Leaving Beirut Women and the Wars Within

Informationen zum Autor Mai Ghoussoub is the author of Leaving Beirut: Women and the Wars Within as well as numerous articles on culture, aesthetics and Middle Eastern issues for international journals. Klappentext An elegant chronicle of exile and conflict. Zusammenfassung A twelve-year-old girl writes an essay that extols revenge to impress her teacher! and is surprised to receive criticism rather than praise. 'Revenge'! Mrs Nomy insists! is 'the most cowardly' human behaviour. Years later! having fled Beirut! she reflects upon the devastating role revenge has played in her country.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mai Ghoussoub, Ghoussoub Mai
• Editore: Saqi Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 19.03.2007
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
• EAN: 9780863566769
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-676-9
• Numero di pagine: 188
• Categorie: Essay, Trauma, Healing, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Biography: general, TEACHER, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Courage, Lebanon, Loss, Personal Growth, self-discovery, Resilience, forgiveness, Post-Conflict, Revenge, Criticism, Conflict, empathy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Compassion, Retribution, Human nature, Human behavior, Reflection, ethical dilemmas, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern, Social dynamics, Emotional Healing, moral courage, personal journey, refugee experience, emotional struggle, Moral conflict, war's impact, reflection on war, reflection on violence, country’s devastation, compassion in conflict, rethinking revenge, compassion vs. vengeance, reflections on conflict., retribution vs. forgiveness