Award-winning graphic history of the modern Arab world, combining travelogue, memoir, and gorgeous full-color art
Lamia Ziade Book order
Lamia Ziadé is a Lebanese illustrator and visual artist whose work delves into themes of trauma and memory. Her art, inspired by Pop Art and often featuring erotic or humorous undertones, employs diverse techniques and materials. In her autobiographical novel, she explores her personal perception of her homeland's transformations, drawing from experiences of civil war. Ziadé offers a unique perspective on complex historical events and their impact through her distinctive visual narratives.
- 2024
- 2023
Beautifully illustrated, intimately personal and politically trenchant account of Beirut's catastrophic 2020 port explosion
- 2012
"Lamia Ziadé looks back at how her life, and how it changed on April 13, 1975, the beginning of the Civil War in Lebanon."--Provided by publisher
- 2011
Bye Bye Babylon
- 296 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Part artist's sketchbook, part travel notebook and part family album, Bye Bye Babylon is a unique graphic memoir, and an important addition to the Cape list.