Beirut

to reflect on the lives of her grandmother, aunt and mother, "[n]ow, years after they have all gone, as Beirut smoulders in war against itself, I have returned to the mountain to collect memories of the lives that wandered through this house as though my own depended on it" (Jarrar 24). The brutality of the Civil War forces Aida, the protagonist of the second section, into exile. Away from Beirut, away from home, Aida remains in touch with her childhood through the figure of Amou Mohammad, a…

ways. Mark’s traumas originate from his time as a war photographer. His ability to capture war’s most grueling moments grants him the opportunity to shoot in many war-torn areas such as Beirut, Sri Lanka, Kurdistan, and Uganda. Mark’s first experience of war is in Beirut. He describes the fighting in Beirut as, “Total madness” (119). During a battle which Mark is photographing a boy runs to Mark looking to him for help. Mark is in no position to help the boy and soldiers are closing in so…

On November 13th, 2015, everything changed in Paris. It started out as a typical Friday night, but ended with the death of around 130 individuals and injury of many more. Since then, news outlets, blogs, social media, etc. have continuously covered the events of that night. While the facts of the event are indisputable, the interpretation of those facts and communication of those facts remains in a state of constant debate. The rhetorical situation and response exemplifies the philosophical…

It is with great difficulty that the narrator of Mai Ghoussoub’s Leaving Beirut attempts to reconcile the “victimized and vulnerable” with the “large and powerful”; to reconcile the two, and then locate them in the body of an Arab woman, is another qualm entirely (Ghoussoub 66). Nonetheless, it is through this reconciliation that Ghoussoub endeavors to subvert the trope of the weak and helpless Arab woman. Through her text, Ghoussoub takes a “frail, skinny little girl” who is constantly…

first time, and visit big cities like Athens Greece and Beirut Lebanon. I had the time of my life! It was an experience that I wouldn’t trade for anything else. I wish I could go back into time and re-do it! Going on this trip was the first time I had to ride on an airplane. I had to board on a 12 hour international flight, which was a little exciting. My trip was from Toronto, Ontario to Athens, Greece for a three hour layover and then to Beirut, Lebanon. After checking in my luggages, I had to…

The district of Bourj Hammoud is located in north-east Beirut and is considered an extension of the Lebanese capital along the Mediterranean coast. In 1952, an independent municipality was established for Bourj Hammoud, administratively separating it from the city of Beirut (Municipality, 2017). The town extends over an area of 2.4 km2 and is divided into several neighborhoods: Daoura, Haret Sader, Jisr Beirut, El-Anbari, Mar Doumit, Ghilan, and Naba’a (Municipality, 2017). Until the beginning…

There are countless articles about the history of beer pong and it appears that everyone comes back to some particular fraternity or college. The modern day beer pong was invented in almost every small liberal arts college up and down the East Coast. To think, some college kids just considering entertaining themselves when it was subzero outside decided to invent a drinking game to play inside. What a groundbreaking invention! According to the “Book of Beer Pong”, which is the absolute source…

the patriarchal religions in Lebanese life. Family is still stressed, as is the woman's role as a nurturing mother. However, many women have broken traditional boundaries and entered the political, artistic, and literary environment, especially in Beirut and other major cities. Marriage, Family, and Kinship: Arranged marriages are rare, although they still exist. The country's present economic crisis has rendered money, a secure job, and home big factors in contracting marriages. Polygamy is…

in the same basement for three months now. I have lost all hope along with my fingernails that have been ripped off in a recent torturing. All that is left of my nails are bloody stumps that have been covered in bandages. I do not know if I am in Beirut Lebanon now or now. I have been blinded, binded, and shipped off to so many locations so many times that my realization of where I am is gone. I have endured and given the same answer to their single question. If I answer their single question…

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:- During the last days of the second world war 2 atomic bombs were detonated on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was the most terrific and destructive incident in the history of wars. The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima which wiped out at least 90 percent of the city and killed 80,000 people in an instance, thousands of people more would die later because of the radiations of the explosion. Just after 3 days another atomic bomb was dropped on city of…