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Wadad Makdisi Cortas A World I Loved (Paperback). It is the story of a lost world. It begins in 1917, in Lebanon, when I was seven years old.". 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. Further DetailsTitle: A World I Loved Condition: New Description: "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 Palestine question," Western interference, and civil war. The World I Loved is both an elegy on Lebanon and her people, and the unforgettable story of one woman's journey from hope to sorrow as she bears painful witness to the undoing of her beloved country by sectarian and religious division. Author: Wadad Makdisi Cortas EAN: 9781568584294 Format: Paperback Country/Region of Manufacture: US ISBN: 9781568584294 Publisher: Nation Books Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 140mm Language: English ISBN-10: 1568584296 Genre: Biography Release Date: 05/12/2009 Subtitle: The Story of an Arab Woman Release Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
