{"product_id":"jean-said-makdisi-beirut-fragments","title":"Jean Said Makdisi | Beirut Fragments","description":"\u003cp\u003e9781805228745\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16\/07\/26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e272 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA timeless and profound portrayal of life in a war-torn city, published in the UK for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"full-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An impassioned cry against indifference' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Stunning and forensic, witnessing everyday life in the midst of siege' Tareq Baconi, author of \u003ci\u003eFire in Every Direction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by susan abulhawa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Beirut was a city like any other. What happened here could, I think, happen anywhere'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean Said Makdisi arrived in Beirut as an outsider: a Palestinian refugee who had escaped Jerusalem in 1948 and had grown up across Egypt and America. But in 1975, as Lebanon's capital became the locus of a ferocious civil war, Jean decided to stay. As sectarian violence mounted and the city collapsed around her, she documented it all: the cars that exploded in the street; the high-rise buildings that turned to dust; the museums that became military checkpoints; the bifurcation of the city; and the brutality of the Israeli siege in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking in the fourteen years of civil war, Makdisi lays bare the violent face of conflict, meticulously documenting its impact on every aspect of civilian life - from the fearsome whistle of shellfire, to the mundanity of queuing for food, to the constant, wandering search for lost loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntimate and profound,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeirut Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a heartbreaking memoir of a city under siege and an impassioned defence of collective humanity. With vivid insight and urgency, Makdisi records civilian life brought to its limits and reconstructs the image of a place - and its people - that emerged from the ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Profile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57689431212414,"sku":"9781805228745","price":12.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/7608\/files\/2_8c27879b-2794-4346-8b4e-873423a815bc.jpg?v=1784124573","url":"https:\/\/www.leftfordeadshop.co.uk\/products\/jean-said-makdisi-beirut-fragments","provider":"Left For Dead","version":"1.0","type":"link"}