“The Book of the Wretched” narrates the tales of the impoverished, marginalized class that inhabited the outskirts of Baghdad, but became at the center of its cultural life. It is a book that mixes history and sociology with literature, art and journalism.
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For our participation in the project #17Booksfor17SDGs , initiated by Iowa creative city of literature, we present Mohammed J. Ahmed’s book, The Culture of Poverty in Marginalized Areas, which is an anthropological study of poverty in Baghdad’s peripheral areas.
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Starting today, we're going to be tweeting #17Booksfor17SDGs ! UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Cities of Literature will tweet books each day that highlight one of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Let's do this! 🌍❤️
It's the second #17Booksfor17SDGs and it's the United Nations's #ZeroHunger .
It's Carl J Griffin's 'The Politics of Hunger' from Manchester University Press.
Malnutrition was rife throughout Britain and starvation in Ireland. Griffin examines this and how hunger was used as a tool to govern.
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Tuesday has begun in Dunedin, and with it our second day of Cities of Literature sharing books related to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Learn more about the goals & the books by following #17Booksfor17SDGs . Today is Goal 2: Zero Hunger.
This December the #CitiesofLit network are sharing books from their cities linked to one of the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Sustainable Development Goals.
Follow #17Booksfor17SDGs for an alternative advent calendar and a global reading list.
Wednesday dawns in Melbourne as does day 3 of UNESCO Cities of Literature sharing books related to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Learn more by following #17Booksfor17SDGs . Today is Goal 3: Good Health and Well Being.
Our first #17Booksfor17SDGs ties to the United Nations's #NoPoverty .
We've chosen 'Pauper Policies' by Samantha A Shave from Manchester University Press.
This books examines old and New Poor Law, discussing aspects often overlooked by researchers, such as the impact of national scandals.
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It's Day5 of #17Booksfor17SDGs and the United Nations's #GenderEquality .
We have 'Ma is Scared' by #AnjaliKajal (translated by #KavitaBhanot ) from Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow.
These #shortstories explore female experience in small towns of North India; the negotiations of love, silence, abuse.
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It's Day10 of #17Booksfor17SDGs and it's the United Nations's #ReducedInequalities .
We've chosen Demos Rising from Fly on the Wall Press.
Amongst current and historic injustice, the voices of people in need of democracy and freedom of speech are elevated by 29 international creatives.
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♻️ Cilj 7: Dostopna in čista energija
📗 Peter Rezman: Barbara in Krištof
Ker bo vas zaradi izkopavanja premoga kmalu izginila pod vodo, se morajo njeni prebivalci odseliti.
Peter Rezman (1956) je pesnik, dramatik, pisec kratke proze in romanov.
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It's Day16 of #17Booksfor17SDGs and The United Nations's #PeaceJusticeandStrongInstitutions
We have Scales of Injustice by #LōaHô (trans. by #DarrylSterk ) from Honford Star
A doctor during the colonial period of Taiwan Lōa's stories show his social insight and sense of justice.
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Day12 of #17Booksfor17SDGs is the United Nations's #ResponsibleConsumptionandProduction
We've got Supper Club by #LaraWilliams from Penguin Books UK
Fed up of being hungry a group of women meet to feast and dance in the night, but their desires start to expand beyond gorging.
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This month we'll be joining Iowa City of Lit and the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 #CitiesofLit network in giving you a daily bookish treat: #17BooksFor17SDGs .
Instead of chocolate, this countdown will bring you local books which link thematically to UNESCO's 17 Sustainable Development Goals 🌍
Day7 of #17Booksfor17SDGs is the United Nations's #AffordableandCleanEnergy
We have The The Spatial Contract by Alex Schafran Matthew Noah Smith & Stephen Hall. Manchester University Press
If politicians only discuss what gets votes, and economists growth, systems we rely on to live are ignored.
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It's Day 14 of #17Booksfor17SDGs and The United Nations's #LifeBelowWater
We've chosen Under The Sea from Fly on the Wall Press
16 international creatives explore the deep. Women falling for the tides; whales joyously dance; Creatures growing sea urchin hearts, while others eat human ones
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Day8 of #17Booksfor17SDGs is United Nations's #DecentWorkandEconomicGrowth
We have The Race to the Top by nazir afzal from HarperNorth
Is it acceptable there are no global majority chief constables, CEOs in the top 50 NHS Trusts or permanent secretaries in the civil service?
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Day4 of #17Booksfor17SDGs is the United Nations's #QualityEducation
We have 'Storm Horse' by Jane Elson from Hachette Children's Group
4 children, due to neurodivergence and poverty, struggle at school, but access education through a horse. Education is only quality if it is for everyone.
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Day13 of #17Booksfor17SDGs is the United Nations's #ClimateAction
We chose We Saw it All Happen by Julian Bishop from Fly on the Wall Press
Out on 13thJan, this Ecopoetry collection brings climate change to life showcasing not only the changing of our planet, but humanity's attitude of it
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♻️ Cilj 6: Pitna voda in sanitarna ureditev
📗 Lučka Kajfež Bogataj: Planet Voda
Knjiga obravnava vodo z biološkega, družbenega, kulturnega in gospodarska gledišča.
Lučka Kajfež Bogataj je profesorica in raziskovalka na področjih klimatologije in meteorologije.
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