17.4 What has been written by Lebanese and/or about Lebanon?
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This article is from the Lebanon FAQ, by Alaa Dakroub dakroub@leb.net with numerous contributions by others.
17.4 What has been written by Lebanese and/or about Lebanon?
Robert Fisk,"Pity The Nation - The Abduction of Lebanon", Oxford Paperbacks,
1990, ISBN 0-19-285235-3, approx $16.00
Fisk is an AP correspondent who reported on the war in Lebanon *from*
Lebanon since its inception in the mid 70's. A devastating book.
'Required' reading for anyone interested in an unbiased account
of the wars in Lebanon. Covers events through the late 80's.
Thomas Friedman, "From Beirut to Jerusalem"
Jonathan Randall, "Going All The Way"
N. Alamuddin
Title: Turmoil: Druzes, Lebanon and the arab-israeli conflict
Publisher: Quartet books (London)
ISBN 07043 7050 6 (hard back)
07043 0189 x (paper back)
Price: 14.95 (English pounds), hard back.
9.95 // , paper back.
The book has recently been published and it is useful to those interested
in the Lebanese politics and the history of Lebanon.
For those interested in the affairs of the Arab world, especially, the issue
of identity, Xavier de Planbol offers his ideas in a new book in French.
The book :
Les nations du prophete, manuel geographique de politique Musulmane.
Author: Xavier de Planbol.
Evelyne Accad :
_Sexuality and War : Literary Masks of the Middle East_
New York : New York University Press, c1990
The topics in this book seem to include:
Arabic fiction--Lebanon--History and criticism.
Arabic fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Lebanese fiction (French)--History and criticism.
Sex in literature.
Feminism in literature.
Violence in literature.
Sexual animosity--Lebanon.
Sexual animosity--Arab countries.
Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1976--Literature and the
war.
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