Books published by Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press

Text in Arabic. Teenage Linda lives with her parents in the austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a lost counter-culture world. Isolated at home and an outsider at school, Linda wrestles with her craving to belong. And then the young Gardner family moves in across the lake and Linda finds herself welcomed into their home as a babysitter for their little boy, Paul. But with this new sense of belonging come expectations and secrets she doesnt understand. Over the course of a summer, Linda makes a set of choices that reverberate throughout her life. As she struggles to find a way out of the sequestered world into which she was born, Linda confronts the life-and-death consequences of the things people do -- and fail to do -- for the people they love.

Text in Arabic. Ahmed is fleeing from Syria''s inferno to Moscow, where he received his university education years ago, without a plan or a return ticket. All he carries with him is a promise to return to his beloved, and his only connection to her and sole possession: his phone. In Moscow, he becomes entangled in further complications while searching for his friend''s wife who has seemingly disappeared with another man. Hoping to prove the accusations against Rita false and ultimately preventing an inevitable crime, Ahmed is desperate for their twisted love story to work out as he sees it as his last sign of hope in the face of a brutal world that is collapsing before him and shattering his idyllic dreams.

Text in Arabic. The Qatar Nature Explorer series offers a unique insight into Qatars natural history and wildlife, and is an essential resource for schools and parents. This latest edition includes six books in one: Sea and Shore Life of Qatar, Insects and Arachnids of Qatar, Plants of Qatar, Mammals of Qatar, Reptiles and Amphibians of Qatar, and Birds of Qatar.

"The Qatar Nature Explorer series offers a unique insight into Qatars natural history and wildlife, and is an essential resource for schools and parents. This latest edition includes six books in one: Sea and Shore Life of Qatar, Insects and Arachnids of Qatar, Plants of Qatar, Mammals of Qatar, Reptiles and Amphibians of Qatar, and Birds of Qatar. "

Gardening in Arabia: Fruiting Plants in Qatar and the Arabian Gulf features 35 types of fruit trees and plants that are grown in our beloved country, Qatar, and in other Arabian Gulf countries. These are trees and plants that have shown their ability to thrive in this unique and challenging climate, producing luscious fruits of exceptional flavor. Trees and plants detailed in this book range from bananas to strawberries. There is a special section on date palms, an essential part of Middle Eastern culture and diet for millennia. Here you will find the scientific name of every tree and plant, along with their English names, and a full description of each. There is useful advice on where, when and how to cultivate these trees and plants in your own garden, and how to treat their most commonpests and diseases. The uses of each plant is also featured. Stunning photographs throughout will allow you to recognise the trees and plants and to enjoy their remarkable beauty.

Gardening in Arabia: Ornamental Trees in Qatar and the Arabian Gulf features over 70 types of ornamental trees and palms that are grown in our beloved country, Qatar, and in other Arabian Gulf countries. These are trees and palms that have shown their ability to thrive in this unique and challenging climate, and range from Acacias to Washingtonia palms. Here you will find the scientific name of every tree and palm, along with their English names, and a full description of each. There is useful advice on where, when and how to cultivate these trees and palms in your own garden, and how to treat their most common pests and diseases. The uses of each plant is also featured. Stunning photographs throughout will allow you to recognize the trees and palms and to enjoy their remarkable beauty.

Text in Arabic. The book features over 70 types of ornamental trees and palms that are grown in our beloved country, Qatar, and in other Arabian Gulf countries. These are trees and palms that have shown their ability to thrive in this unique and challenging climate, and range from Acacias to Washingtonia palms. Here you will find the scientific name of every tree and palm, along with their English names, and a full description of each. There is useful advice on where, when and how to cultivate these trees and palms in your own garden, and how to treat their most common pests and diseases. The uses of each plant is also featured. Stunning photographs throughout will allow you to recognize the trees and palms and to enjoy their remarkable beauty.

This book features 35 types of fruit trees and plants that are grown in our beloved country, Qatar, and in other Arabian Gulf countries. These are trees and plants that have shown their ability to thrive in this unique and challenging climate, producing luscious fruits of exceptional flavor. Trees and plants detailed in this book range from bananas to strawberries. There is a special section on date palms, an essential part of Middle Eastern culture and diet for millennia. Here you will find the scientific name of every tree and plant, along with their English names, and a full description of each. There is useful advice on where, when and how to cultivate these trees and plants in your own garden, and how to treat their most commonpests and diseases. The uses of each plant is also featured. Stunning photographs throughout will allow you to recognize the trees and plants and to enjoy their remarkable beauty.

