The Lebanese Truth – Omar Fakhoury

Description

Notre Dame University has launched a new series, the Murex Series, under the headline Lebanon by Lebanese authors.

It is basically made up of selected works by great Lebanese authors ranging from literary to political to social and historical writings about Lebanon. The books are translated and published in an elegant cover that bears the slogan of the Murex connotatively and denotatively.

The aim of this series is to bring forth the civilizational aspect of Lebanon in its cultural, historical and social dimensions and to present it to the Western reader as a rich subject matter that enables him to understand the Lebanese presence on the international map.

This project was introduced in 2003 and is ongoing with the publication of an average of one or two books per year.

Book: The Lebanese Truth

Omar Fakhoury realized the meaning of the Lebanese Truth through his life, thoughts, and pen. That truth became a part of him as much as he became a part of it. He tried to look into this “truth” for a nation that knows how to love itself and how to make others love and respect it.

The book includes a preface and three chapters.

The first chapter deals with the “political truth” particularly that of the victory of the Allies in World War 2 and the independence of Lebanon.

The second discusses the “intellectual truth” of Lebanese authors, at home and overseas, who struggled to institute a deeper meaning and significance for freedom as a necessity for life.

The third chapter argues for the “national truth”, the truth of independence, national unity, and responding to the people’s wishes.

The Lebanese Truth is a vibrant account of Lebanon, a living poetic and vivacious account written and seen through the spirit of a zealous author addressing the people with a merciless voice.

Author: Omar Fakhoury
Translated by: Dr. Chahine Ghais
Revised by: Dr. Youssef Yacoub
Edition: 2005
Language: English
Number of pages: 62