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Mai Ghoussoub

Born

in Beirut, Lebanon

November 02, 1952

Died

February 17, 2007

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Ghoussoub was born in Beiruit, where her father, Raymond Ghoussoub, a Maronite Christian Arab, was a professional footballer. She studied at the French lycée in Beirut, then math at the American University of Beirut and French literature at the Lebanese University, and later sculpture at Morley College and the Henry Moore Studio in London.

She was a Trotskyite at the start of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, but soon became disillusioned and moved on to humanitarian work, establishing two medical dispensaries in a poor Muslim area after the doctors had left and the pharmacies had closed.

She lost an eye in 1977, after her car was hit by a shell while taking someone to hospital. She moved to London to be treated, and spent time in Paris, where ...more

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	Leaving Beirut 3.65 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الرجولة المتخيلة by مي غصوب (اعداد), أيما سنكلير ويب (اعداد), Mai Ghoussoub 3.61 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imagined Masculinities: Male Identity and Culture in the Modern Middle East by Mai Ghoussoub (Editor), Emma Sinclair-Webb (Editor) 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	مزاج المدن by مي غصوب, Mai Ghoussoub 2.93 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mai Ghoussoub: Selected Writings 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Words don't kill; humans do.”
― Mai Ghoussoub

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“Reality was becoming a parody of art, and her old city was like a difficult puzzle, with contrasting and conflicting pieces waiting for some magical hand to fit them back together.”
― Mai Ghoussoub, Leaving Beirut

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