29 Results for : shabaab
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Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 780min
Forced to become a child soldier, a 16-year-old Somali refugee must confront his painful past in this haunting, thrilling tale of loss and redemption for fans of A Long Way Gone and What Is the What.When Abdi's family is kidnapped, he's forced to do the unthinkable: become a child soldier with the ruthless jihadi group Al Shabaab. In order to save the lives of those he loves and earn their freedom, Abdi agrees to be embedded as a spy within the militia's ranks and to send dispatches on their plans to the Americans. The jihadists trust Abdi immediately because his older brother, Dahir, is already one of them, protégé to General Idris, aka the Butcher. If Abdi's duplicity is discovered, he will be killed.For weeks, Abdi trains with them, witnessing atrocity after atrocity, becoming a monster himself, wondering if he's even pretending anymore. He only escapes after he is forced into a suicide bomber's vest, which still leaves him stumps where two of his fingers used to be and his brother near death. Eventually, he finds himself on the streets of Sangui City, Kenya, stealing what he can find to get by, sleeping nights in empty alleyways, wondering what's become of the family that was stolen from him. But everything changes when Abdi's picked up for a petty theft, which sets into motion a chain reaction that forces him to reckon with a past he's been trying to forget. In this riveting, unflinching tale of sacrifice and hope, critically acclaimed author Natalie C. Anderson delivers another tour de force that will leave listeners at the edge of their seats. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin R. Free, Natalie C. Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/003451/bk_lili_003451_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 727min
Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates - a riveting, thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism, and the costs of survival. In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International - and funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting - Michael Scott Moore traveled to the Horn of Africa to write about piracy and ways to end it. In a terrible twist of fate, Moore himself was kidnapped and subsequently held captive by Somali pirates. Subjected to conditions that break even the strongest spirits - physical injury, starvation, isolation, terror - Moore’s survival is a testament to his indomitable strength of mind. In September 2014, after 977 days, he walked free when his ransom was put together by the help of several US and German institutions, friends, colleagues, and his strong-willed mother. Yet Moore’s own struggle is only part of the story: The Desert and the Sea falls at the intersection of reportage, memoir, and history. Caught between Muslim pirates, the looming threat of Al-Shabaab, and the rise of ISIS, Moore observes the worlds that surrounded him - the economics and history of piracy; the effects of post-colonialism; the politics of hostage negotiation and ransom; while also conjuring the various faces of Islam - and places his ordeal in the context of the larger political and historical issues. A sort of Catch-22 meets Black Hawk Down, The Desert and the Sea is written with dark humor, candor, and a journalist’s clinical distance and eye for detail. Moore offers an intimate and otherwise inaccessible view of life as we cannot fathom it, brilliantly weaving his own experience as a hostage with the social, econ ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Corey Snow. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/007623/bk_harp_007623_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Al-Qaeda: The History of the World's Most Notorious Terrorist Organization , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 134min
Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, the world has struggled to define al-Qaeda, an amorphous, growing, and seemingly inexhaustible organization. Once a relatively organized group based in one country with a defined hierarchy and clear leadership, al-Qaeda has transformed into a transnational phenomenon over the last few decades, with branches and affiliates operating in dozens of countries across the world. Many call al-Qaeda an enemy, while some define it as an ideology, and others analyze it as a network. Of course, a small minority takes it up as their cause and an extension of their religion. The difficulty of defining al-Qaeda is reflected by the various ways the Arabic word qaeda can be translated. The most common translation is "base" or "foundation", but the word can also be used more ambiguously to mean "method", "principle", or "formula". Some maintain that the early founders of al-Qaeda were envisioning the name in the latter sense, while others believe that the name was applied to the group by outside powers. Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, stated in a February 2002 interview that the name al-Qaeda was "established a long time ago by mere chance", and that the group's training camp was called al-Qaeda ("the base"), a name that came to represent his entire organization. Even greater frustration arises when attempting to physically identify what group or groups constitute al-Qaeda. Are all groups that pledge allegiance to al-Qaeda considered part of the franchise? Is there a difference between the "al-Qaeda core" based in Pakistan and the various affiliates and associates scattered across the world. If so, what is the relationship between them? While both groups have sworn allegiance to al-Qaeda's core leadership, is al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen fighting for the same cause as al-Shabaab in Somalia or ISIS in Iraq and Syria? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maxwell Zener. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035792/bk_acx0_035792_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Berlin Package: A Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 634min
A film producer, a handsome star, and an African safari guide must race to protect themselves and the world from a terrorist nuclear trade. Film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a Berlin filming assignment. He needed the work, needed to get back in the saddle after fighting off a life-threatening experience in East Africa - al-Shabaab had attacked his crew, intent on a much larger terrorist attack. Suddenly he finds himself under orders from his part-time employers at the State Department and the CIA when he is handed a mysterious package. It's an assignment he doesn't want. The problem is, it is a job contracted by mysterious patrons who are prepared to kill him if he doesn't deliver. Pero - now in far too deep - turns to friends, old and new, to help him unravel the mystery of the package, uncover connections to Nazi concentration-camp gold recently sold by the US Treasury, and thwart the ex-Stasi chief, now head of a powerful banking group. In this fast-paced sequel to Murder on Safari, Pero calls on Mbuno, his friend and East African safari guide, to anticipate the moves of his enemies as if they were animals - dangerous vermin - who have kidnapped both the film star and director. Mbuno's tracking skills may keep them from getting killed - provided Pero can rope in more help and keep the CIA at bay. Exhilarating and expertly crafted, The Berlin Package is a gripping thriller set in post-German reunification Europe. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for listeners interested in fiction - novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a na ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R.D. Watson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027105/bk_adbl_027105_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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How the Counterinsurgency Strategies of Ethiopia the United States and the AMISOM have Triggered the Growth of Al-Shabaab?
How the Counterinsurgency Strategies of Ethiopia the United States and the AMISOM have Triggered the Growth of Al-Shabaab?: ab 6.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Terrorism and the growing threat of weapons of mass destruction: Al-Shabaab
Terrorism and the growing threat of weapons of mass destruction: Al-Shabaab - 1. Auflage: ab 29.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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War and Peace in Somalia
War and Peace in Somalia - National Grievances Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab: ab 33.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Al-Shabaab in Somalia
Al-Shabaab in Somalia - The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group: ab 26.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Africa
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Africa - Fighting Insurgency from Al Shabaab Ansar Dine and Boko Haram: ab 69.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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