Bookworms of JF, what's your favorite book (s) and why?

Bookworms of JF, what's your favorite book (s) and why?

Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah’s novel By The Sea

31 Mar 2021
A discussion on "By the Sea", with Abdulrazak Gurnah.



On 20th November 2020, the Indian Ocean Working Group held a lecture as part of its Loiy Hamad Lecture Series based on Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah’s novel By The Sea (Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd., 2001). Saleh Omar and Latif Mahmud, the novel’s main characters, depart Zanzibar for the UK at different points of their lives. Through their memories and experiences, complex and deeply interwoven stories emerge of their pasts on that island of the Western Indian Ocean as they navigate life as immigrants in the UK. The webinar centered on a discussion between professor Gurnah and the moderators. Professor Cóilín Parsons, Associate Professor in the Department of English and Director of the Global Irish Studies Initiative at Georgetown University and Professor Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Professor of Anthropology at Georgetown University in Qatar moderated the webinar. Professor Gurnah is a renowned novelist and a professor of English and Postcolonial Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Professor Gurnah specializes in postcolonial discourses relating to Africa, the Caribbean and India. Introduction - 00:00 Lecture on the Novel by Professor Gurnah - 5:36 Discussion between Professor Gurnah and the moderators - 16:38 Closing Remarks - 52:55

Source: Georgetown University Qatar

Prof. Abdulrazak Gurnah​

Zitto Kabwe aibua kwa kina kazi zote za fahisi za Abdurazak Gurnah



Source : Mubashara Studio
 
Kiko vizuri sana? Juzi kati nimevikuta mlimani city nikavichukua vyote viwili, Hiyo Sapiens na Homo Deus, sijavisoma bado.
Kazi zake zote ni nzuri.

2.Renaissance Military Memoirs.

3.Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550.

4.The Ultimate Experience.

5.Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind.

6.Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.

7.Sapiens and Homo Deus: The Brief History Of Humankind and Brief History of Tomorrow.

8.Summary Of Homo Deus:Including Key

9. Takeaways and Analysis.

10. Money: Vintage Minis.

11. 21 Lessons for The 21st Century.

12.Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set.

13. Homo Deus Low Price CD (this is Audiobook by Yuval Noah Harari).
 
12 Sept 2018

Abdulrazak Gurnah - The Arriver's Tale - Refugee Tales




Author Abdulrazak Gurnah reads The Arriver's Tale from Refugee Tales: Volume I. The UK is the only country in Europe that detains people indefinitely. To call for a change in the law, Refugee Tales shares the stories of those who have experienced detention. Each day for 28 days, leading up to the start of a parliament, a tale will be released online. The project calls for an immediate time limit to immigration detention (28 Days). Subscribe to this channel to see who else is supporting this campaign.
Source : 28 Tales for 28 Days
 
Kazi zake zote ni nzuri.

2.Renaissance Military Memoirs.

3.Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550.

4.The Ultimate Experience.

5.Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind.

6.Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.

7.Sapiens and Homo Deus: The Brief History Of Humankind and Brief History of Tomorrow.

8.Summary Of Homo Deus:Including Key

9. Takeaways and Analysis.

10. Money: Vintage Minis.

11. 21 Lessons for The 21st Century.

12.Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set.

13. Homo Deus Low Price CD (this is Audiobook by Yuval Noah Harari).
I see, sawa. Ngoja nipige kwanza sapiens na homo deus.
 
Huwa nafikiriaga kuhusu hizi quotes mbili kutoka vitabuni.

Hii kutoka The confederancy of dunces.

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Hii kutoka The Alchemist.

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Hii ya Paulo Coelho, ina ukweli hata kidogo? Wewe una ifikiria namna gani Red Giant?
Hii mimi sioni kama ina ukweli. Zaidi naona ni kinyume chake. Vitu maishani, hasa vitu vizuri vinapatikana kwa taabu, kupambana. Ni kama vitu vyote viko dhidi yako.

Hiyo ya Jonathan Swift/Toole ndiyo naona ina uhalisia. Kuna mifano hai mingi sana kwenye historia.
 
Huwa nafikiriaga kuhusu hizi quotes mbili kutoka vitabuni.

