Tarek El-Ariss
@telariss
Author of Water on Fire: A Memoir of War (Other Press, 2024), James Wright Professor and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College
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http://faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu/tarek-el-ariss 09-06-2009 04:30:43
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Today, we’re raising a glass to Iman Mersal—the award-winning “Traces of Enayat” author is also a scholar and a translator from English to Arabic. Read more of her work here: buff.ly/3L4u0b2
Need a new summer read? Take a look at these recent titles by Dartmouth Arts and Sciences faculty members and some of their choice reads this season📚👉bit.ly/3AgK2w5
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Water on Fire: A Memoir of War harvardreview.org/book-review/wa… Harvard Review Other Press grungyflaneur
🌊🔥 I wrote about Water on Fire by Tarek El-Ariss -an addictive memoir and a deep dive into the ruins of civil war Beirut. From beach gatherings to the bittersweet ritual of cooking mufattaka, he challenges the tropes of Lebanese “resilience” and “escapism.” harvardreview.org/book-review/wa…