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Between Beirut and the Moon

Author : A. Naji Bakhti
Publisher : Influx Press
ISBN 13 : 1910312568
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Between Beirut and the Moon written by A. Naji Bakhti and published by Influx Press. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A joyous tale from a fresh new voice.' – Cosmopolitan – Cosmopolitan A young boy comes of age within the confines of post-civil-war Beirut, with conflict, and comedy lurking round every corner. Adam dreams of becoming an astronaut but who has ever heard of an Arab on the moon? He battles with his father, a book-hoarding journalist with a penchant for writing eulogies, his closest friend, Basil, a Druze who is said to worship goats and believe in reincarnation, and a host of other misfits and miscreants in a city attempting recover from years of political and military violence. Adam's youth oscillates from laugh out loud escapades, to near death encounters, as he struggles to understand the turbulent and elusive city he calls home. ''Set amidst the country's sectarian divisions as it attempts to recover from decades of political violence and civil war, Between Beirut and the Moon charts a young boy's near-death encounters, with a colourful cast and comical escapades. A unique debut.' – AnOther Magazine

Between Beirut and the Moon

Author : A. Naji Bakhti
Publisher : Influx Press
ISBN 13 : 1910312568
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)

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Between Beirut and the Moon

Author : NAJI. BAKHTI
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910312551
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Between Beirut and the Moon written by NAJI. BAKHTI and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young boy comes of age in post-civil-war Beirut, with conflict, and comedy lurking round every corner. Adam dreams of becoming an astronaut but who has ever heard of an Arab on the moon? He battles with his father, a book-hoarding journalist, his closest friend, Basil, a Druze who is said to worship goats and believe in reincarnation, and a host of other misfits in a city attempting recover from years of political violence. Adam's youth oscillates from laugh out loud escapades, to near death encounters, as he struggles to understand the turbulent and elusive city he calls home.

Child of the Moon

Author : Jessica Semaan
Publisher : Andrews Mcmeel+ORM
ISBN 13 : 152485185X
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Child of the Moon written by Jessica Semaan and published by Andrews Mcmeel+ORM. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful debut collection of poetry reflecting on fear, shame, despair, suicide, and the unconditional love that leads to healing. In between being your mother and father, I forgot to be your daughter And became the child of the moon An illustrated poetry collection about finding light in the darkness. Set against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War and the author’s turbulent family life, Child of the Moon is a powerful reflection on her journey through fear, shame and despair, and the unconditional love that helped her begin to heal from childhood trauma. Praise for Child of the Moon “In her debut collection, Semaan offers an upfront and moving glimpse into the true nature of healing: an imperfect, nonlinear journey.” —Amanda Lovelace, bestselling author of the princess saves herself in this one

From Beirut to Jerusalem

Author : Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9780374706999
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book From Beirut to Jerusalem written by Thomas L. Friedman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of the number-one bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's new, updated epilogue. One of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman drew upon his ten years of experience reporting from Lebanon and Israel to write this now-classic work of journalism. In a new afterword, he updates his journey with a fresh discussion of the Arab Awakenings and how they are transforming the area, and a new look at relations between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israelis and Israelis. Rich with anecdote, history, analysis, and autobiography, From Beirut to Jerusalem will continue to shape how we see the Middle East for many years to come. "If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it."--Seymour M. Hersh

An Unnecessary Woman

Author : Rabih Alameddine
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802192874
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book An Unnecessary Woman written by Rabih Alameddine and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A happily misanthropic Middle East divorcee finds refuge in books in a “beautiful and absorbing” novel of late-life crisis (The New York Times). Aaliya is a divorced, childless, and reclusively cranky translator in Beirut nurturing doubts about her latest project: a 900-page avant-garde, linguistically serpentine historiography by a late Chilean existentialist. Honestly, at seventy-two, should she be taking on such a project? Not that Aailiya fears dying. Women in her family live long; her mother is still going crazy. But on this lonely day, hour-by-hour, Aaliya’s musings on literature, philosophy, her career, and her aging body, are suddenly invaded by memories of her volatile past. As she tries in vain to ward off these emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left. In this “meditation on, among other things, aging, politics, literature, loneliness, grief and resilience” (The New York Times), Alameddine conjures “a beguiling narrator . . . who is, like her city, hard to read, hard to take, hard to know and, ultimately, passionately complex” (San Francisco Chronicle). A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award, An Unnecessary Woman is “a fun, and often funny . . . grave, powerful . . . [and] extraordinary” Washington Independent Review of Books) ode to literature and its power to define who we are. “Read it once, read it twice, read other books for a decade or so, and then pick it up and read it anew. This one’s a keeper” (The Independent)

