.قصة حب و صمود في مواجهة الظلم

مــن جهتهــا، تتحدث كارول الزوجــة والحبيبة عن خيبــة أملها من الجهــات التي كان
يفتــرض أن تســاند زوجهــا، وتــروي إصرارهــا على مســاندته ومســاعدته للخروج من
.محنته إيمانا منها ببراءته

A collection of short stories inspired by Lebanon and life in Beirut. By Marina Chamma.

On August 4, 2020, sixteen-year-old Ariana was spending the day with her friend and her family in her Beirut apartment. It was a normal day for a normal teenager. But, at 6.10pm a cataclysmic blast ripped through the nearby port of Beirut; destroying her apartment, and killing her beloved mother, Delia. In a second, Ariana’s safe world was turned upside down.

Delia is the heart rending and visceral story of the chaotic aftermath of the blast and how Ariana gradually rebuilds her life. She recounts how she survives the explosion, escapes her devastated apartment, and reunites with her family in a shattered Beirut.

Over the following months, grief stricken Ariana slowly adjusts to her new life without her mother’s guiding hand. She returns to her apartment and to school, she faces her mother’s memorial service, and milestone birthdays. She finds solace and healing through writing about her experiences, in her honest and direct style.

This is a universal tale of survival and stoicism, seen through the eyes of a young girl, mature beyond her years, with the courage to lay bare her soul and heart.

14 cm x 21 cm, 128 pages.
Published: April 2022

Dans Station Zouk, le lecteur va naviguer dans une atmosphère où l’Orient et l’Occident s’entremêlent harmonieusement pour raconter un roman qui commence en 1830, sous le règne de Bachir II, et qui se termine en 2020, à l’explosion du port de Beyrouth.

Ce livre est un roman autobiographique d’Antoun, le grand-père de l’auteure. Il raconte l’histoire d’un pays et d’une saga familiale.
Station Zouk nous fait découvrir un Liban du xixe siècle où Beyrouth n’était encore qu’une ville portuaire avec ses souks, ses khans et ses caravansérails…

L’on suivra en Égypte, toubib Sélim, l’on fera la connaissance du Dr Clot qui fut le fondateur de la plus grande école de médecine du Moyen-Orient.
Notre héros, Antoun, fils de Sélim, aventurier dans l’âme, nous embarque avec lui sur le bateau vapeur en direction de Marseille puis de Paris.

L’on visitera avec lui le Paris des artistes, celui de Montmartre, du café Guerbois, du Moulin-Rouge et de Toulouse-Lautrec. L’on visitera l’exposition universelle de 1900.

1895, au Liban, date où le premier train est né. Il relie Beyrouth, Damas, Alep et passe par la Station Zouk. Ce fut une première au Moyen-Orient. Il fut désaffecté en 1975.

Au Liban, les disputes et les guerres battent leur plein, c’est l’invasion des ottomans, la guerre entre les druzes et les chrétiens, etc.

Puis la seconde guerre mondiale éclate…


Published: February 2024.

Trust Your Journey is a collection of thought provoking daily inspirations, guiding you to connect with your soul’s purpose, to live the best version of yourself and to better understand your mind, body, and heart connection. The perceptive messages are grouped within six chapters; Letting Go, Beginning, Dreaming, Connecting, Loving and Becoming. Each inspiration is followed by self-connecting questions that can be practiced in your day-to-day life.

Written by Dr. Sana Albuainian, whose life philosophy gained through many years of professional and personal challenges and growth, meshes principles of self-development, spirituality, and mindfulness. Her inspiring words encourage you to reach for your dreams, to discover your true calling, to trust your intuition, and to follow an authentic and fulfilling life journey.

Whatever your role, your pathway in life, or your personal philosophy, Trust Your Journey, challenges you to look deep within yourself and uncover the transformative power of soul alignment.

180 pages. Date of Release: April 2021.