ISHMAEL, or, in Hebrew, Yishmaʿeʾl; eldest son of Abraham. Ishmael's mother was Hagar, an Egyptian slave girl whom Sarah gave to Abraham because of her own infertility; in accordance with Mesopotamian law, the offspring of such a...

[1] Son of Abraham and Hagar. [2] Rabbinic sage of ca. 100...

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Ishmael (Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל, Standard Yišmaʿel Tiberian Yišmāʿêl; Arabic: إسماعيل, Ismā'īl) is a figure in the Torah, Bible, and Quran whom Jewish, Christian and Muslim believers regard as the Abraham's eldest son, born by his...

Long Way Home-author Ishmael Beah, the child soldier-turned-memoirist from Sierra Leone whose credibility was challenged over the weekend by an Australian newspaper, has issued a statement defending his book and denying accusations that he misrepresented the time he spent in the Sierra Leone army. ...

Reporters at The Australian are trying to turn up the heat on Ishmael Beah, the former child soldier from Sierra Leone whose memoirs, A Long Way Gone, they have been questioning in print since last month. Over the weekend, the paper published a story describing...

Tonight he's not only debuting his new band, Cherrywine, he's unveiling a completely new sound. The breakup of Digable in 1996 left a gaping hole in hip hop's ozone and the room is full of fans who have been jonesing for a psychedelic, intergalactic trip...

It was reportedly scrawled in red ink on the arm of the Virginia Tech gunman after his shooting rampage that left him and 32 others dead. It was written on an overnight postage Seung-Hui Cho sent between the two shootings. And a variation of it...

Discusses Mother Culture in the novel "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.