Beirut A City Of Contrast

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Beirut A City Of Contrast

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Author : Nina Jidejian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

Beirut A City Of Contrast written by Nina Jidejian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.

Precarious Imaginaries Of Beirut

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Author : Judith Naeff
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-12-01

Precarious Imaginaries Of Beirut written by Judith Naeff and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-01 with Social Science categories.

This book investigates a shared experience of time and space in the post-civil-war city of Beirut: “the suspended now”. Based on the close analysis of a large corpus of cultural objects; including visual art, literature, architecture and cinema; the book argues that last decades have witnessed a gradual shift in understanding this temporality from being a transitional phase to a more durable experience of precariousness. The theoretically rich analyses take us on a journey through Beirut’s real and imagined geographies, from garbage dumps to real estate advertisements, and from subterranean spaces to martyr’s posters. For scholars of cultural analysis, urban studies, cultural geography and critical theory, the case of post-1990 Beirut offers a fascinating case of neoliberal urban renewal, which challenges existing theories. For scholars of Lebanon and Beirut, this study complements existing work on post-civil-war Lebanese cultural production rooted in trauma studies by its focus on the city’s continual exposure to violence.

Beirut Imagining The City

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Author : Ghenwa Hayek
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-29

Beirut Imagining The City written by Ghenwa Hayek and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-29 with History categories.

Beirut is the cultural, commercial and economic hub of Lebanon. But to what extent has the city affected and shaped the formation and perceptions of Lebanese national identity? Ghenwa Hayek here explores how anxieties over the past, present and future of Beirut have been articulated through a sense of dislocation present in Lebanese writing since the 1960s. Drawing on theories of cultural studies, geography and history, the author uses an interdisciplinary framework to explore the role that spaces - from rural to urban - have played and continue to play in the defining, and re-defining, of national identity in the seventy years since the creation of the Lebanese nation state. This theoretical perspective coupled with a close reading of little-explored contemporary writings lead Hayek to question the predominant assumption that Lebanese novelists only became engaged in discourses about place identity and individual and social belonging with the start of the fifteen-year civil war and the destruction of Beirut's city centre. Instead, the book shows that particular geographical imaginaries have been mobilized to describe, question and debate Lebanese identity since the 1960s and that some go back even further into the late nineteenth century. This re-reading calls for a re-evaluation of some of the most predominant assumptions about Lebanon and the processes of Lebanese identity formation across the country's modern history. Examining a wide range of modern and contemporary literature, Hayek charts the rise to cultural prominence of the city of Beirut as a significant player in shaping perceptions of Lebanese culture and identity.

Re Membering Beirut

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Author : Erin Elizabeth Cory
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

Re Membering Beirut written by Erin Elizabeth Cory and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.

More than 20 years after the end of Lebanon's civil war (1975-1990), reconciliation remains elusive. A number of factors contribute to this stasis. No agreed-upon historical narrative exists by which Lebanon's 18 ethnoreligious groups can make sense of the war, and the state has interests--both economic and political--for burying common memories and erasing common spaces. In light of these erasures, the capital Beirut, like much of the country, remains divided along spatial, ideological, and mnemonic lines. The extant literature has generally considered the perils of what Samir Khalaf (2006) calls Beirut's "geography of fear." By contrast, this dissertation considers the city a realm of possibility. "Re-membering Beirut: Performing Memory and Community Across a 'Postwar' City," fuses ethnographic research, analysis, and performative writing to introduce the ide of "re-membering," a term I use to describe how people engage the residual material of the city-at-war--its textures, tempos, routes, and representations--to render legible the shared pasts and current political claims of historically divided communities. Through case studies including a walking tour, a protest, and street art, I argue for considering the city's in-between spaces as loci for emergent cross-communal politics, and for movement as both object of analysis and method. The sometimes ephemeral publics that take shape around these performances and practices reconfigure how Beirutis understand themselves in relation to their city and each other, while simultaneously revealing the city's persistent ideological and spatial terrain. The project contributes to a fuller picture of how people across the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA region) are using urban space and cultural production--in the wake of the Arab revolutions and most urgently in the midst of the ongoing Syrian crisis--to communicate shared pain and dissent, and to mobilize in the face of failing or oppressive political systems. As the region once again divides itself along both old and new fault lines, the study explores the perils of occluding violent histories, as well as the critical role of culture in inter-communal postwar healing.

The For The War Yet To Come

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Author : Hiba Bou Akar
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-11

The For The War Yet To Come written by Hiba Bou Akar and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Social Science categories.

“Through elegant ethnography and nuanced theorization . . . gives us a new way of thinking about violence, development, modernity, and ultimately, the city.” —Ananya Roy, University of California, Los Angeles Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of Beirut, urban planning could hold promise: a new spatial order could bring a peaceful future. But with unclear state structures and outsourced public processes, urban planning has instead become a contest between religious-political organizations and profit-seeking developers. Neighborhoods reproduce poverty, displacement, and urban violence. For the War Yet to Come examines urban planning in three neighborhoods of Beirut’s southeastern peripheries, revealing how these areas have been developed into frontiers of a continuing sectarian order. Hiba Bou Akar argues these neighborhoods are arranged, not in the expectation of a bright future, but according to the logic of “the war yet to come”: urban planning plays on fears and differences, rumors of war, and paramilitary strategies to organize everyday life. As she shows, war in times of peace is not fought with tanks, artillery, and rifles, but involves a more mundane territorial contest for land and apartment sales, zoning and planning regulations, and infrastructure projects. Winner of the Anthony Leeds Prize “Upends our conventional notions of center and periphery, of local and transnational, even of war and peace.” —AbdouMaliq Simone, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity “Fascinating, theoretically astute, and empirically rich.” —Asef Bayat, University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign “An important contribution.” —Christine Mady, International Journal of Middle East Studies

Understanding The City Through Its Margins

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Author : André Chappatte
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-28

Understanding The City Through Its Margins written by André Chappatte and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-28 with History categories.

