Summary
“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 dedic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568584294 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1568584296 |
| Author: | Wadad Cortas |
| Publisher: | Avalon Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Nation Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
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Wadad Cortas
Wadad Makdisi Cortas was the principal of the Ahliah National School for Girls in Lebanon for twenty-six years, and the mother of four children, including Mariam Said, wife of Edward Said. Wadad Makdisi Cortas died in 1979.
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