historian Jerry Desmond details
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Addressed both to general readers and to policy makers
Leg over Leg Alicia Adserà historian Jerry Desmond detailsLeg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq,' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England and France, provide the author with grist for wide ranging discussions of the intellectual and social issues of his time,