Hii kutoka The confederancy of dunces.

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Hii kutoka The Alchemist.

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Hii ya Paul Coelho naikubali sana, ila sijui mechanism yake ikoje.

Kuna mengi ambayo nimekuwa nikiyafanya, nikianza jambo najikuta linaenda katika namna ambayo kwa kweli naweza iita ni 'kibahati'. Kwa ufupi dunia ni watu, na ukijua jinsi ya kujichanganya na watu basi mambo yako yataenda.
 
Hii ya Paul Coelho naikubali sana, ila sijui mechanism yake ikoje.

Kuna mengi ambayo nimekuwa nikiyafanya, nikianza jambo najikuta linaenda katika namna ambayo kwa kweli naweza iita ni 'kibahati'. Kwa ufupi dunia ni watu, na ukijua jinsi ya kujichanganya na watu basi mambo yako yataenda.
Kwa mtazamo wangu mimi, kila binadamu ni mshindani wa mwenzake. Hata baba na watoto wake. Kila siku tunagombania vitu vyote, kila mtu apate zaidi. Watu wanashirikiana sababu ya faida ya pamoja tu.
 
Hii mimi sioni kama ina ukweli. Zaidi naona ni kinyume chake. Vitu maishani, hasa vitu vizuri vinapatikana kwa taabu, kupambana. Ni kama vitu vyote viko dhidi yako.

Hiyo ya Jonathan Swift/Toole ndiyo naona ina uhalisia. Kuna mifano hai mingi sana kwenye historia.
My twin sister anasema ilibidi iwe "The whole universe conspires against you achieving it." Kwamba kuna wakati alihitaji kitu and the universe conspired against her having it.

Hii The confederancy of dunces itabidi nikitafute.
 
My twin sister anasema ilibidi iwe "The whole universe conspires against you achieving it." Kwamba kuna wakati alihitaji kitu and the universe conspired against her having it.

Hii The confederancy of dunces itabidi nikitafute.
Na mimi naona hivyo. Kitafute hiki, utacheka sana.
 
Sawa, kinahusu nini?
Kwanza ni Comedy book. Kinahusu jamaa aliyekuwa mtoto wa mama. Akijitia usomi sana. Na hasa muandishi aliandika kuakisi maisha yake.

Pia historia ya muandishi na jinsi kitabu kilivyochapishwa kinaongeza ladha fulani kwenye hiki kitabu.
 
Paula Paul Red Giant

Tukizungumzia concept itokanayo na quote kutoka kwenye kitabu cha The Alchemist, "When you what something, All The whole universe conspires against you achieving it".
Pia ikumbukwe imezungumzwa kwenye vitabu kama
1. Think and grow Rich by Napolean Hill ( what a brain of man can conceive and believe it can be achieved ),
2.The Secret by Rhoda Berne,
3.The Master Key System
4.The power of Subconscious Mind
you name it.
Vyote vimezungumzia kitu hii.

Concept hii nimeikuta kwenye vitabu vingi sana , Tena katika discipline tofauti tofauti ikijumuisha Self help, Inventions, Sales and Selling, Business, Success you name it.
Bila kusahau kuna-hundreds of youtube videos, watu mbali mbali wakielezea jambo hili.
Tukumbuke pia nasi tunamsemo usemao "Lisemalo lipo, kama alipobasi laja"
Mimi ni nani mpaka nisisadiki wokovu huu ama concept hii, Yote sababu mwaka huu nimeishi kwenye matamanio yangu matatu ambayo kuanzia last year niliyatamani.
 
Kwanza ni Comedy book. Kinahusu jamaa aliyekuwa mtoto wa mama. Akijitia usomi sana. Na hasa muandishi aliandika kuakisi maisha yake.

Pia historia ya muandishi na jinsi kitabu kilivyochapishwa kinaongeza ladha fulani kwenye hiki kitabu.
Thank you, Red Giant. I will check it out.
 
Nimeiburuza hii harry potter yote hapa


Haya sasa mnipe vitabu vya science fiction na mauongouongo kama yote...
Natanguliza shukran
11/22/63 by Stephen King.
It's about a guy (time traveler) trying to prevent the Kennedy's Assassination.
 
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