Friday, 17 August 2007

Beirut 1920


Rebuilding Beirut following the famine of 1917
Picture: Aziz Zabbal/Roberte Zabbal Sawaya Collection
Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

Posted by Design at 08:21

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry irritating question from an ignoramus.

What are the best books on the relationship between sectarian identity and class on Lebanon?

17 August 2007 at 12:07
Design said...

Dear John
The best book in print is: A History of Modern Lebanon by Fawwaz Traboulsi (http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=290301).

Traboulsi gives a very detailed description of sectarian carve up in the 1980s.

In my view the best book ever written on Lebanon is: The Struggle Over Lebanon, by Tabitha Petran. There are second hand copies available.

For anyone wanting a sober history (and one that deals with the rebellion of workers and peasants) this is a bible. She also wrote a very good book on Syria as well (if you can get a copy).

I will be soon be posting a discussion document from the Lebanese leftist group Tymat that is the beginning of a theoretical evaluation of this relation. (We found the question of Syria workers added a new dimension to a complex interplay of sect, nationalism and class)

regards
Simon

17 August 2007 at 14:12

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