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IC NEWSLETTER -
WINTER 2009 13
Balconies: A Mediterranean Memoir
is
a collection of reflections, vignettes
and stories written by IC’s Senior Vice
President, Mishka Mojabber Mourani, as
she traces her childhood and adult life in
Egypt, Greece, Australia and Lebanon.
The thread that links each text is its
connection to the balconies of the
Mediterranean Sea. As stated in the
preamble, Balconies is a book which
“resemblesaresidenceinBeirut,Alexandria,
or Athens, with each balcony overlooking
a view, a life and a culture; but they are all
part of one Levantine identity.”
Mourani talks about her life as a teacher,
as a woman and as a citizen during
Lebanon’s many wars and explores the
themes of identity, exile, family, gender,
and the creative process in times of
conflict, all from her sanctuary which
is and has always been her beloved
balconies.
Balconies
is published by Dar An-Nahar
and is available in bookstores in Lebanon.
To order a copy of Mishka
Mojabber Mourani’s “BALCONIES”
in the US and Canada, please visit:
http://www.arabicreports.com/
BalconiesMishkaMojabberMourani.html
For reviews and news of “Balconies,” please
visit http://balconies2009.blogspot.com/