Text in Arabic. An in-depth look at the role played by the historians of the Arabian Peninsula in the history of their countries during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries.

Text in Arabic. As Alma travels down the dark and rugged road to her house, she faces many difficulties to the point of despair. But as she navigates the forest, she finds light in her determination and courage to keep moving forward despite her struggles. Her journey through the darkness lit by stars and over dams on bridges built of hope, mirrors the ups and downs that we all encounter on the journey of life. A poignant tale, stunningly illustrated, on the importance of never losing hope no matter how dark the path before you may seem.

Text in Arabic. A captivating novel that unfolds in the philosophical world of Walid, a young man whose passion for cinema elicits dreams of travelling to France to study and produce films that personify his questions about religion, life, and loss. His hopes and dreams of escaping his mundane life, taking with him the French girl-next-door in whom he finds a proxy for the love of his deceased sister, are suddenly shattered when Walid is accused of murdering a Christian priest. The events unfold into a seemingly endless adventure of intellectual and life experiences, in an environment in which religions and nationalities coexist, social relations are intertwined, and the strange story of Father Dominique is revealed. Walids story becomes a gateway to other narratives of places and characters, of both Muslims and Christians and alike. The construction of narratives moving through different eras of time interject the monotony of the story and emphasize the Catch-22 of the protagonists psychological life. A snapshot of daily life in Tunisia in the 1980s, as seen through a candid lens exposing the inner lives of the main characters, the novel touches on their reality and innermost thoughts with boldness and transparency written in a lyrical way that builds suspense and excitement.

Four men, all worlds apart, come together to plan a robbery unlike anything ever attempted in Swedish history. Sami Farhan, Michel Maalouf, Zoran Milkovic, and Niklas Nordgren are the key players who pull off one of the most elaborate and unimaginable robberies in Swedish history...almost!

Master of the Craftsman navigates the Ottoman World of Damascus, documenting the living styles of the Damascusites and their political conditions with governors, who were linked by merchants, craftsmen, dignitaries, and the elders of Karat.

The well-known Palestinian literary critic and scholar Dr. Faisal Darraj examines the monumental literary duree of Jabra (1919-1994). He delineates the threads that form the world of Jabra, the novelist, short story writer, a translator of Shakespeare's tragedies, a literary critic, and a painter.

'Asrar Altanmiat Al Iqtisadiat Alsiynia provides an overview of China's economic development over a period of more than a century.

Malamih Aldimouqratia Alsiniyya highlights the historical period in which modernization in China took place and explores how the foundations were laid for democracy as an inevitable product of this development.

How do you begin a career to ensure that it is driven by passion and purpose? Author and experienced management consultant Maryam Ibrahim Al-Mansoori offers expert career counsel.

Omar is an orphaned Palestinian born into chaos, who only has one thing to hold on to: a love that propels him forward and gives him hope. Nadia is maturing into womanhood in a refugee community in Damascus. Can she cope with the tough realities of her world, and break out of her traditional social mold to create her own destiny?

Ala Qadri Ahli Alazm covers themes ranging from methods of negotiation to cultural diplomacy, education, art and literature, and the path to freedom. In doing so, Dr. Al-Kawari offers cultural solutions to pressing political and social dilemmas seen in both the Middle East and the world at large, such as injustice and intolerance.

When one of Kuwait's richest businessmen unexpectedly contacts author Taleb Al-Rifai', he has an unusual request: write a biographical novel that traces his ascent from poverty into the upper reaches of Kuwaiti society. As fact mixes with fiction, Al-Rifai' is torn over whether writing such a book compromises his integrity as a writer.

Four brothers from a quiet middle-class family in Nigeria take advantage of their father's extended absence to skip school and go fishing at a forbidden river. There they encounter a vision-seeing madman whose prophecy of violence will follow the boys through their lives.

In April 2016, Dr. Nasser Al-Mohannadi became one of the first Qataris ever to complete a full Ironman race. He swam 3.8km, biked 180km and ran 42.2km on one of the most difficult Ironman courses in the world. It was the fulfilment of a childhood dream and the climax of 28 years of preparation and training.