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Product Identifiers
PublisherPublic Affairs
ISBN-101568584296
ISBN-139781568584294
eBay Product ID (ePID)70887294
Product Key Features
Book TitleWorld I Loved : the Story of an Arab Woman
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, Women's Studies, Middle East / General
Publication Year2009
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorWadad Makdisi Cortas
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-043943
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Decimal305.4889275692
Synopsis"This is my story, the story of an Arab woman. It is the story of a lost world. It begins in 1917, in Lebanon, when I was seven years old." So opens this haunting memoir by Wadad Makdisi Cortas, who eloquently describes her personal experience of the events that have fractured the Middle East over the past century. Through Cortas' eyes we experience life in Lebanon under the oppressive French mandate, and her desire to forge an Arab identity based on religious tolerance. We learn of her dedication to the education of women, and the difficulties that she overcomes to become the principal of a school in Lebanon. And in final, heartbreaking detail, we watch as her world becomes rent by the "Palestine question," Western interference, and civil war. The World I Loved is both an elegy on Lebanon and her people, and the unforgettable story of one woman's journey from hope to sorrow as she bears painful witness to the undoing of her beloved country by sectarian and religious division., "This is my story, the story of an Arab woman. It is the story of a lost world. It begins in 1917, in Lebanon, when I was seven years old." So opens this haunting memoir by Wadad Makdisi Cortas, who eloquently describes her personal experience of the events that have fractured the Middle East over the past century. Through Cortas' eyes we experience life in Lebanon under the oppressive French mandate, and her desire to forge an Arab identity based on religious tolerance. We learn of her dedication to the education of women, and the difficulties that she overcomes to become the principal of a school in Lebanon. And in final, heartbreaking detail, we watch as her world becomes rent by the Palestine question," Western interference, and civil war. The World I Loved is both an elegy on Lebanon and her people, and the unforgettable story of one woman's journey from hope to sorrow as she bears painful witness to the undoing of her beloved country by sectarian and religious division.
LC Classification NumberPJ7858.I73D813 2009
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- 31. Aug. 2021
Beautiful storytelling by Wadad Makdisi Cortas
Real life account of an educator's life in Beirut, Lebanon. Intertwined in it are major events that changed life in the Arab world, particularly Lebanon and Palestine.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
