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Ishmael Summary
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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 : Judaism Terms
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[1] Son of Abraham and Hagar. [2] Rabbinic sage of ca. 100...
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Ishmael : The Qur慳n
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Ishmael Information
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Ishmael (Hebrew: 讬执砖职讈诪指注值讗诇, Standard Yišma士el Tiberian Yišm膩士êl; Arabic: 廿爻賲丕毓賷賱, Ism膩'墨l) 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...


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The Village Voice
Calling Ishmael
04/16/2008: 675 words, approx. 2 pages
FOLLOW-UP The Voice catches up with memoir author Ishmael Beah at Columbia Ishmael Beah's publisher wouldn't allow the Voice to interview him, so the Voice sought out the author himself last week at a public appearance in Manhattan. Beah, the elusive...
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Ishmael.(Short Story)
02/01/2006: 1,016 words, approx. 3 pages
"Call me Ishmael" Startled, I looked up to see an odd elderly man standing behind me. "What?" I stammered as he hoisted his bulk onto the bench where I was sitting. "Ishmael," he repeated. "It's my name, and I don't...
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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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Mother Culture
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Discusses Mother Culture in the novel "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.


 

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