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Exploring the ways in which writers utilize the spaces of the city - joining the factual with the imaginary - this book shows how idiosyncratic perceptions of Beirut are produced, generating an infinite number of Beiruts. The city emerges as interactive, dynamic and historical, a place that is created from the streets, buildings, and monuments as well as through performance and social interaction. By referring to factual places in Beirut, the novels produce a strong reality effect through a mimetic mode of expression. Simultaneously, these texts reveal that Beirut is an unstable locale that resists fixity and transparency, shifting between the real and imagined, and the quotidian and discursive. Writing Beirut explores the city in 16 Arabic novels focusing on the urban/rural divide, the imagined and idealized city, the city through panoramic views and pedestrian acts, the city as sexualized and gendered, and the city as a palimpsest. While the book focuses on Beirut in Arabic novels, the introduction provides a thorough overview of Beirut in the modern Arabic novel.Key Features: * Takes an innovative approach to Beirut focusing on the spatial and geographical in a close literary analysis of 16 modern Arabic novels from various parts of the Arab world *Shows how Beirut is imagined in fiction and how writers use the spaces of the city *Draws on sources from the field of geography and space including Foucault, Lefebvre, de Certeau, Sja and Rose

Arabic fiction --- Arabic literature --- Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Beirut (Lebanon) --- Beirut --- Beyrout (Lebanon) --- Beyrouth (Lebanon) --- Bejrut (Lebanon) --- Bayrūt (Lebanon) --- Vērytos (Lebanon) --- Baladīyat Bayrūt (Lebanon) --- بيروت (Lebanon) --- Βηρυττός (Lebanon) --- Vēryttos (Lebanon) --- Berytus (Lebanon) --- ביירות (Lebanon) --- Bairut (Lebanon) --- Beyrut (Lebanon) --- Berut (Lebanon) --- Beiroet (Lebanon) --- Beirots (Lebanon) --- Горад Бейрут (Lebanon) --- Horad Beĭrut (Lebanon) --- Бейрут (Lebanon) --- Beirout (Lebanon) --- Βηρυτός (Lebanon) --- Bejruto (Lebanon) --- Béiriút (Lebanon) --- 베이루트 (Lebanon) --- Beirutʻŭ (Lebanon) --- Bewout (Lebanon) --- Beirūta (Lebanon) --- Beirutas (Lebanon) --- Бејрут (Lebanon) --- Бейрут ошсь (Lebanon) --- Beĭrut oshsʹ (Lebanon) --- ベイルート (Lebanon) --- Beirūto (Lebanon) --- Beirot (Lebanon) --- Beirute (Lebanon) --- 贝鲁特 (Lebanon) --- Beilute (Lebanon) --- In literature. --- History and criticism.

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"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. 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 - not only following the destruction of the city-centre during the country's fifteen-year civil war, as is mostly assumed in recent scholarship - but over a century."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Beirut (Lebanon) -- In literature. --- Lebanese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. --- Lebanese literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism. --- National characteristics in literature. --- Arabic fiction --- Place (Philosophy) in literature --- Arabic literature --- Lebanese literature --- National characteristics in literature --- Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- Middle Eastern literature --- North African literature --- History and criticism --- Place (Philosophy) in literature. --- 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. --- History and criticism. --- Beirut (Lebanon) --- In literature. --- Beirut --- Beyrout (Lebanon) --- Beyrouth (Lebanon) --- Bejrut (Lebanon) --- Bayrūt (Lebanon) --- Vērytos (Lebanon) --- Baladīyat Bayrūt (Lebanon) --- بيروت (Lebanon) --- Βηρυττός (Lebanon) --- Vēryttos (Lebanon) --- Berytus (Lebanon) --- ביירות (Lebanon) --- Bairut (Lebanon) --- Beyrut (Lebanon) --- Berut (Lebanon) --- Beiroet (Lebanon) --- Beirots (Lebanon) --- Горад Бейрут (Lebanon) --- Horad Beĭrut (Lebanon) --- Бейрут (Lebanon) --- Beirout (Lebanon) --- Βηρυτός (Lebanon) --- Bejruto (Lebanon) --- Béiriút (Lebanon) --- 베이루트 (Lebanon) --- Beirutʻŭ (Lebanon) --- Bewout (Lebanon) --- Beirūta (Lebanon) --- Beirutas (Lebanon) --- Бејрут (Lebanon) --- Бейрут ошсь (Lebanon) --- Beĭrut oshsʹ (Lebanon) --- ベイルート (Lebanon) --- Beirūto (Lebanon) --- Beirot (Lebanon) --- Beirute (Lebanon) --- 贝鲁特 (Lebanon) --- Beilute (Lebanon) --- 1900-2099 --- 1900-talet --- 2000-talet

