Title: Beirut, Beirut
Description: November, 1980. An Egyptian writer has chosen the wrong time to come to Beirut in search of a publisher for his controversial book. Men with machine guns are on every street corner. When the writer meets an old friend from his revolutionary student days, he is introduced to two fascinating women: idealistic film-maker Antoinette and Lamia, the seductive wife of his would-be publisher. His attentions inevitably turn towards the two women, but the background rumble of strife and struggle becomes increasingly hard to ignore.
Subjects: Authors, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, War stories, Écrivains, Romans, nouvelles, Relations entre hommes et femmes, Récits de guerre, Arabic fiction, Translations into English, Egyptian Authors, History
Places: Beirut (Lebanon), Lebanon, Beirut
Time periods: Civil War, 1975-1990