, #2) in Books

Feb 15, 2019

I hate to say it but I just could not get into this at all. I tried numerous times (for many months) and finally had to call it quits on page 120. I really don't know what the problem is. This book had all the elements I enjoy: I really liked Loretta Chase's previous Carsington novel, Miss Wonderful, I loved the Mummy (and the Mummy Returns), not to mention anything that has to do with Egypt, archaeology, history, etc., I like strong female characters, but for some reason this book just fell flat. There's just something missing, maybe it was the two the leads; I didn't love 'em and I didn't hate 'em, they just weren't well-developed. I read the epilogue, which I was glad I did, because it gave a little info of the next book (although there's not much, but it was cute nonetheless). I'm sure there will be many people who will enjoy this even if it didn't mesh with me.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (Mrs Pollifax #14) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Mrs. Pollifax and her friend Farrell are off to Syria to try to find out what happened to Amanda Pym, who vanished after stopping the hijackers of a plane diverted from Egypt. They are constantly being watched and much evade their followers before they can even make contact. With the thinnest of leads, can they find the missing young woman?

This is Mrs. Pollifax, so that means we are off on another wild and fun adventure. Set in the world of 2000, it’s interesting to read this take on the politics of the Middle East back then. The plot features a couple of familiar plot points, but I didn’t care since it was so fantastic to be enjoying another adventure with Mrs. Pollifax. Sadly, this is her last adventure, but I like to imagine she is still out there saving the day against overwhelming odds.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/11/book-review-mrs-pollifax-unveiled-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Gods Of Egypt (2016) in Movies

Mar 17, 2018

Gods Of Egypt (2016)

2016 | Action, Sci-Fi

5.5

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Entertainingly bad

Let's face it, you know a film with Gerard Butler in it is never going to be good. But at least with Gods of Egypt it's that bad it's vaguely entertaining.

It's take on Egyptian mythology is actually an interesting one and it's just a shame they decided to take some of it too far with over the top and pretty naff CGI. Gerard Butler hams it up and it's quite funny to listen to his accent constantly switching between English, Scottish and American. Nicolaj Coster-Waldau is a good actor but he's given absolutely nothing to work with here other than a terrible cheesy and stilted script. Brenton Thwaites isn't too bad either but he does seem to be playing a very similar character to that of the latest Pirates film.

This is one of those films you watch just to laugh at how bad it is. And fortunately for this, I've seen worse!