beirut (lebanon)

Zeina Abirached, a woman born into a Lebanese Christian family in 1981 during the civil war in Lebanon, reflects on her childhood, the disappearance of her parents, and the help and protection she received from neighbors.

"When Zeina's parents don't return one afternoon and bombing in Beirut grows closer, her neighbors create a comfortable world indoors for Zeina and her brother. This expanded edition features a new, illustrated afterword"--Provided by publisher.

Zeina Abirached relates her memories in graphic format of the war between the Muslims and the Christians that happened in her hometown of Beirut, Lebanon during the 1980s.

Zeina Abirached, a woman born into a Lebanese Christian family in 1981 during the civil war in Lebanon, reflects on her childhood, the disappearance of her parents, and the help and protection she received from neighbors.

Zeina Abirached's memoir of life in war-torn Beirut focuses on details such as her brother's shrapnel collection, which attest to omnipresent tension and danger.

A semi-autobiographical novel in which the Lebanese author tells how her violent father, an ex-priest who broke his vows, destroyed the life of her brother, finally driving the creative young man insane.

The author recounts her childhood experiences in Beirut during the civil war between Christians and Muslims in the 1980s, as her family tried to carry on a normal life despite violence, a partition of the city, and a lack of food.

Presents color and black-and-white photographs of central Beirut, taken in 1991 and in 2003, capturing the destructive effects of war.

After traveling to Africa to live with her uncle, Zahra finds herself pushed into an unwanted marriage and returned to war-torn Beirut, where she finds herself thrown into a world of sex, violence, and political intrigue.

Zeina Abirached, a Lebanese Christian born in 1981 during the hight of the civil war between Christians and Muslims, here has her life recounted by her granddaughter, also named Zeina. Zeina, her little brother, and her parents were used to the bombings, threat of snipers, the dividing wall of Beirut made out of brick and sandbags, and constant danger. When her parents do not return one day from a visit to the other half of the city, Zeina's neighbors kindly take her in and try to make a home for her and her brother.