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When Magic Failed

A Memoir of a Lebanese Childhood, Caught Between East and West

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Hardback
Book When Magic Failed Fouad Ajami
Libristo code: 37248484
Publishers Post Hill Press, September 2022
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From the author of The Arab Predicament and Dream Palace of the Arabs comes a beautiful and haunting memoir of growing up in Lebanon in the ’50s and ’60s—the story of a sensitive young man and budding intellectual caught between tradition and modernity, east and west.

As one of the most profound and insightful scholars of the Middle East, Fouad Ajami’s sensibility was powerfully shaped by his childhood and youth in Lebanon in the ’50s and ’60s. The time was a transitional one—not only for the Middle East, but for America and the world. Lebanon in this era was just coming into its own as a cosmopolitan destination of the international jet set as well as earnest American educators seeking to modernize Arab society. The disruptive forces of the Middle East—the Cold War, the Palestinian conflict, religious extremism, the money and oil of the Gulf—were only just beginning to appear. In this haunting and beautifully written memoir of his Lebanese childhood, the late Middle East scholar, Fouad Ajami, casts a discerning light into the corners and alleyways of an Arab reality that would later erupt into full view.

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About the book

Full name When Magic Failed
Author Fouad Ajami
Language English
Binding Book - Hardback
Date of issue 2022
Number of pages 256
EAN 9781637581759
ISBN 1637581750
Libristo code 37248484
Publishers Post Hill Press
Weight 366
Dimensions 218 x 147 x 27
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