I love the dark doodled art the black and white is stark and atmospheric of war but the swirls and curlicues show the whimsy of childhood. It just simply tells of everyday life events for a family living in this environment and trying to have as normal a life as possible and is certainly not without its share of humour either. The book is not political though it is not about the war, why the war is happening it is not about religion or any of the factors of this war. I Remember Beirut was a scattered, but effective, glimpse at a difficult life through details only. But it approaches the idea from a different perspective. Follow her past cars riddled with bullet holes, into taxi cabs that travel where buses refuse to go, and on outings to collect shrapnel from the sidewalk. Much like I Remember Beirut, this is a graphic novel memoir of Abiracheds childhood during the civil war in Lebanon. She grew up in Beirut as fighting between Christians and Muslims divided the city streets. She focuses especially here on the dimensions of time and space, history and geography, and. I remember Beirut / 'Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. This book is entirely written at a level for the intended audience bringing home to Western children just how well off they are to be able to take a bus to school without fear of being shot at. To Die, To Live, To Return (2012), and Je me souviens: Beyrouth (2008), published in English as I Remember Beirut (2014). The children didn't know what it was like to have running water or electricity this seems unimaginable to my way of life and would be an utter hardship, but they knew no difference and life simply was the way it was for them. Read from a Western perspective of someone who has never known war it all comes across as sad and bittersweet but even though their car is riddled with bulletholes they had good times together, life was not all suffering.

The author is simply bringing up memories from her childhood. This book is a collection of vignettes of 'I remembers' as Zeinia recalls a childhood life in an active war torn war zone. This is her second graphic novel of memoirs of her childhood. AUG - The author is Christian Lebanese and was born and grew up during the Muslim/Christian Civil War in Beirut.

I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached