This micro history of the women working in Lebanese tobacco factories under French and national control gives a new slant on the role of women in the Near East. Abisaab (history, McGill University) tr
The complex history of Lebanese Shi‘ites has traditionally been portrayed as rooted in religious and sectarian forces. The Abisaabs uncover a more nuanced account in which colonialism, the modern stat
A scholar of Islam and a historian of the Middle East synthesize more than a decade of research into the intellectual, sociopolitical, and economic history of Lebanon, including field work there betwe
