Books published by Partridge Publishing

This is a historical novel, speaking about a critical period in the sixteenth century, connecting Granada to Egypt.Dorra, a carpet weaver, her grandson Maa-alzahab, and her sister Sahar are the main characters that represent Granada. Ibrahem, the son of the head of merchants of Cairo, is the main character that represents Egypt. Through the sequence of events, Ibrahem travels to Granada and meets Dorra, her grandson, and her sister, and there they exchange their tales, joys, fears, hopes. As you turn the pages, you will be oriented of the struggle between exclusion, seclusion due to ideological differences from one side and open minds from the other side, represented by the great Arabian philosophers, Sufis who were stated in the novel as Averroes, Ibn-Arabi and Ibn-Tofail.It is a story about human beings who loved life, were eager for every drop of it, yet were oppressed.That period was critical. The author sets a question: "Who would have the upper hand- life or oppression?" The answer isn't easy.

Zinuv a young, African girl lives in an impoverished village in the foot hills of Africa with her family. She dreams of a better life for her and her family. She dreams of finding diamonds in hopes of making her dreams of owning a beautiful, sequined gown and living in a palatial home with marble floors come true.Her mother discourages her from following her dream. She thinks Zinuv is wasting her time and demands that she keep up with her chores. Her father is the one that gives her hope. He tells his daughter to keep dreaming and encourages her to keep looking for diamonds. She is ridiculed by her classmates and villagers. She finds solace in her grandmother. Her search for diamonds continues and with the help of her younger sister Pelumi pays off when a mining company comes to the village. Her hopes and dreams come to life. When she discovers a huge, diamond the size of her palm. But, Zinuv has to make the difficult decision to give up the beautiful, pink,heart-shaped diamond that she found and gave to her father. He returned it to Zinuv and told her that it was his heart to her. She is broken-hearted and tore between keeping the diamond which means so much to her and selling the beautiful diamond to make her wishes come true. She decides to sell the diamond. She saves her family from poverty when they sell the diamonds for thousands if not millions. And, the father builds the family a palatial home, and takes the family on a shopping spree. They live happily ever after.

Nadina works as a journalist on a private Television in her country. She writes a series of emails to her father who passed on to the other world during a war that tore apart her beloved nation. She relates her story of resilience, perseverance and courage; after a breakthrough is achieved in communication and people from this world are able to communicate with other people in the other world of the living dead. She expresses her struggles in taking care of her siblings. Technically, Nadina becomes the father of her siblings as she cares for each and every aspect of their needs. The father, who is the last to die, leaves the five children still in school. Nadina works her socks off to feed these children, to pay for their school fees and sees them become independent. Nadina criticises some political, economic and social structures of her country (no name is given but it is an allegory of African states) and calls for an end to rampant poverty, wars and conflicts. Despite being outspoken and critical of the government, Nadina is appointed minister of information. With this new status, her dream to fight poverty and bring about peace has just begun.