De Niro's Game

Author : Rawi Hage
Publisher : Steerforth
ISBN 13 : 158642159X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book De Niro's Game written by Rawi Hage and published by Steerforth. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY PRIZE De Niro’s Game plunges readers into the timely story of two young men caught in Lebanon’s civil war. Bassam and George, best friends in childhood, have grown to adulthood in war-torn Beirut. Now they must choose their futures: to stay in the city and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Told in a distinctive, captivating voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery and page-turning plot with the measured strength and beauty of Arabic poetry, De Niro’s Game is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone, and a powerful meditation on what comes after.

The Arsonists' City

Author : Hala Alyan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 035812655X
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book The Arsonists' City written by Hala Alyan and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2021 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Arsonists' City delivers all the pleasures of a good old-fashioned saga, but in Alyan's hands, one family's tale becomes the story of a nation--Lebanon and Syria, yes, but also the United States. It's the kind of book we are lucky to have."--Rumaan Alam A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home The Nasr family is spread across the globe--Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. Still, they've always had their ancestral home in Beirut--a constant touchstone--and the complicated, messy family love that binds them. But following his father's recent death, Idris, the family's new patriarch, has decided to sell. The decision brings the family to Beirut, where everyone unites against Idris in a fight to save the house. They all have secrets--lost loves, bitter jealousies, abandoned passions, deep-set shame--that distance has helped smother. But in a city smoldering with the legacy of war, an ongoing flow of refugees, religious tension, and political protest, those secrets ignite, imperiling the fragile ties that hold this family together. In a novel teeming with wisdom, warmth, and characters born of remarkable human insight, award-winning author Hala Alyan shows us again that "fiction is often the best filter for the real world around us" (NPR).

A Game for Swallows

Author : Zeina Abirached
Publisher : Graphic Universe ™
ISBN 13 : 1467700479
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book A Game for Swallows written by Zeina Abirached and published by Graphic Universe ™. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and her little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina's parents don't return one afternoon from a visit to the other half of the city, and the bombing grows ever closer, the neighbors in her apartment house create a world indoors for Zeina and her brother where it's comfy and safe, where they can share cooking lessons and games and gossip. Together they try to make it through a dramatic day in the one place they hoped they would always be safehome. Zeina Abirached, born into a Lebanese Christian family in 1981, has collected her childhood recollections of Beirut in a warm story about the strength of family and community.

The Servant

Author : Fatima Sharafeddine
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1554983096
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book The Servant written by Fatima Sharafeddine and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faten’s happy life in her village comes to an abrupt end when her father arranges for her to work as a servant for a wealthy Beirut family with two spoiled daughters. What does a bright, ambitious seventeen-year-old do when she is suddenly deprived of her friends, family, education and freedom? Could the mysterious, wealthy young man who lives in the next apartment building help? When Faten finally manages to make contact with Marwan, a musician and engineering student, he helps her figure out a way to pursue her studies in secret. Even against the uncertain backdrop of the civil war, their romance develops, as the two conspire to exchange notes and meet at an idyllic seaside cafe. But in Lebanese society the differences in religion, class and wealth are stacked against them, and their parents have very different ideas about what their futures should be. When Marwan’s mother chooses a girl who will make him a suitable wife, Faten must pick up the pieces of her life and move forward. She does so, despite the odds, pursuing a job, an education and her independence. And, in the end, it seems there may be room in her life yet for romance, and hope for a future where young people can determine their own destinies. An engaging and lucidly written coming-of-age novel. Faten struggles to fulfill her potential in the midst of her society’s rigid expectations. She’s a nuanced, complex protagonist that any teenager can relate to — stubborn, impulsive and full of longing, but with the determination and smarts to keep her real dreams in sight.

Hunter's Moon

Author : Philip Caputo
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1627794778
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Hunter's Moon written by Philip Caputo and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Powerful....Caputo's wisdom runs deep. Few writers have better captured the emotional lives of men." —The New York Times Book Review From Philip Caputo—the author of A Rumor of War, The Longest Road, and Some Rise By Sin—comes a captivating mosaic of stories set in a small town where no act is private and the past is never really past Hunter’s Moon is set in Michigan’s wild, starkly beautiful Upper Peninsula, where a cast of recurring characters move into and out of each other’s lives, building friendships, facing loss, confronting violence, trying to bury the past or seeking to unearth it. Once-a-year lovers, old high-school buddies on a hunting trip, a college professor and his wayward son, a middle-aged man and his grief-stricken father, come together, break apart, and, if they’re fortunate, find a way forward. Hunter’s Moon offers an engaging, insightful look at everyday lives but also a fresh perspective on the way men navigate in today’s world.

