Sonja Mejcher-Atassi
Biographic Data
| ID | 5522103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonja Mejcher-Atassi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonja |
| FAMILY NAME | Mejcher-Atassi |
| SIGNATURE | MEJCHER-ATASSI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Beirut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An Impossible Friendship
In Jerusalem, as World War II was coming to an end, an extraordinary circle of friends came together across religious lines in a fleeting moment of possibility within a troubled history. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi tells the story of this unlikely friendship and in so doing offers an intimate cultural and social history of Palestine in the postwar period.
The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous
The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous is the first book in English to provide a clear sense of the significance and complexity of Wannous' life and work. It is unique in bringing cross-disciplinary scholarship on Wannous together and aligning it with cultural practice and memory by including contributions from leading academics as well as renowned cultural figures from the Arab world. This volume should be of interest to literary and theatre studies s…
Scale Shifting
Unpacking Saʿdallāh Wannūs’ Private Library
The private library of the Syrian playwright and public intellectual Saʿdallāh Wannūs (1941-1997) arrived at the American University of Beirut in 2015. This article sets out to read Wannūs through his library. After presenting a brief overview of the books in Wannūs’ library, their subject matter, and their provenance, it examines personal book inscriptions, which unravel a rich intellectual network and provide insight into Wannūs’ trajectory and…
Archives, Museums and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World
Contents: Introduction: challenges and directions in an emerging field of research, Sonja Mejcher-Atassi and John Pedro Schwartz Part I Local Representations of Modernity: Collecting the nation: lexicography and national pedagogy in al-nahda al-'arabiya, Nadia Bou Ali Between looters and private collectors: the tragic fate of Lebanese antiquities, Helene Sader Tawfik Canann - collectionneur par excellence: the story behind the Palestinian amulet …
Art and Political Dissent in Postwar Lebanon
Taking Walid Sadek's fi annani akbar min bikasu [ bigger than picasso ] as its starting point, this article examines relations of art and politics in post-civil war Lebanon. A tiny and inexpensive paperback related to Picasso unfolds into a work of art that raises questions about the place of art and political dissent. After situating bigger than picasso in the context of contemporary book art and artistic practices of the postwar generation in L…
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Art and Political Dissent in Postwar Lebanon
Taking Walid Sadek's fi annani akbar min bikasu [ bigger than picasso ] as its starting point, this article examines relations of art and politics in post-civil war Lebanon. A tiny and inexpensive paperback related to Picasso unfolds into a work of art that raises questions about the place of art and political dissent. After situating bigger than picasso in the context of contemporary book art and artistic practices of the postwar generation in L…
Archives, Museums and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World
Contents: Introduction: challenges and directions in an emerging field of research, Sonja Mejcher-Atassi and John Pedro Schwartz Part I Local Representations of Modernity: Collecting the nation: lexicography and national pedagogy in al-nahda al-'arabiya, Nadia Bou Ali Between looters and private collectors: the tragic fate of Lebanese antiquities, Helene Sader Tawfik Canann - collectionneur par excellence: the story behind the Palestinian amulet …
Unpacking Saʿdallāh Wannūs’ Private Library
The private library of the Syrian playwright and public intellectual Saʿdallāh Wannūs (1941-1997) arrived at the American University of Beirut in 2015. This article sets out to read Wannūs through his library. After presenting a brief overview of the books in Wannūs’ library, their subject matter, and their provenance, it examines personal book inscriptions, which unravel a rich intellectual network and provide insight into Wannūs’ trajectory and…
Scale Shifting
The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous
The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous is the first book in English to provide a clear sense of the significance and complexity of Wannous' life and work. It is unique in bringing cross-disciplinary scholarship on Wannous together and aligning it with cultural practice and memory by including contributions from leading academics as well as renowned cultural figures from the Arab world. This volume should be of interest to literary and theatre studies s…
An Impossible Friendship
In Jerusalem, as World War II was coming to an end, an extraordinary circle of friends came together across religious lines in a fleeting moment of possibility within a troubled history. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi tells the story of this unlikely friendship and in so doing offers an intimate cultural and social history of Palestine in the postwar period.
History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)