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Beirut Won't Cry
Beirut Won't Cry | Mazen Kerbaj
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BANG? BLOG! As bombs bombard his hometown of Beirut, thus begins the online diary of Mazen Kerbaj, a Lebanese painter, jazz musician, and cartoonist. Throughout the summer of 2006, during the Israeli attack on Lebanon, Kerbaj published drawings, comics, and writing giving a first-hand account of someone creating during a time of intense everyday brutality. Drawn and written in English, French, and Arabic, Beirut Won’t Cry shows us how an artist views the world and everything in it — his relationships, his family, and his creative pursuits — as it violently crumbles around him. Both historically vital and hilarious, Beirut Won’t Cry introduces Mazen Kerbaj’s unique voice and urgent pen to an American audience for the very first time, teaching readers how to carry on and resist in times of war and oppression.
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daniwithtea
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I am shaken to my core. This book was incredible.

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Marzen kept a blog that included his visual diary during the Lebanon War of 2006. I was almost 30 then. Was my head that far in the sand? Why did I not know this was happening? I feel ignorant about many of the goings on in the Middle East. I will work on becoming more well-versed.

BookishMe I remain guilty of not being well-versed in such troubled places 7y
minkyb Totally understand your feelings. I am shocked by all that I don‘t know. 7y
Yellowpigeon A couple years ago I realized how bare my understanding of the middle East is. I've been slowly fixing it. The more I read, the less I know. 7y
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This book is so good, Littens. #EminentlyLitsiable

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