{"product_id":"beirut-fragments-9781805228745","title":"Beirut Fragments : Bearing Witness to a War","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An impassioned cry against indifference' - New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stunning and forensic, witnessing everyday life in the midst of siege' Tareq Baconi, author of Fire in Every Direction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by susan abulhawa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beirut was a city like any other. What happened here could, I think, happen anywhere'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Said Makdisi arrived in Beirut as an outsider: a Palestinian refugee who had escaped Jerusalem in 1948 and had grown up across Egypt and America. But in 1975, as Lebanon's capital became the locus of a ferocious civil war, Jean decided to stay. As sectarian violence mounted and the city collapsed around her, she documented it all: the cars that exploded in the street; the high-rise buildings that turned to dust; the museums that became military checkpoints; the bifurcation of the city; and the brutality of the Israeli siege in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking in the fourteen years of civil war, Makdisi lays bare the violent face of conflict, meticulously documenting its impact on every aspect of civilian life - from the fearsome whistle of shellfire, to the mundanity of queuing for food, to the constant, wandering search for lost loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate and profound, Beirut Fragments is a heartbreaking memoir of a city under siege and an impassioned defence of collective humanity. With vivid insight and urgency, Makdisi records civilian life brought to its limits and reconstructs the image of a place - and its people - that emerged from the ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jean Said Makdisi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLebanon, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1990, Autobiography: historical, political \u0026amp; military, Memoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 Jul 2026 by Profile Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jean Said Makdisi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319581221242,"sku":"9781805228745","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781805228745.jpg?v=1790631589","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/es\/products\/beirut-fragments-9781805228745","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}