Resistance
My Life for Lebanon
December 2003
Trade Paperback · 200 Pages
$14.95 U.S. · £9.99 U.K. · €10.99 E.U.
ISBN 9781887128803
Soft Skull Press
Trade Paperback · 200 Pages
$14.95 U.S. · £9.99 U.K. · €10.99 E.U.
ISBN 9781887128803
Soft Skull Press
Recommended for These Courses
- Area Studies: Middle Eastern Studies
- History: Middle Eastern
- International Relations: General
- Middle East Studies: General
- Political Science: General
- Political Science: International Relations
- Sociology: Gender Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies: Biography and Autobiography
- Women's and Gender Studies: General
- Women's and Gender Studies: Women's Studies
Description
In 1988, at the age of 20, Souha Bechara attempted to assassinate General Lahad, chief of militia in charge of Israeli-occupied Southern Lebanon. In Resistante, she details her further involvement as a young secular Orthodox Christian left rebel in the movement to free her country from occupying military forces — and the subsequent punishment and incarceration she experienced. The author speaks movingly of how her childhood in a war-torn country shaped her political belief system as an adult and offers an engaging personal look at the Middle Eastern conflict.