Queens Of Beirut
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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.
Queens Of Jerusalem
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Author : Katherine Pangonis
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-02-01
Queens Of Jerusalem written by Katherine Pangonis and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with History categories.
The untold story of a trailblazing dynasty of royal women who ruled the Middle East and how they persevered through instability and seize greater power. In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unlikely trio - including Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. They could not resist Saladin, but, if they were lucky, they could negotiate terms that would save the lives of the city's inhabitants. Queen Sibylla was the last of a line of formidable female rulers in the Crusader States of Outremer. Yet for all the many books written about the Crusades, one aspect is conspicuously absent: the stories of women. Queens and princesses tend to be presented as passive transmitters of land and royal blood. In reality, women ruled, conducted diplomatic negotiations, made military decisions, forged alliances, rebelled, and undertook architectural projects. Sibylla's grandmother Queen Melisende was the first queen to seize real political agency in Jerusalem and rule in her own right. She outmanoeuvred both her husband and son to seize real power in her kingdom, and was a force to be reckoned with in the politics of the medieval Middle East. The lives of her Armenian mother, her three sisters, and their daughters and granddaughters were no less intriguing. Queens of Jerusalem is a stunning debut by a rising historian and a rich revisionist history of Medieval Palestine.
Leaving Beirut
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Author : Mai Ghoussoub
language : en
Publisher: Saqi
Release Date : 2014-02-01
Leaving Beirut written by Mai Ghoussoub and has been published by Saqi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A twelve-year-old girl writes an essay that extols revenge to impress her teacher, and is surprised to receive criticism rather than praise. 'Revenge', Mrs Nomy insists, is 'the most cowardly' human behaviour. Years later, having fled Beirut, she reflects upon the devastating role revenge has played in her country. Might she have found it so easy to forgive if she had stayed? Or might she, too, have contemplated retribution? A compelling and humane book, which abounds in courage and compassion. 'One of those rare books that leaves its readers able to breathe more deeply, with a renewed sense that life, for all its cruelties, is beautiful.' Maggie Gee 'A writer, artist and publisher who took her passion for life, controversy and feminism to the streets of Beirut and London.' Malu Halasa, Guardian 'A tangled and creative mix of memoir, fiction, recollection, old-fashioned yarn-spinning, postmodern pastiche, literary criticism and methodically plotted political essay.' Daily Star, Lebanon 'One of the most poignant testimonies to the Lebanese civil war' Moris Farhi
The Book Of Queens
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Author : Joumana Haddad
language : en
Publisher: Interlink Books
Release Date : 2022-07-05
The Book Of Queens written by Joumana Haddad and has been published by Interlink Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-05 with Fiction categories.
A book of history, heritage, loyalty, religion, feminism, families, and the Armenian genocide The Book of Queens is a family saga that spans four generations of women caught up in the tragic whirlwind of turf wars and suffering in the Middle East—from the Armenian genocide and the Israeli occupation of Palestine to modern-day civil wars and the struggles between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon and Syria. Four queens of a deck of cards dealt a bad hand by fate—Qayah, Qana, Qadar and Qamar—form the branches of the same family tree rooted in the land of their origins despite the forceful winds that repeatedly try to carry them away. A line of red-haired women united by the ties of blood that runs through their veins—which violence has spread through the ages—each with a deep story and all with one thing in common: unwavering power and resilience in the face of adversities of being a woman in a war-torn region. With the perfect mastery of finely chiseled writing, Joumana Haddad manages to construct a novel of extraordinary intensity, without ever sinking into pathos or grandiloquence. She also challenges the systematic abuse of political and religious power and authority that continues to cloud the lives of a culturally diverse and progressive youth until the present day.
Queens Eunuchs And Concubines In Islamic History 661 1257
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Author : El-Azhari Taef El-Azhari
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2019-06-24
Queens Eunuchs And Concubines In Islamic History 661 1257 written by El-Azhari Taef El-Azhari and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-24 with History categories.
