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Ten Arab Filmmakers

By Jonathan Smolin, Christa Salamandra, Tim Kennedy, Dalia Said Mostafa, Josef Gugler, Tim Bartley; Sebastian Koos; Hiram Samel; Gustavo Setrini; Nik Summers

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Ten Arab Filmmakers Provides An Up-to-date Overview Of The Best Of Arab Cinema, Offering Studies Of Leading Directors And In-depth Analyses Of Their Most Important Films. The Filmmakers Profiled He...

Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime, And Politics In Popular Culture

By Jonathan Smolin

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Introduction : State, Mass Media, And The New Moroccan Authoritarianism -- Police On Trial : The Tabit Affair, Newspaper Sensationalism, And The End Of The Years Of Lead -- He Butchered His Wife Be...

Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime, And Politics In Popular Culture

By Jonathan Smolin

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Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime, And Politics In Popular Culture

By Jonathan Smolin

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Facing rising demands for human rights and the rule of law, the Moroccan state fostered new mass media and cultivated more positive images of the police, once the symbol of state repression, reinve...

The Revolt Of The Young: Essays By Tawfiq Al-Hakim

By Tawfīq Ḥakīm, Jonathan Smolin, Terri DeYoung, Roger Allen, Mona Radwan, Mona Radwan, Terri DeYoung, Jonathan Smolin, Roger Allen

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Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) is recognized as one of the most important figures in the history of modern Arabic literature. Considered a pioneer in many literary forms, including drama, novels, and...

Moroccan Noir

By Jonathan Smolin

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The Politics Of Melodrama

By Jonathan Smolin

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Ihsan Abdel Kouddous (1919–1990) is the most popular and prolific writer of Arabic fiction in the twentieth century. The Politics of Melodrama is the first book to take on this giant of Arabic fict...

Final Bet

By Jonathan Smolin, Abdelilah Hamdouchi, ʻAbd Al-Ilāh Ḥamdūshī, Abdelilah Hamdouchi, Jonathan Smolin

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Casablanca. Othman, a handsome young Moroccan man, returns home to discover his elderly French wife, Sofia, brutally murdered in their bedroom. Highly educated but chronically unemployed, Othman ha...

Final Bet

By Jonathan Smolin, Abdelilah Hamdouchi, ʻAbd Al-Ilāh Ḥamdūshī, Abdelilah Hamdouchi, Jonathan Smolin

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A Rare Blue Bird Flies With Me: A Novel

By Yusuf Fadil, Jonathan Smolin, Youssef Fadel, Youssef Fadel, Jonathan Smolin

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Spring, 1990. After years of searching in vain, a stranger passes a scrap of paper to Zina. It’s from Aziz: the man who vanished the day after their wedding almost two decades ago. It propels Zina...

How to Convert ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 (and Vice Versa): A Complete Guide

If you’re in the world of books—whether as a publisher, librarian, bookseller, or avid collector—you’ve likely come across the terms ISBN-10 and ISBN-13. Understanding these formats and knowing how to convert between them is essential for maintaining consistency and compatibility in book records. In this post, we’ll cover everything you need to know about ISBN conversions, step by step.

What is an EAN and How Does it Relate to an ISBN?

If you’ve ever purchased a product online or in a store, you’ve likely come across a barcode. Behind these barcodes lies a standardized system that makes modern commerce possible. Two key codes often encountered are the EAN (European Article Number) and ISBN (International Standard Book Number). But what are they, how are they connected, and why are they so crucial? Let’s explore.