Search Results - "Beirut"

Reconstructing Beirut : memory and space in a postwar Arab city / by Sawalha, Aseel, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Beirut : a city in transition -- Downtown in "the ancient city of the future" -- 'Ayn el-mreisse : the global market and the apartment unit -- "Beirut is ours, not theirs" : neighborhood sites and struggles in 'Ayn el-mreisse -- Cafés, funerals, and the future of coffee spaces -- Placing the war-displaced -- Afterword : reclaiming downtown again.…”
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Queer Beirut / by Merabet, Sofian, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Producing Queer Space in Beirut: Zones of Encounter in Post-Civil-War Lebanon -- 2. …”
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Beirut on the Bayou : Alfred Nicola, Louisiana, and the Making of Modern Lebanon. by Shwayri, Raif

Table of Contents: “…Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Alfred remembers; 1 Fares Bozeid Moujaes; Of silk and stone; Palace builders; From Beiteddine to Hadath; 2 Habib Fares Shwayri; Rebirth of Beirut; Toward civil war; The failure of the caimaqamat system; 1860, the year of transformations; 3 Nicolas Habib Shwayri; The Organic Statutes; The Administrative Council: Prefiguration of the House of Representatives; To finish with Youssef bey Karam; A bustling but constrained economy; The new imperialisms; Part II: Alfred in Louisiana; 4 From Lebanon to Louisiana; Ellis Island.…”
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The insecure city : space, power, and mobility in Beirut / by Monroe, Kristin V., 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: exploring mobility in Beirut -- The privatized city -- The space of war -- Politics and public space -- Securing Beirut -- The "chaos" of driving -- "There is no state."…”
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Beirut through the ages / by Jidejian, Nina

“…Beirut (Lebanon) History. sh2008114386…”

The American University of Beirut : Arab nationalism and liberal education / by Anderson, Betty S. (Betty Signe), 1965-

Subjects: “…American University of Beirut History.…”
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A Taste for Home : the Modern Middle Class in Ottoman Beirut. by Abou-Hodeib, Toufoul

Table of Contents: “…Beirut, city of the Levant -- The global intimacies of taste -- Home is where the investment is -- Things at home -- A matter of taste -- Local forms and ifranji pleasures -- Conclusion.…”
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Leisurely Islam : negotiating geography and morality in Shi'ite South Beirut / by Deeb, Lara, 1974-, Harb, Mona

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Language; Introduction: Exploring Leisure, Morality, and Geography in South Beirut; 1 New Leisure in South Beirut; 2 Producing Islamic Fun: Hizbullah, Fadlallah, and the Entrepreneurs; 3 Mapping Leisure and Café Styles; 4 Flexible Morality, Respectful Choices, Smaller Transgressions; 5 Comforting Territory, New Urban Experiences, and the Moral City; 6 Good Taste, Leisure's Moral Spaces, and Sociopolitical Change in Lebanon; Appendix: Quoted Figures and Characters; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.…”
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Fin de siècle Beirut : the making of an Ottoman provincial capital / by Hanssen, Jens

Table of Contents: “…War, health, and the making of municipal Beirut --…”
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Roman Berytus : Beirut in late antiquity / by Hall, Linda Jones, 1941-

Subjects: “…Romans Lebanon Beirut.…”
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Un quartier du port phénicien de Beyrouth au Fer III/Perse by Elayi, Josette

Subjects: “…Excavations (Archaeology) Lebanon Beirut. sh 85046105…”

Sabra and Shatila : September 1982.

Subjects: “…Massacres Lebanon Beirut.…”
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Printing Arab modernity : visual culture and the American press in nineteenth-century Beirut / by Auji, Hala

Subjects: “…Publishers and publishing Lebanon Beirut.…”
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Memory for Forgetfulness : August, Beirut, 1982. by Darwīsh, Maḥmūd

“…Beirut (Lebanon) History.…”
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Local Music Scenes and Globalization. by Burkhalter, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…PART III Analysis-Six Key Tracks from Beirut11 Zeid Hamdan: "Aranis" (Remixed); 12 Garo Gdanian: "Remains of a Bloodbath"; 13 Mazen Kerbaj: "Blblb Flblb," "ZRRRT," "PIIIIIIIIIIII", "Taga of Daga"; 14 Raed Yassin: "Civil War Tapes"; 15 Charbel Haber: "Track 5"; 16 Rayess Bek: "Schizophrenia"; PART IV History-Music and Noise in Lebanon from the Past and Present; 17 Ground Setting: The Urbanization and Europeanization of Music in the Arab World; 18 Modern Music from Cairo-Old Music from Aleppo; 19 European Music and Christian Hymns in Beirut (1926-1948).…”
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The making of a Syrian identity : intellectuals and merchants in nineteenth century Beirut / by Zachs, Fruma

Table of Contents: “…First Notions of a "Syrian Vision": The Period of Amir Bashir II -- First Phase: The Rise of the Mountain Middle Stratum -- The Literary Circle -- Chapter Two. Beirut and the Emergence of a "Syrian Identity": Christian Arabs as Agents of Change -- Beirut as an Economic and Cultural Centre of Syria -- Immigration to Beirut -- "Push" Factors -- "Pull" Factors -- Second Phase-The Emergence of the Beiruti Middle Stratum and its Characteristics -- World View of the Beiruti Middle Stratum: The Concept of Tamaddun -- The Beiruti Middle Stratum and the Syrian Identity -- Chapter Three. …”
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Guide to the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut / by Woolley, Leonard, 1880-1960

Subjects: “…American University of Beirut. Museum of Archaeology. nr 89016933…”

Aspect, tense and action in the Arabic dialect of Beirut / by Bruweleit, Stefan

Table of Contents: “…5.2 Tense and Aspect5.2.1 + Tense and Imperfectivity; 5.2.2 + Tense and Perfectivity; 5.2.3 -- Tense and Aspect; 5.3 Action and Tense; 5.4 Action and Aspect; 5.5 Summary; Chapter 6 Negation ; Chapter 7 The Reference Point in Aspectual and Tense Languages ; Part 2 The Arabic Dialect of Beirut ; Chapter 8 Introductory Remarks ; Chapter 9 Some Remarks on the Phonology and the Verb Forms ; 9.1 Phonology; 9.2 The Verb Forms; Chapter 10 Anteriority to the Speech Time ; 10.1 Non-habitual Anteriority to the Speech Time; 10.1.1 Main Clauses; 10.1.2 Subordinate Clauses.…”
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Cypriote antiquities in the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut / by Karageorghis, Vassos

Divided cities : Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia / by Calame, Jon, Charlesworth, Esther Ruth

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Lebbeus Woods -- Preface -- Warning beacons -- Cities and physical segregation -- Beirut -- Belfast -- Jerusalem -- Mostar -- Nicosia -- Breaching the urban contract -- Professional responses to partition -- Patterns -- Epilogue : Jerusalem redivided.…”
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