God 99

Chess-playing people-traffickers, suicidal photographers, absurdist sound sculptors, cat-loving rebel sympathisers, murderous storytellers... The characters in Hassan Blasim’s debut novel are not the inventions of a wild imagination, but real-life refugees and people whose lives have been devastated by war. Interviewed by Hassan Owl, an aspiring Iraq-born writer, they become the subjects of an online art project, a blog that blurs the boundaries between fiction and autobiography, reportage and the novel. Framed by an email correspondence with the mysterious Alia, a translator of the Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran, the project leads us through the bars, brothels and bathhouses of Hassan’s past and present in a journey of trauma, violence, identity and desire. Taking its conceit from the Islamic tradition that says God has 99 names, the novel trains a kaleidoscopic lens on the multiplicity of experiences behind Europe’s so-called ‘migrant crisis’, and asks how those who have been displaced might find themselves again. God 99 is the highly anticipated debut novel by award-winning Iraqi writer, poet and filmmaker Hassan Blasim. Winner of an English PEN Translates Award.

Ever wonder why God doesn't behave the way you think the Creator of the universe should? Or why God's agenda seems to be at odds with yours? In case you haven't noticed, God can be rather, well, annoying at times. 99 Annoying Attributes of God lists his troublesome traits and helps to explain why the two of you don't always see eye-to-eye, so to speak.

What is it that keeps God's children hopeful in a hopeless world? What guarantees can a person cling to on the most difficult of days? Readers will find dozens of God's most uplifting guarantees in 199 Promises of God. This compact book offers real and powerful promises from the Creator of the universe and true refreshment for the spirit and a renewed sense of God's commitment to His children.

A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN TODAY'S MIDDLE EAST God Has Ninety-Nine Names is a gripping, authoritative account of the epic battle between modernity and militant Islam that is is reshaping the Middle East. Judith Miller, a reporter who has covered the Middle east for twenty years, takes us inside the militant Islamic movements in ten countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Isreal and Iran. She shows that just as there is no unified Arab world, so there is no single Islam: The movements are as different as the countries in which they are rooted. Vivid and comprehensive, Miller's first-and report reveals the meaning of the tumultuous events that will continue to affect the prospects for Arab-Isreali peace and the potential for terrorism worlwide.

What follows is 99 Ways that YOU, yes YOU, can end poverty. If 100 million Americans completed even HALF of the 99 Ways, the world could be radically changed.From simple things like donating socks to the local homeless shelter and bringing a meal to a veteran to hosting your own blog or running for office, you will be able to find ways that you can help the poor in your community and throughout the world. Additional educational tools like the Pledge Sheet and the 99 Ways Short List are designed for class settings like churches, schools, universities, clubs, and community centers.

In this work, here presented in a complete English edition for the first time, the problem of knowing God is confronted in an original and stimulating way. Taking up the Prophet's teaching that 'Ninety-nine Beautiful Names' are truly predicated of God, Ghazali explores the meaning and resonance of each of these divine names, and reveals the functions they perform both in the cosmos and in the soul of the spiritual adept. Although some of the book is rigorously analytical, the author never fails to attract the reader with his profound mystical and ethical insights, which, conveyed in his sincere and straightforward idiom, have made of this book one of the perennial classics of Muslim thought, popular among Muslims to this day. This volume won a British Book Design and Production Award in 1993.

In a bridge-building exercise between Christians, Muslims, and other people of the book, David Bentley traces the Semitic pre-Islamic origins of Islam s 99 names of God. He points the reader to Old Testament counterparts of these names as well as to Jesus comparable representations of Himself."

Veteran youth worker Neely McQueen shares a wealth of wisdom on becoming and being a girl who knows she is valuable, meaningful and loved.

Painter. Photographer. Builder. Sculptor. Filmmaker. Architect. Writer. Designer. Musician. Farmer. Each of those words describes a characteristic of God and a reflection of what he passionately loves doing. You see, God is a creative-- it's what he does and who he is. God loves to create, and he loves his creation: the birds, the mountains, the rivers, the stars. And each of us. 99 Thoughts on the Creator examines different traits of our astoundingly creative God and brings things down to a human understanding by considering God as an artist, a builder, and a farmer. As your students read through the pages of this book, they'll be challenged to think of God differently, to appreciate his artistic and inventive power more deeply, and to see how they were designed to express those same creative attributes in their own lives. Help your teenagers become inspired to create, build, express, and design by the One who started it all.