The Watermelon Boys

The Watermelon BoysSHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE A vivid, human story, an alternative narrative of First World War Iraq It is the winter of 1915 and Iraq has been engulfed by the First World War. Hungry for independence from Ottoman rule, Ahmad leaves his peaceful family life on the banks of the Tigris to join the British led revolt. Thousands of miles away, Welsh teenager Carwyn reluctantly enlists and is sent, via Gallipoli and Egypt, to the Mesopotamia

and still-life images convey the texture and rhythm of this mountain life

” Feeling suffocated by the demands of her family

social practices and forms of imagery

Presents new perspectives on queer visual culture in the Southwest Asia North Africa region from artists and scholars

and other written materials produced in Turkish

taking the concepts of oligarchy and collegiate governance and applying them to the Home Rule case more comprehensively than ever before

Interdisciplinary studies elaborate on issues of marginalization

is the first book devoted to Adrian Howells's remarkable achievements and legacy

gives clues for understanding the complexities of the past

It also reviews ways of detecting

It is an innovative approach to Islamophobia

causing premature ageing of inadequately managed plants