Beirut Seizures

Name: Beirut Seizures
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ISBN: 9781462052714

ISBN-10: 1462052711

ISBN-13: 9781462052714

Edition: 1993

Authors: Haas H. Mroue

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On April 13, 1975, four Phalangists were murdered during the attempted assassination of Pierre Jumayyil. In a retaliation effort, the Phalangists attacked a bus filled with Palestinian passengers, killing twenty seven of the occupants. And so began a civil war in Lebanon that would last sixteen years and take more than one hundred thousand lives. In his posthumous collection of poetry, Haas Mroue offers deeply moving lyrical verse that details his traumatic experiences as the chaos of the war in Lebanon engulfed his childhood, as well as the experiences of the some nine hundred thousand who were forced to flee their homes. Recalling how he helplessly witnessed rockets flying over rooftops…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/4/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 108
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Haas Mroue died of a heart attack in October 2007 at the age of forty-one. He was a travel writer who completed numerous assignments for various travel guides. He is the author of, a collection of poetry based on his childhood memories of war in Beirut. The Passport Stamper was discovered among his personal documents.