From Middle East Eye: 10 recommended YA titles by Middle Eastern Authors
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
by Eva Osnos
The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
by Amartya Sen
Best of Enemies: A History of U.S. and Middle East Relations
by Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
by Jason Stearns
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung
Freedom at Midnight
by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
by Karen Armstrong
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai
Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
by Shirin Abadi
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
by Sandy Tolan
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor Frankl
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas L. Friedman
Documentaries:
Films:
"Sounds True: Insights at the Edge"
This podcast is focused on spiritual life with teachers coming from different traditions.
"On Being"
What does it mean to be human? How do we want to live? And who will we be to each other? Each week a new discovery about the immensity of our lives.
"Hidden Brain: Creating God"
In this episode of the "Hidden Brain" podcast, experts talk about the origins of some of the world's religions and the concept of religion itself.
