Description: Using unpublished family documents, the remembrances of friends and acquaintances, and histories of the region and period, Makdisi traces her family's personal story against the backdrop of political events as they take place in Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and the United States.
Brief description: Jean Said Makdisi was born in Jerusalem and studied in Cairo and the United States. She is the author of Beirut Fragments: A War Memoir, a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Beirut.
Review Quotes: ..." lovingly describes the locations, cultures, conflicts and social influences as they pertain to generations of women in this very impressive Arab family ...highly informative, insightful and thought-provoking - a window into other worlds." --Bernadine Evaristo