Author: Mark Squirrell Publisher: ISBN: 9781921596476 Category : Motivational speakers Languages : en Pages : 0
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From car bombings, to meeting Yasser Arafat, from Afghanistan to Melbourne and the top of Everest, to Athens, to Palestine and back to Timor Leste, Mark Squirrell has experienced more than many can dream about. From Arafat to Everest details his time spent in Australia and overseas working for aid organisations and raising awareness for the promotion of peace between all nations, and the eradication of poverty. His stories are fascinating, adventurous, dangerous and action packed, but deep down tell the story of a world in turmoil searching for peace.
Author: Mark Squirrell Publisher: ISBN: 9781922175366 Category : Motivational speakers Languages : en Pages : 320
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From car bombings, to meeting Yasser Arafat, from Afghanistan to Melbourne and the top of Everest, to Athens, to Palestine and back to Timor Leste, Mark Squirrell has experienced more than many can dream of. From Arafat to Everest (2nd ed) details his time spent in Australia and overseas working for aid organisations and raising awareness for the promotion of peace between all nations, and the eradication of poverty. His stories are fascinating, adventurous, dangerous and action packed, but deep down tell the story of a world in turmoil searching for peace.
Author: Everest Media, Publisher: Everest Media LLC ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 38
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The town of al-Karameh was occupied by Israel Defense Forces the day after the Six-Day War, who were there to take out the Fatah guerrilla fighters hiding there. They did not expect the Palestinians to fight with honor. #2 The battle continued, and the Israelis began to take casualties. The Fatah fighters were prepared to die, as they knew that if they survived, they would regain their honor. #3 The Battle of al-Karameh was a huge victory for the Palestinian forces. We had shown the world that we were no longer just a bunch of refugees, but a proud and courageous people who had been robbed of our homeland.
Author: Mostafa Salameh Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472927524 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 257
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Dreams of a Refugee is the extraordinary story of Mostafa Salameh, born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugees. After a childhood in the camps and a series of low-paid jobs, Mostafa was given a rare opportunity to travel to London, working in hospitality at the Jordanian Embassy. From there he moved to Edinburgh, where he took up a life of parties and nightclubbing. Religion played no part in his thinking. All this was to change. One night, Mostafa awoke having dreamt that he was standing at the top of the world reciting the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer. He took this as a sign that he needed to accomplish something previously unimaginable for a person in his position – to climb Everest. Despite having no prior mountaineering experience, Mostafa sought help from friends and sponsors and, having failed twice, finally summited Everest on Jordanian Independence Day, May 25th 2008. He went on to become the first Jordanian to climb all 'Seven Summits' and reach the North Pole. In early 2016 he skied to the South Pole, via a new route, completing the elite 'Explorer's Grand Slam' and joining a club of only thirteen adventurers ever to have achieved this feat. Yet exploring is only part of the story. Now a devout Muslim, Mostafa is committed to spreading the message of tolerant Islam, working with refugees and young people to help them further their goals. Through climbing he has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. His future projects include leading an all-female attempt on Everest, as well as numerous charitable climbs and leadership programmes. Mostafa is also a regular public speaker both in the UK, Middle East and further afield. This new paperback edition of Dreams of a Refugee includes a foreword by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, as well as photographs of Mostafa's climbs and his charitable work. Entertaining, inspiring, and often surprising, Mostafa is honest about both the positive aspects of his life and its past excesses, and discusses his discovery of Muslim faith. His message ultimately is a simple one: 'Each of us has an Everest inside us, which we each can summit, if only we dare to dream'.
Author: Ed Douglas Publisher: National Geographic Society ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 336
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In 1953, Tenzing Norgay was at the heart of the successful British Everest expedition as leader of the Sherpas whose hard work brought victory and as one of the two lead climbers to reach the top. But behind Tenzing’s radiant smile is an untold story of courage, tragedy, and ambition, of a man who overcame incredible odds just to reach the bottom of the mountain. Born in a sacred Tibetan valley in the shadow of Everest, Tenzing’s long journey led him from life as an illiterate yak herder to become the friend of Nehru, feted by monarchs and presidents all over the world. Set against the backdrop of one of the greatest chapters in the history of exploration, Tenzing: Hero of Everest recounts the jubilant moments at the summit: “Tenzing was effusive, putting an arm around Hillary’s shoulders, and thumping him on the back with infectious delight. Hillary joined in.... Now all below them...the valleys where Tenzing had grown up. ‘It was such a sight as I had never seen before,’ he said, ‘and would never see again—wild, wonderful, and terrible. But terror was not what I felt. I loved the mountains too well for that. I loved Everest too well.’” Mountaineering historian Ed Douglas reveals for the first time Tenzing’s long climb from obscurity. Drawing on extensive interviews with family members, climbing partners, and members of the Sherpa community in Darjeeling and Nepal, the book chronicles his rise to fame and the aftermath of his triumph. The result is a wealth of new material about a man who made his people famous and whose life was the stuff of legend.
Author: Laurie Skreslet Publisher: Turtleback ISBN: 9780613849739 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 56
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For use in schools and libraries only. Follows the author, who became the 131st person to reach the peak of Mount Everest in 1982, as he overcame many obstacles and challenges, including hidden crevasses, blinding snowstorms, brutal altitude sickness, and deadly avalanches, to realize his dream.
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