Memory and Space in a Postwar Arab City
by
Aseel Sawalha
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Once the cosmopolitan center of the Middle East, Beirut was devastated by the civil war that ran from 1975 to 1991, which dislocated many residents, disrupted normal municipal functions, and destroyed the vibrant downtown district. The aftermath of the war was an unstable situation Sawalha considers...