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The Ituraeans, a little-known people of late first century BCE Syria/Palestine, are referred to briefly in a number of early texts, notably Pliny, Strabo and Josephus, and the principality of Ituraea is mentioned in Luke 3.1. There is, as yet, no consensus among archaeologists as to whether certain artefacts should be attributed to the Ituraeans or not. They form a mysterious backdrop to what we know of the area in the time of Jesus, which remains obstinately obscure despite the enormous amount of research in recent decades on the 'historical Jesus' and Greco-Roman Galilee. Through reference to the early texts, modern scholarship has contributed to a claim the Ituraeans were an Arab tribal group known mainly for their recurrent brigandage. Elaine Myers challenges these presuppositions and suggests a reappraisal of previous interpretations of these texts and the archaeological evidence to present a more balanced portrait of this ancient people.

Itureans --- History --- Sources --- Lebanon --- Biqāʻ Valley (Lebanon) --- Middle East --- Civilization --- 956.9 --- Geschiedenis van het Nabije Oosten --- 956.9 Geschiedenis van het Nabije Oosten --- Ituraeans --- Yeṭurim --- Ethnology --- Liban --- République libanaise --- Libanon --- Lubnān --- Libanan --- Livan --- Mont-Liban (Turkey : Mutaṣarrifīyah) --- Jabal Lubnān (Turkey : Mutaṣarrifīyah) --- Levanon --- Líbano --- Livanos --- Grand Lebanon --- Grand Liban --- Lebanese Republic --- Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah --- Jumhouriya al-Lubnaniya --- Republic of Lebanon --- لبنان --- جمهورية اللبنانية --- Ліван --- Ліванская Рэспубліка --- Livanskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Ливан --- Република Ливан --- Republika Livan --- Λίβανος --- Δημοκρατία του Λιβάνου --- Dēmokratia tou Livanou --- Jumhūrīyyah al-Lubnānīyyah --- 레바논 --- לבנון --- רפובליקה הלבנונית --- Republiḳah ha-Levanonit --- Либан --- Либанска Република --- Libanska Republika --- レバノン --- Rebanon --- レバノン共和国 --- Rebanon Kyōwakoku --- Ливанская Республика --- Республіка Ліван --- Respublika Livan --- Ліванська Республика --- Livansʹka Respublyka --- Levonen --- 黎巴嫩 --- Libanen --- Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) --- Beqaʻ (Lebanon) --- Bika (Lebanon) --- Biqāʻ (Lebanon) --- Biqāʻ (Lebanon : Valley) --- Bukaʻa (Lebanon) --- Coelesyria (Lebanon) --- History. --- Sources. --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion

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Regional documentation --- Lebanon --- Liban --- Libanon --- Libanon ; reisgidsen --- #A9703A --- Lebanon. --- Lebanese Republic --- République libanaise --- Lubnān --- Libanan --- Livan --- Mont-Liban (Turkey : Mutaṣarrifīyah) --- Jabal Lubnān (Turkey : Mutaṣarrifīyah) --- Levanon --- Líbano --- Livanos --- Grand Lebanon --- Grand Liban --- Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah --- Jumhouriya al-Lubnaniya --- Republic of Lebanon --- لبنان --- جمهورية اللبنانية --- Ліван --- Ліванская Рэспубліка --- Livanskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Ливан --- Република Ливан --- Republika Livan --- Λίβανος --- Δημοκρατία του Λιβάνου --- Dēmokratia tou Livanou --- Jumhūrīyyah al-Lubnānīyyah --- 레바논 --- לבנון --- רפובליקה הלבנונית --- Republiḳah ha-Levanonit --- Либан --- Либанска Република --- Libanska Republika --- レバノン --- Rebanon --- レバノン共和国 --- Rebanon Kyōwakoku --- Ливанская Республика --- Республіка Ліван --- Respublika Livan --- Ліванська Республика --- Livansʹka Respublyka --- Levonen --- 黎巴嫩 --- Libanen --- Libanon.

