Surviving the siege of Beirut: A personal account

In the summer of 1982 Israel unleashed its so-called 'Operation Peace for Galilee' on Lebanon. The Israeli armed forces conducted hundreds of air raids, dropping thousands of tons of bombs, killing and maiming countless men, women and children. The author of Surviving the Siege of Beirut stayed in West Beirut, the main focus of the attacks, throughout the war, recording the events around her with painstaking honesty and passion. The result is a vividly informative account from the viewpoint of those who suffered most, the ordinary people of West Beirut.1