Bye Bye Babylon Beirut 1975-1979

Name: Bye Bye Babylon Beirut 1975-1979
Price: 21.03 USD
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ISBN: 9781566568777

ISBN-10: 1566568773

ISBN-13: 9781566568777

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lamia Ziade, Olivia Kiang-Snaije

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?Beirut in the 1970s is a paradise. Wealthy families ride escalators and fill shopping carts with imported food and luxury products from Paris and New York. Lamia Ziadé, seven years old, dreams of banana splits, American candy, flying on Pan Am Airways, and visiting the local cinema. Considered by the elite the Paris, Las Vegas or Monaco of the Middle East, Beirut was in reality a powder keg, waiting for a spark. On April 13, 1975 Lamia and her family returned from lunch in the countryside to find a city in flames. Looking back on the golden days before the war, and its immediate, devastating effects, Bye Bye Babylon positions an elegiac and shocking narrative next to a childs…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

#65279;Born in Lebanon, Lamia Ziadï¿½ is an internationally acclaimed artist and illustrator. She has worked as a fabric designer for Jean-Paul Gaultier and has published several books for adults and children. She lives in Paris.