Resistance

Author : Souha Bechara
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1887128808
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Resistance written by Souha Bechara and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2003-12-19 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1988, at the age of twenty, Souha Béchara attempted to assassinate General Lahad, chief of militia in charge of Israeli-occupied Southern Lebanon. Immediately apprehended, interrogated, and tortured for weeks, she was sent to Khiam, a prison and death camp regularly condemned by humanitarian organizations. After an intense Lebanese, European, and even Israeli campaign in her favor, she was released in 1998. In a time when special attention is paid to the violent conflicts in the Middle East, and Americans despair of understanding what motivates Palestinian suicide bombers, the story of a secular Orthodox Christian left rebel risking her life to rid her country of occupying forces will resonate with Americans looking to understand why young Palestinian girls blow themselves up in crowded Jerusalem markets. Finally a book appears which clarifies, in the most personal terms, why the conflict in Insrael and Palestine continues unabated. Coming directly from the voice of a practitioner of armed struggle who was labeled a "terrorist," Resistant 1. Humanizes the most misunderstood side of the situation, 2. Offers an insight into the roots of a complex social problem and 3. Provides a personal memoir of resistance and oppression.

What Happened to Zeeko

Author : Imilī Naṣr Allāh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book What Happened to Zeeko written by Imilī Naṣr Allāh and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cosmopolitan Radicalism

Author : Zeina Maasri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108487718
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Cosmopolitan Radicalism written by Zeina Maasri and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring visual culture, design and politics in 1960s Beirut, this compelling interdisciplinary study examines a critical period in Lebanon's history.

Wolves of the Crescent Moon

Author : Yousef Al-mohaimeed
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101202157
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Wolves of the Crescent Moon written by Yousef Al-mohaimeed and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The first great Saudi novel.” —The New York Sun Banned in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what The Washington Post reported about its award-winning author: "Yousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the most divisive subjects in the Arab world . . . in a lush style that evokes Gabriel García Márquez." In a Riyadh bus station, a man comes across a file containing official reports about an abandoned baby. As he pieces together the shattered life documented within, a larger picture emerges of three outsiders—a Bedouin, an orphan, and a eunuch-linked by fate and trying to make lives for themselves in a predatory city. Unfolding with the intensity of a fever dream over the course of one night, Wolves of the Crescent Moon is a novel of astonishing power and great moral consequence about a deeply traditional society confronting the modern world.

Moon Honduras & the Bay Islands

Author : Amy E. Robertson
Publisher : Moon Travel
ISBN 13 : 1612383602
Total Pages : 921 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Moon Honduras & the Bay Islands written by Amy E. Robertson and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experienced traveler and author Amy E. Robertson provides honest insight into the best Honduras has to offer, from exploring the Bay Islands to hiking the trails of Sierra de Agalta. Robertson also includes unique travel itineraries, such as Caribbean Sun and Sand, Historic Honduras, and Adventure Hiking. With expert advice on how to make the most of a trip to this Caribbean destination, Moon Honduras & the Bay Islands gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Hope in the Heart of a Beirut Slum

Author : Agnès Sanders
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Hope in the Heart of a Beirut Slum written by Agnès Sanders and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-22 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by co-founder Agnès Sanders, discover Tahaddi's exciting adventure. Follow Agnès, a medical doctor, and her friend Myriam, a teacher, moved by the vulnerability of Beirut's poorest, as they began accompanying families in the Hayy Al Gharbeh slum. Taking place amid exclusion, racism, discrimination, and war, this personal initiative became gradually became an NGO. Little by little, a relationship of trust was established, thanks to these two women's willingness to engage with the community, one family at a time, while involving them in their own development. Don't expect a bare-bones chronological account of Tahaddi's astonishing evolution. Rather, read the stories of some of the slum families that Tahaddi accompanied between 1997 and 2019 and experience their daily challenges that also become those of Tahaddi. In a world of growing inequality, Tahaddi's work resonates strongly. By giving access to health and education to these families, many of whom are undocumented and have no future in the heart of a glitzy Beirut, Tahaddi participates in their inner reconstruction. Hope in the Heart of a Beirut Slum is a hymn to the recovered dignity of men, women and children.