Marwan

"A bracingly immediate memoir by a young man coming of age during the Syrian war, Brothers of the Gun is an intimate lens on the century's bloodiest conflict and a profound meditation on kinship, home, and freedom." -- Amazon.com.

Marwan Dajani was born in 1940 just at the end of the second world. It appears that the war would be the companion of Marwan's life though he is peaceable. In 1948 war began in Palestine and throughout his 82 years, it still raging. His parents left Palestine for safety reasons after being told that the Arab army would get everything back. We are still waiting. He lived in Lebanon and got his education in a British school and achieved his MBA degree...

This is a thoughtful and sensitive analysis of the history and significance of non-violent civil resistance in the Palestinian national movement. It shows how the thread of unarmed struggle has run through the history of Palestinian liberation, from the establishment of the Israeli state, through the Nakba and to the present day. Set in this historical context, the book draws upon personal conversations and living history in order to focus on...

This comics bio shows the process of Da Vinci's work and his inventions, his persecution as a gay man, and how the changing politics of his country and ebbs and flows of those in power affected him and his career. Complemented with background on his chronology, list of his oeuvres, etc.