Raif Shwayri

Beirut on the Bayou

Alfred Nicola, Louisiana, and the Making of Modern Lebanon

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tells the story of Lebanese immigrant Alfred Nicola, the fortune he began building as a peddler in Louisiana, and the family that founded Al-Kafaat University, an iconic institution serving the underprivileged and disabled of Lebanon, through two centuries of unrest in the Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 183mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9781438460956
• ISBN-10: 1438460953
• Artikelnr.: 44164995

Autorenporträt

Raif Shwayri is a graduate of King's College London and the University of Wales, a recipient of the John W. Ryan Fellowship for International Education awarded by the State University of New York, and has served as CEO of Al-Kafaàt Foundation and a trustee of AL KAFAAT UNIVERSITY in Lebanon.