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From College to University
Through wars, the collapse of empires, changing views on the role of women in society, economic crises, and more, Lebanese American University has persevered for almost 200 years. From the first school for girls in the Ottoman Empire to an internationally ranked co-ed university serving over 8500 students, what is now Lebanese American University has experienced the excitement and challenges of a dynamic yet tumultuous region. First known as the American Junior College for Women, the institution moved through many iterations before becoming a full-fledged university in the 1980s. Bringing together the best in American-style higher education with a commitment to its Arab heritage, the multi-c...
Flight Against Time
Flight against time is a moving story about the immigrant experience. An elderly couple leaves their village in Lebanon to visit their children and grandchildren now living in the new world: Prince Edward Island, Canada. They find a world of peace and great comfort, but despite the war back home, the old man longs for his small village and a way of life deeply etched in his heart.Nasrallah skillfully weaves truth and imagination to create a story rich in human emotion and psychological insight. The novel stands as witness to a time and its people, a mirror of the whole culture and historical movement that is Lebanon of the present. A work that exempli¬fies the strength of the modern Arabic novel, Flight against time reflects the emotions, ideals and passions that all immigrants experience, be they our ancestors or our neighbours of today.
The Third Sex
Does it really take courage to discuss what we are afraid of, or maybe even ashamed of? I am long past this question. Now, when I write, I mainly seek to discover more of my layers, to raise my level of consciousness, to help others and myself. I don’t see the red flags, I don’t hear the warnings, and I don’t care about the land mines that could explode under my feet. I simply ambush myself, and then I charge at it and peel off my skins until I am completely naked on paper. That’s when I become both the voyeur and the exhibitionist; the banquet and its host. And every time a bomb blows up in my face I feel ecstatic, because then I will be able to gift pieces of my own flesh to the readers. Those pieces are my truths, my words, my humble gifts to you in this book.…and they are also my traps.
The Bible Came from Arabia
Kamal Salibi reveals startling linguistic evidence which controversially suggests that Judaism originated not in Palestine but in west Arabia. Whilst looking at the gazetteer of Saudi place names, he noticed a remarkable concentration of Biblical place names in an area of 600km long by 200km wide (the region of 'Asir). Ancient Hebrew, like Arabic, was written without vowels, Salibi believes that scholars of the sixth century might have added the vowels wrongly when standardizing texts, and so he went back to the original unvowelled Old Testament to prove his theory - and it did. The geography of Palestine has never corresponded in any way to the apparently specific stories on the Bible. Salibi's research authenticates the events as history for the first time - but within an Arabian setting. This book has caused a predictable storm amongst academics and politicians. The issue is of such importance that everyone should read the evidence first-hand.
What Happened to Zeeko
Life is easy for little Zeeko, cared for by his loving friend Mona in a comfortable Beirut household. But when the shooting starts, Zeeko has to make some difficult choices.
From Village to Presidential Suite
I did not intend to write a scholarly book, for I did not want to intellectualize my life. Nor did I wish to romanticize it. I wanted to describe it as I lived it, with emphasis on people. I wanted to express in this book the joy I experienced in giving generously of myself, my time, and my modest material possessions, to make others happy and to share the many gifts of life. I wanted also to share with those who aspire to become academic leaders the myriad lessons my upbringing, education, and professional life have taught me. I thought they might find these lessons learned useful, as they strive for successful careers and, more importantly, for rewarding personal and professional lives. Ag...
Sarah and her Sisters
When newly married Sarah Smith arrived in Beirut in 1834, she was appalled by the ignorance and ill treatment of Arab women and girls. Well educated for her times, she was not content just to keep house for her missionary husband. Rather, having taught Mohegan Indians in Connecticut, she, in her two remaining years, opened a small school for girls that began the transformation of education for Arab females. Sarah’s pioneering venture inspired a series of Protestant “sisters,” married and single, to follow in her wake as missionary teachers. Leaving loved ones and the comforts of home behind, they crossed two perilous seas, learned Arabic, and against great odds continued her work in el...
La vie à bras ouverts
« Quel est le sens de la vie ? Pourquoi sommes-nous là ? »Jeune ministre des Télécommunications du gouvernement libanais de 2011 à 2014, Nicolas Sehnaoui est, dans cet ouvrage, le passeur généreux d’une expérience accumulée durant 48 ans vers une jeune génération avec laquelle, depuis son mandat, il a noué, sur les réseaux sociaux notamment, une complicité teintée d’émotion. Ni péremptoire, ni donneur de leçons, il s’évertue à démentir l’affirmation de Lao Tseu selon laquelle « l’expérience est une bougie qui n’éclaire que celui qui la tient » ; il implore ainsi les nouvelles générations de « prendre le contrôle de leur vie et d’exercer leur sens c...
Le Prophète
Publié en 1923 en anglais, ce livre est vite devenu un succès international et a été traduit dans plus de quarante langues. Il s’agit d’une œuvre poétique, faite de paraboles et d’aphorismes délivrés par un prophète sur le point de quitter la ville d’Orphalese, où il a habité pendant douze ans. Aux grandes questions de la vie, celui-ci livre au peuple qui l’a accueilli des réponses simples et pénétrantes sur des thèmes universels et variés qui vont de la vie pratique (mariage, enfants…) aux grandes valeurs comme la Liberté et l’Amour. On ne présente pas Gibran Khalil Gibran, auteur universellement connu du Prophète, ce livre de sagesse fondamentale et d’ini...
My Mum Has Cancer
Painful is this topic, as such everyone avoids discussing it. Imagine how hard it would be to talk about it with a child, when the person suffering from cancer is his own mother! Contrary to the reader’s expectations, the approach in this book is easy and heart-touching. The story reaches out to children and reveals through their innocence and their parents’ endless patience the possibility to deal with this reality smoothly and simply.
