The PM’s Beirut Mansion
If Walls Could Speak
$92.67
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2021
Summary
The book depicts the abandoned and crumbling Prime Minister’s mansion in Beirut and the lives connected to it and interwoven into its fabric for over a century. The photographs of the rich and famous at the house in its heyday at its opulent best, contrast with those showing it as it is now. Accompanying essays unravel the intriguing stories knitted into its bricks and mortar, including political intrigue, births, deaths, marriages, tragedies, wars, murders and determination.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913491390 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913491390 |
| Author: | Nayla el-Solh |
| Publisher: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.70kg |
| Dimensions: | 270mm x 280mm |
Nayla el-Solh
Nayla is a London based filmmaker, born in Beirut, where she spent her formative years. She moved to London with her family after enduring over three years of the Lebanese Civil War. She studied Communications at Brunel University and then a Masters at Goldsmiths College in Film and Television Drama. She has worked as a freelance director and camerawoman on a raft of genres including documentary, music and drama, across the world. She has also lectured at Goldsmiths and other centres of learning. The PM’s Beirut Mansion is her latest project and her first venture into books and photography.
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