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She set out to record the stories of those she met, the women long discriminated against, and those whose stories are untold. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe spoke to mothers who lost their children, spouses who lost their partners,  refugee women who have fled from the war in Syria – and who now find themselves in another failing state. We hear from the Lebanese grandmother, bankrupted by the small nation's collapse, who remembers Beirut's glory days of the 1960s – when the likes of Brigitte Bardot and Miles Davis came to Beirut. And then the women like Dalal herself, who have left their home behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe women in this book all experienced the explosion and suffered unimaginable loss and tragedy, but it is not just this one event that brings them together. Their personal stories converged to tell the story of a nation whose glory days are long gone, now riven by protracted violence, lurching from crisis to crisis, and fighting to survive. It tells not only of what these women have lost, but also what Lebanon has lost, and a part of the Middle East that is no more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Archive","offers":[{"title":"Bargain - Hardcover","offer_id":51680699580733,"sku":"9781399406253","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8f7bb2a1-1467-4d87-b3ea-36cb0806686e.jpg?v=1778182640"}],"url":"https:\/\/thebookarchive.ca\/collections\/history.oembed","provider":"The Book Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}