Description: War Is Coming is an ethnographic study that sheds light on the everyday conversations, practices, and experiences of people in Lebanon who live in between moments of political violence, remember past wars, and anticipate future turmoil.
Brief description: Sami Hermez is Associate Professor in Residence of Anthropology and director of the Liberal Arts Program at Northwestern University in Qatar.
Review Quotes: "War is Coming...offers a rigorous and sophisticated exploration into...expressions and experiences of the everyday, where violence lurks as both eventful and ordinary...[It] presents us with a long-awaited ethnographic account of violence beyond and against ideas of Lebanese exceptionalism...War is Coming opens an interesting debate not only on the ways people experience violence but the kind of life possible in protracted conflict...[It] is insightful, knowledgeable, and ethnographically captivating...Students and researchers curious about ethnography as methodology will find this book thought provoking and useful."-- "Anthropological Quarterly"