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Ishmael

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Ishmael Summary
387 words, approx. 1 pages
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...
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Ishmael Information
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Ishmael (Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל, <small>Standard</small> Yišmaʿel <small>Tiberian</small> Yišmāʿêl; Arabic: إسماعيل, Ismā'īl) is a figure in the Torah, Bible, and Quran whom Jewish, Christian and Muslim believers regard as the...


News and Journals
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The New York Observer
Ishmael Beah Defends Himself and His Memoirs Against Accusations of Misrepresentation
1/22/2008: 818 words, approx. 3 pages
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. ...
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The New York Observer
The Australian Continues Assault on Ishmael Beah's Credibility, Citing School Records
2/4/2008: 326 words, approx. 1 pages
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...
 


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Essay Grade: 84%
Mother Culture
219 words, approx. 1 pages
Discusses Mother Culture in the novel "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.


 

Ishmael

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