Cities the world over and in particular developing countries suffer from uneven development and inequality. This is often coupled with the view that these inequalities constitute unfortunate anomalies. In contrast, this edited volume draws out the ways in which the city has not been able to exist without its margins, both materially, ideationally, and socially. In this book the margins are, first, the mirrors of the city and, second, a fundamental route through which various centers can legitimate and sustain their power. Contemporary case studies are compared to a number of those from history with the accent on Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and engage with the underlying theoretical questions of what is the urban margin and what is marginality in urban society and spaces?

City Edge

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Author : Esther Charlesworth
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-08-11

City Edge written by Esther Charlesworth and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-11 with Architecture categories.

This series of essays outlines a number of case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. These insights provide a pragmatic assessment of the challenges and constraints posed by changing patterns of urban growth in a broad spectrum of urban environments. The reader will discover, through these multiple voices and views, the diverse forms of global cities, and will have a grasp of where the debate on urban design stands today, and where it may be going in the future.

Encountering The World Of Islam

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Author : Keith E. Swartley
language : en
Publisher: BottomLine Media
Release Date : 2015-11-03

Encountering The World Of Islam written by Keith E. Swartley and has been published by BottomLine Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-03 with Religion categories.

Discover God's Heart for Muslims: Investigate Islam through this positive and hopeful 640-page book. Encountering the World of Islam explores the Muslim world and God's plan for Muslims. Read from a collection of writings about the life of Muhammad, the history of Islamic civilization, Islamic beliefs, Muslims today, and the everyday lives of Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia. Gain insight from 80 different practitioners into diverse Muslim cultures and worldviews as well as Christian outreach toward Muslims, our response to Islam, and prayer for the Muslim world. This book is used as the textbook for the Encountering the World of Islam course. Revised, updated, and expanded for 2014.Fifty-seven new articles, highlights, maps, and tables.Fully indexed and cross-referenced.Over 100 additional pages of free online articles at the companion website.Features: Reading Assignments: Each lesson includes an average of 35 pages of reading, plus additional articles online (available after free registration for access). Highlights: Brief readings focusing on specific topics of interest to the reader are found throughout the book, including: Concepts: Important biblical or cultural concepts the student should know.Outreach: Appropriate ways for reaching out to Muslims.People Groups: Overviews of the major ethnic Muslim affinity blocks, illustrated with descriptions of characteristic people groups from each block.Pray Now: Guides to praying for Muslims within each lesson.Quotes: Quotations from "the experts" illustrating important lesson points.Qur'an: Important verses and concepts from the Qur'an.Stories: Narrative accounts from the lives of Muslims and Muslim-background believers.Women: Specific issues that affect the lives of Muslim women.Ponder This: Introductory questions help set the mental stage for entering each lesson. Explore: Recommendations for deeper exploration of lesson topics. Discussion Questions: Application questions to use in class activities, provide ideas for forum postings, or simply serve as points for individual reflection. Learn More: Additional activities which may be assigned by your professor or completed just for fun, including reading, watching, praying, visiting, eating, listening, meeting, shopping, and browsing the internet. Glossary: Unfamiliar terms or concepts are cross-referenced and included in the 40-page glossary. Pronunciation Guide: Help with pronouncing non-English words found throughout the text. Common Word List: Key words that occur frequently throughout the book. Illustrations: 110 illustrations, maps, and tables. Index: Comprehensive and extensively cross-referenced topical index, as well as separate Bible and Qur'an indices. Bibliography: Complete, scholarly collection of the authors, readings, and highlights that appear in the book. Resources for teaching: Example lectures and PowerPoint presentations for the materials in Encountering the World of Islam are available in the Instructor Resources area of our companion website.

Queens Of Beirut

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Author : Renske Diks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023

Queens Of Beirut written by Renske Diks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.

Beirut is a city full of contrast: a Mediterranean metropolis with visible scars from the past, from the civil war (1975-1990) and the recent explosion in the port of Beirut (2020). A vibrant city, burdened by one of the worst financial crises in history.00'Queens of Beirut' shows how the local drag community moves through this city. How do the Lebanese drag queens relate to each other, society, and the current political-economic situation? Meet Robyn Hoes, Anissa Krana, Narcissa, Latiza Bombé and Emma Gration, and their stories about trauma, love, family, resilience and above all, being yourself.000Renske Diks is an anthropologist, photographer and works in the film industry. In 2019, she lost her heart to Lebanon and two years later she did an ethnographic research on the drag community there.0'Queens of Beirut' is her first book.

Urban Unrest In The Middle East

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Author : Guilain Denoeux
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1993-08-20

Urban Unrest In The Middle East written by Guilain Denoeux and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-20 with History categories.

This book offers a systematic examination of the politics of Middle Eastern cities in a broad historical and comparative context. Focusing on the contribution of informal networks, the author examines four types. He reveals that, contrary to recent claims, informal associations do not necessarily play a stabilizing role in urban politics, but reveal themselves to be effective instruments for mobilizing popular dissent. Denoeux identifies conditions under which these informal urban networks can change their role from system-supportive to system-challenging. His analysis highlights the impact of Islam on contemporary forms of urban violence in the Middle East, and emphasizes the destabilizing potential for the urban poor. His approach sheds new light on the politics of Islamic fundamentalism and on the nature of urban unrest in a vital yet neglected region of the world and represents a very significant contribution to an emerging literature on informal political processes.