Zaid Jilani Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Boondocks
Aaron McGruder
I wrote about all this four years ago. I should add I left out one of the best American satirists left standing, Aaron McGruder. The Boondocks was great at mocking all sides' pathologies. https://t.co/FYn6B6rITD
Paperback, 2000
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A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl
Mariane Pearl
Angelina Jolie has been connected to Pakistan for a while, she started in A Mighty Heart in 2007 where she played Mariane Pearl, wife of murdered Daniel Pearl https://t.co/q6bkQt9qsz
Paperback, 2011
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Move: How To Inspire Behavior Change In Your Audience
John F. Edwards
Other than Georgia's Ossoff/Warnock who flipped the Senate, John Bel Edwards is arguably the most impactful Dem official in the South because of the policy he was able to move through Louisiana, a conservative state. It is actually noteworthy how little he's noted. https://t.co/HtoQ42DJCS
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Antisemitism: Here and Now
Deborah E. Lipstadt
White House antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt tells NewsNation that "I would have felt as a Jew, potentially unsafe" by CUNY commencement speaker's remarks: https://t.co/YQqwuCT8qK
Hardcover, 2019
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Reading- The Grand Illusion: How and Why People Make Sense of Print
Kenneth Goodman
@Steven_Strauss @nrarmour The court decision explicitly cites Muslims, you guys should try reading it
Paperback, 2016
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Every Man a King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long
Huey P. Long
@Mal_McKie Every man a king, especially huey long
Paperback, 1996
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Banned: Baseball's Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans
Hal Bock
The Associated Press could've informed the 16 year old that Tennessee actually teaches all of this, instead they let her fear that this is being banned. https://t.co/9Qw6tbjGzH
Paperback, 2017
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1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
Benny Morris
The famed Israeli historian Benny Morris appears to have uncovered an attempt at mass poisoning during the 1948 war https://t.co/qMgZyWd6rQ
Paperback, 2009
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Philosophy: Philosophy: Who Needs It
Ayn Rand
In high school a group of friends got really into Ayn Rand. I read only one of her books, Anthem. I thought her philosophy is a bit one-dimensional.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1984
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The Banshees of Inisherin
Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh, the writer-director behind the Banshees of Inisherin and In Bruges, says theaters are rejecting his plays because he won't sanitize his language https://t.co/tt3aniQMcc
Paperback, 2023
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book