Based on original and previously unexamined sources, this book provides a critical and systematic analysis of the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and atabegs in the dynamics and manipulation of medieval Islamic politics. Spanning over 600 years, Taef El-Azhari explores gender and sexual politics and power: from the time of the Prophet Muhammad through the Umayyad and Abbasid periods to the Mamluks in the 15th century, and from Iran and Central Asia to North Africa and Spain.
Contemporary Drag Practices And Performers
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Author : Mark Edward
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-03-19
Contemporary Drag Practices And Performers written by Mark Edward and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-19 with Performing Arts categories.
In recent years drag performance has moved from the fringes to emerge as a mainstream phenomenon, showcased on TV shows in the US and the UK. This collection offers a diverse range of critical engagements by drag performers, makers, scholars and writers reflecting on work from the UK, USA, Israel, Germany and Australia. Moving beyond discussions of gender theory, the essays consider contemporary drag performance practices, connecting them to the histories, communities and politics that produced them. Chapters range across discussions of drag kings in the US, UK and drag and activism; the influence of RuPaul on the generation of new forms of work in New York; transfeminist critiques of drag; 'bio'/faux queens; engagements with race and ethnicity through drag performance; drag andragogy; audience concerns; drag intersections with animal personas, and how drag performance relates to personal narratives of history and identity. Collectively the contributions focus on drag as a mode of performance that is diverse and that uncorsets the easy thought that drag is simply a cross dressing man in a dress or a woman in a suit.
Queens And Prophets
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Author : Emran Iqbal El-Badawi
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-12-01
Queens And Prophets written by Emran Iqbal El-Badawi and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-01 with History categories.
‘A genuinely paradigm-shifting work by one of the most exciting and innovative scholars in the field... compelling and powerful...’ Reza Aslan Arab noblewomen of late antiquity were instrumental in shaping the history of the world. Between Rome’s intervention in the Arabian Peninsula and the Arab conquests, they ruled independently, conducting trade and making war. Their power was celebrated as queen, priestess and goddess. With time some even delegated authority to the most important holy men of their age, influencing Arabian paganism, Christianity and Islam. Empress Zenobia and Queen Mavia supported bishops Paul of Samosata and Moses of Sinai. Paul was declared a heretic by the Roman church, while Moses began the process of mass Arab conversion. The teachings of these men survived under their queens, setting in motion seismic debates that fractured the early churches and laid the groundwork for the rise of Islam. In sixth-century Mecca, Lady Khadijah used her wealth and political influence to employ a younger man then marry him against the wishes of dissenting noblemen. Her husband, whose religious and political career she influenced, was the Prophet Muhammad. A landmark exploration of the legacy of female power in late antique Arabia, Queens and Prophets is a corrective that is long overdue.
The Forgotten Queens Of Islam
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Author : Fatima Mernissi
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2003
The Forgotten Queens Of Islam written by Fatima Mernissi and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Queens Princesses And Mendicants
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Author : Nikolas Jaspert
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2019-03-11
Queens Princesses And Mendicants written by Nikolas Jaspert and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-11 with Catholics categories.
The decades between ca 1280 and ca 1380 were marked by a striking affinity to the Mendicant orders on the part of many female members of royal and princely courts. And yet, "Queens, Princesses and Mendicants" is both an innovative and comparatively neglected juxtaposition in medieval studies, for historical research has generally tended to neglect the relationship between Mendicants and aristocratic women. This volume unites twelve articles written by experts from seven European countries. The contributions cover a wide array of medieval European kingdoms in order to facilitate direct comparisons. Was affinity towards the Mendicants a prevalent phenomenon in the late Middle Ages? Can one even term "philomendicantism" a late medieval European movement? The collection of essays provides answers to these and other questions within the field of gender, religious and cultural history.
Beirut
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Beirut written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.