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Award-winning illustrated chronicle of the modern Arab world, combining travelogue, memoir, history and gorgeous full-colour art



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'A stunningly stylish, breathtakingly evocative tribute in words and art to the cosmopolitan Levant that exists in defiance of war and empire. I treasure my copy.'

-- Molly Crabapple, artist and author of 'Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War'

'... a personal, impassioned account ... evocative, personal texts with illustrations whose bold, colorful style seems to hark back to hand-painted movie posters'

-- 'The New York Review'

'Lamia Ziade works as an alchemist'

-- 'Elle'

'Extraordinary'

-- 'Ms Magazine'

My Great Arab Melancholy

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    A Paperback / softback by Lamia Ziadé, Emma Ramadan

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: 20/01/2024
      ISBN13: 9780745348155, 978-0745348155
      ISBN10: 0745348157
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      Biography Memoirs History Middle Eastern history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Award-winning illustrated chronicle of the modern Arab world, combining travelogue, memoir, history and gorgeous full-colour art



      Trade Review

      'A stunningly stylish, breathtakingly evocative tribute in words and art to the cosmopolitan Levant that exists in defiance of war and empire. I treasure my copy.'

      -- Molly Crabapple, artist and author of 'Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War'

      '... a personal, impassioned account ... evocative, personal texts with illustrations whose bold, colorful style seems to hark back to hand-painted movie posters'

      -- 'The New York Review'

      'Lamia Ziade works as an alchemist'

      -- 'Elle'

      'Extraordinary'

      -- 'Ms Magazine'

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