My Great Arab Melancholy (eBook)

Lamia Ziadé (Autor)

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2024
424 Seiten
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-4817-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Winner of the Prix littraire France-Liban'A stunningly stylish, breathtakingly evocative tribute in words and art to the cosmopolitan Levant that exists in defiance of war and empire. I treasure my copy' -- Molly Crabapple, artist and co-author of Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian WarMy Great Arab Melancholy is a beautiful, elegiac and award-winning book from Lebanese writer and illustrator Lamia Ziad. Blending the authors years of research, personal memoir, and more than 300 illustrations, this compelling history of the modern Arab world explores the major thinkers, struggles, and turning points that have shaped the Middle East as we know it today.Ziad begins in South Lebanon, land of martyrs, ruins, and passion, before taking the reader on a journey through Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Baghdad. The book moves from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day, tracing the Arab worlds tragedies and the derailing of dreams and possibilities caused in large part by Western imperialism and the conquest of Palestine.Within these pages there are the blasts of explosions, blood, and tears; cemeteries, wreaths, and ribbons; martyrs and paradise. Ziad unearths the buried memory of resistance fighters and their lost ideals. In haunting prose and unforgettable images she celebrates the progressive, bold, revolutionary moments and figures of the Arab worlds recent past.Lamia Ziad is a Lebanese author, illustrator and visual artist. Born in Beirut in 1968 and raised during the Lebanese Civil War, she moved to Paris at 18 to study graphic arts. She then worked as a designer for Jean Paul Gaultier, exhibited her art in numerous galleries internationally, and went on to publish several illustrated books, including My Port of Beirut, nuit, mes yeux and Bye Bye Babylon: Beirut 1975-1979.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.1.2024
• Übersetzer: Emma Ramadan
• Zusatzinfo: 397 colour illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Ahmad Kassir • Baghdad Travel Guide • Baghdad Travelogue • battle of karbala • Beirut • Black September • cairo travel guide • Cairo Travelogue • Damascus • Egypt • fedayeen • Gamal Abdel Nasser • Gaza Strip • hauntology • Hezbollah • History of Bagdhad • History of Baghdad • History of Jerusalem • History of Modern Lebanon • History of the Arabs • History of the Arab world • History of the Middle East • Illustrated Arab History • illustrated books • Illustrated History of the Middle East • Impact of Western Imperialism on Arab World • Iraq • Islamic history • Israeli-Lebanese war • Jerusalem Travel Guide • King Hassan II • Lebanese Art • Lebanese artists • Lebanese authors • Lebanese Civil War • Lebanon • Lebanon graphic novel • Leila Khaled • Loula Abboud • Maghdouché • Middle East art • modern Arab history • Modern history of the Middle East • palestinian conflict • Palestinian history • R • Radical History of Lebanon • Recent history of the Middle East • Rise of Islamism • Sanaa el Mehaidly • Shiite history • six day war • Souha Bechara • Suez Canal • Syria
• ISBN-10: 0-7453-4817-3 / 0745348173
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7453-4817-9 / 9780745348179