{"product_id":"when-magic-failed-a-memoir-of-a-lebanese-childhood-caught-between-east-and-west-9781637581759","title":"When Magic Failed: A Memoir of a Lebanese Childhood, Caught Between East and West","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arab Predicament and Dream Palace of the Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e comes a beautiful and haunting memoir of growing up in Lebanon in the '50s and '60s--the story of a sensitive young man and budding intellectual caught between tradition and modernity, east and west.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs one of the most profound and insightful scholars of the Middle East, Fouad Ajami's sensibility was powerfully shaped by his childhood and youth in Lebanon in the '50s and '60s. The time was a transitional one--not only for the Middle East, but for America and the world. Lebanon in this era was just coming into its own as a cosmopolitan destination of the international jet set as well as earnest American educators seeking to modernize Arab society. The disruptive forces of the Middle East--the Cold War, the Palestinian conflict, religious extremism, the money and oil of the Gulf--were only just beginning to appear. In this haunting and beautifully written memoir of his Lebanese childhood, the late Middle East scholar, Fouad Ajami, casts a discerning light into the corners and alleyways of an Arab reality that would later erupt into full view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bombardier Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637581759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Fouad Ajami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574120390837,"sku":"9781637581759","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_216484ab-febd-46df-b519-120bd9e3f769.jpg?v=1643689689","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/when-magic-failed-a-memoir-of-a-lebanese-childhood-caught-between-east-and-west-9781637581759","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}