Social sciences

摘要

Actress, screenwriter, and filmmaker Al-Joundi has written a moving and poignant memoir of life before and during the Lebanese civil war (1975-90). The book opens with the funeral of Al-Joundi's father when the author, respecting her father's wishes, resists having the Koran read. Al-Joundi instead plays Nina Simone's "Save Me," a move that brings devastating consequences. Irreverent and fervently secular, Al-Joundi's father is a key figure in the author's life.