“War Diary: Lebanon 2006” by Rami Zurayk

Review by Marina Chamma. As anyone following the Middle East will tell you, the sad truth is that wars or conflicts so tense that put us on the verge of war, are never too far away.  Nothing less could be said

“House of Stone” by Anthony Shadid

Review by Marina Chamma.   This review was originally posted on LSEs Middle East Center blog. “What I felt was bayt, and it led me to make a promise to myself, a commitment that I still cannot believe I honored after

“In the Country of Men” by Hisham Matar

Review by Marina Chamma. For many, to talk about political prisoners is to talk about the injustice of their imprisonment and the weakness of governments that cannot tolerate dissent. It is more about ways to ensure their release and fighting for

Our Man in Beirut by Nasri Atallah

Review by Marina Chamma. When I first heard of Our Man in Beirut some months ago, I thought I had stumbled upon the latest spy novel in town. With Graham Greene’s Our Man in Havana as inspiration, I didn’t think it