| ID | 146795 |
| Title Proper | Fragments of lives arrested |
| Other Title Information | a memoir of Lebanon's Jewish community |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Salameh, Franck |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article mines an early history of modern Lebanon by placing a special focus on the country's Jewish community and examining inter-Lebanese relations where Lebanese Jews take centre stage. Like Lebanon's Christians – Maronites in the main – Lebanon's Jews reveal themselves to have played an important role in the establishment of the Lebanese republic as a ‘confederation of minorities’. But the role of Lebanese Jews was a discreet, low-pitched one, and their ‘voices’ and ‘stories’ seem to have been left out of traditional history books. This article is an attempt at correcting a lacuna of exclusion vis-à-vis Lebanese Jews, mending their memory and restoring them to their rightful place as a foundational element of modern Lebanese history and socio-cultural production. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 52, No.4; Jul 2016: p.567-587 |
| Journal Source | Middle Eastern Studies 2016-08 52, 4 |
| Key Words | Lebanon's Jewish Community ; Modern Lebanon ; Maronite–Jewish ; Israeli–Lebanese Relations |