ghadi francis (2 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: New. First Edition. 390 pp., +[2], frontispiece, profusely illustrated in b/w photographs & documents, publisher's pictorial wrappers, copy in mint condition, new, biblio, index. The book is a pictorial biography of Antoun Saadeh (1904-1949). It is divided into thirteen chapters profusely documented with photographs and documents. It describes his life and childhood in Mount Lebanon during the First World War, and the famine that ended the life of thousands. Chapter two discusses his activities in Brazil working with guidance of his father Khalil Saadeh, one of the leading figures in Syrian modernism. Chapter three presents his adventure in establishing the Syrian Nationalist Party and his arrests three times by the French colonial authorities. The other chapters covers his travel to Europe, Brazil and his forced exile in Argentina. The book ends with his return to Lebanon and the immediate warrant arrest against him. A chapter describes events and conspiracies against him and his party and his execution by the Lebanese authorities in 8 July 1949. This is a Heavy Book and stored at our warehouse outside the UK. Extra shipping charges may apply. #36025.

Soft cover. Condición: New. First Edition. Arabic text, 490 pp., +[2], frontispiece, profusely illustrated in b/w photographs, head letters of each chapter in colour, numerous documents, publisher's original wrapper, biblio., index, New, copy in mint condition. This book is a photographic biography and a record of the available images taken of Antoun Saadeh (1904 - 1949), the founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist. The book is structured to cover the following phases of Saadeh's life: childhood; emigration to Brazil; return to the homeland and founding of the party; travels to Europe, Brazil, and Argentina; return to the homeland via Brazil and Cairo; the arrest warrant and its subsequent cancellation; activities during 1947-1948; activities in his final year, 1949; and finally, his execution. The last chapter features a collection of personal photographs taken at different stages of Saadeh's short life. This is a Heavy Book and stored at our warehouse outside the UK. Extra shipping charges may apply. #36453.