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Entre la conquête du Proche‑Orient par Rome au premier siècle avant Jésus‑Christ et la fermeture des temples au quatrième siècle de l’ère chrétienne, les montagnes du Liban se couvrent de nombreux sanctuaires païens. Ces lieux de culte entre ciel et terre ont attiré l’attention des voyageurs et des savants depuis l’Antiquité : « je suis aussi monté vers le Liban depuis Byblos, à une journée de marche, après avoir appris qu’il se trouvait là un ancien temple d’Aphrodite », peut‑on lire dans le De Dea Syria, traité rédigé en grec à l’époque romaine, qui relate une visite au célèbre site d’Afqa, à la source du fleuve Adonis. Julien Aliquot invite le lecteur à découvrir à son tour les cultes et les sanctuaires libanais en tirant parti d’une documentation renouvelée par les travaux archéologiques et épigraphiques les plus récents. Son enquête constitue la première étude d’ensemble sur la vie religieuse au Liban sous l’Empire romain. Au croisement de l’histoire et de l’archéologie, elle est complétée du catalogue des cent vingt lieux de culte de la région. L’ouvrage se place dans la perspective de l’histoire des religions et des sociétés du monde romain. Il contribue aux recherches sur l’hellénisation et la romanisation du Proche‑Orient. Between the conquest of the Near East by Rome in the first century before Jesus Christ and the closure of the temples in the fourth century of the Christian era, many pagan sanctuaries covered the mountains of Lebanon. These places of worship suspended between sky and earth have drawn the attention of the travellers and scholars since Antiquity: “I also went up from Byblos into Lebanon, a day’s journey, having learnt that there was an ancient sanctuary of Aphrodite there,” as one can read in the De Dea Syria, a treatise written in Greek in the Roman period, which tells a visit to the famous site of Afqa, at the spring of the river Adonis. Julien Aliquot invites the reader to discover in his turn the Lebanese cults and sanctuaries by…

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- Shrines --- Sanctuaires --- Lebanon --- Rome --- Liban --- Church history --- Religious life and customs --- History --- Histoire religieuse --- Vie religieuse --- Histoire --- Church history. --- History. --- Antiquities. --- Religion. --- Social life and customs. --- République libanaise --- Libanon --- Lubnān --- Libanan --- Livan --- Mont-Liban (Turkey : Mutaṣarrifīyah) --- Jabal Lubnān (Turkey : Mutaṣarrifīyah) --- Levanon --- Líbano --- Livanos --- Grand Lebanon --- Grand Liban --- Lebanese Republic --- Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah --- Jumhouriya al-Lubnaniya --- Republic of Lebanon --- لبنان --- جمهورية اللبنانية --- Ліван --- Ліванская Рэспубліка --- Livanskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Ливан --- Република Ливан --- Republika Livan --- Λίβανος --- Δημοκρατία του Λιβάνου --- Dēmokratia tou Livanou --- Jumhūrīyyah al-Lubnānīyyah --- 레바논 --- לבנון --- רפובליקה הלבנונית --- Republiḳah ha-Levanonit --- Либан --- Либанска Република --- Libanska Republika --- レバノン --- Rebanon --- レバノン共和国 --- Rebanon Kyōwakoku --- Ливанская Республика --- Республіка Ліван --- Respublika Livan --- Ліванська Республика --- Livansʹka Respublyka --- Levonen --- 黎巴嫩 --- Libanen --- Romans --- Cult --- Ethnology --- Italic peoples --- Latini (Italic people) --- littérature grecque et latine --- hellénisation --- sociétés rurales --- épigraphie grecque et latine --- archéologie --- Empire romain --- Syrie antique --- histoire religieuse --- paganisme antique --- romanisation --- village --- architecture