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Gain an insight into the culture, history and traditions of many different people around the world with this photographic A-Z world prayer resource.Window on the World brings alive the culture, history, and traditions of all sorts of different people. With "Fact Files" and "Do You Know?" features, each country provides information, true stories, maps, and easy-to-use prayer points that take you into homes around the world.See how children live, what they like to do, where they go to school, what they eat and wear, and what they hope and dream. Key feature spreads about homeless children, missionary kids and refugees, and an additional section on World Religions.

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Find out how God is changing the lives of families everywhere through prayer-from the frozen Arctic to the hottest desert, on the highest mountains and in crowded cities. Window on the World brings alive the culture, history, and traditions of all sorts of different people. With "Fact Files" and "Do You Know?" features, each section brings you information, true stories, maps, and easy-to-use prayer points that take you into homes around the world. See how children live, what they like to do, where they go to school, what they eat and wear, and what they hope and dream. This revised edition includes new entries for more countries and people groups, with updated information and prayer points from the team at Operation World. It will draw a new generation into learning about the world, reaching out to people, and praying for those who have never heard about Jesus. Through Window on the World, young people and adults alike can discover and pray for the peoples of the world.

Author Biography

Molly Wall (Author, Edited by)Molly Wall (MEd, Oklahoma City University) is a researcher, editor and program director with Operation World, a ministry of WEC International, and is based near London in the UK. Molly came aboard the Operation Worldteam in 2009, after seven years at the U.S. Center for World Mission inPasadena, California, where she served as a curriculum developer and researcher. Molly coauthored Window on the World.Jason Mandryk (Edited by)Jason Mandryk has a master's in global Christian studies from ProvidenceCollege and Theological Seminary in Canada. Jason sensed that God was putting in him a more global calling to see the big picture, to analyze the trends, and to communicate the global challenge to the church. Jasoncoauthored A Window on the World.

Table of Contents

Introduction.....................................................................4World Map.......................................................................6Afghanistan......................................................................8Albania............................................................................10Azerbaijani..................................................................... 12Balinese..........................................................................14Baloch.............................................................................16Bangladesh....................................................................18Beja................................................................................. 20Bhutan............................................................................22Bijagos............................................................................24Brazil...............................................................................26Bulgaria..........................................................................28Buryats........................................................................... 30Chad................................................................................32China...............................................................................34Cuba................................................................................36Djibouti...........................................................................38Dogon............................................................................ 40Druze...............................................................................42Egypt.............................................................................. 44Ethiopia...........................................................................46Fiji................................................................................... 48Garifuna......................................................................... 50Gonds..............................................................................52Greece.............................................................................54Greenland......................................................................56Guinea............................................................................58Haiti................................................................................ 60Hazara.............................................................................62Hui...................................................................................64Iceland............................................................................66India................................................................................68Indonesia........................................................................72Iraq.................................................................................. 74Israel................................................................................76Iu Mien............................................................................78Japan............................................................................. 80Kabyle.............................................................................82Kazakhstan.................................................................... 84Kurds...............................................................................86Lesotho.......................................................................... 88Lobi................................................................................. 90Madagascar...................................................................92Maldives.........................................................................94Mandinka.......................................................................96Mexico............................................................................98Minangkabau............................................................. 100Mongolia......................................................................102Navajo.......................................................................... 104Nepal............................................................................ 106New Zealand.............................................................. 108North Caucasus ..........................................................110North Korea................................................................. 112Oman............................................................................ 114Pakistan........................................................................ 116Papua New Guinea....................................................118Persians........................................................................120Pygmies........................................................................122Qatar.............................................................................124Quechua.......................................................................126Refugees......................................................................128Rohingya......................................................................130Romani..........................................................................132Russia............................................................................134Samoans.......................................................................136San.................................................................................138Saudi Arabia............................................................... 140Somalis.........................................................................142South Africa.................................................................144South Sudan................................................................146Spain.............................................................................148Sri Lanka.......................................................................150Street Children............................................................152Sundanese...................................................................154Syria...............................................................................156Tai Lue...........................................................................158Third Culture Kids...................................................... 160Tibetans........................................................................162Trinidad.........................................................................164Tuareg...........................................................................166Turkey............................................................................168Ukraine.........................................................................170United Arab Emirates ................................................ 172Uruguay........................................................................ 174Uzbekistan................................................................... 176Venezuela.....................................................................178Vietnam....................................................................... 180Wodaabe......................................................................182Xinjiang.........................................................................184Yanomami....................................................................186Yazidis...........................................................................188Yemen.......................................................................... 190Zimbabwe....................................................................192Animism........................................................................194Buddhism.....................................................................196Christianity...................................................................198Hinduism.....................................................................200Islam............................................................................. 202Judaism....................................................................... 204What's Next?.............................................................. 206Word List..................................................................... 208Acknowledgments......................................................212Image Credits..............................................................213

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