World I Loved The Story of an Arab Woman

Name: World I Loved The Story of an Arab Woman
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ISBN: 9781568584294

ISBN-10: 1568584296

ISBN-13: 9781568584294

Edition: 2009

Authors: Wadad Makdisi Cortas, Wadad Markdisi Cortas

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"This is my story, the story of an Arab woman. It is the story of a lost world. It begins in 1917, in Lebanon, when I was seven years old." So opens this haunting memoir by Wadad Makdisi Cortas, who eloquently describes her personal experience of the events that have fractured the Middle East over the past century.Through Cortas' eyes we experience life in Lebanon under the oppressive French mandate, and her desire to forge an Arab identity based on religious tolerance. We learn of her dedication to the education of women, and the difficulties that she overcomes to become the principal of a school in Lebanon. And in final, heartbreaking detail, we watch as her world becomes rent by the…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 5/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English