This book is the Arabic version of: In Wartime: The State of Children in Lebanon (see below)

Arabic, 1986, 287 pages, cloth, $12.

Eighteen-year-old Gladys Mouro left her home in New Hampshire for the American University of Beirut, where she soon became a first-rate registered nurse. But in her pursuit of adventure, Lebanon gave her much more than she had ever bargained for. Less than a year after her arrival, Lebanon's civil conflict erupted and swept her into 15 years of dealing with the tragic human consequences of war in an understaffed and unprotected hospital. This book is a personal record of living and working in a war-torn land; it is also a story of the noble survival of an institution-the American University of Beirut Medical Center and the courageous people who, against all odds, kept it alive and functioning.

English, 2001, 213 pages, cloth, $14.

When the letters in this book were written, the Syrian Protestant College was just seven years old. Until 1873, classes had been held in rented premises, but during that summer a new building, College Hall, was going up on the headland of Ras Beirut, some way out of the city of Beirut.

In May, Mrs Bliss and their four children had returned to the United States for their health and the children's education. This book contains the letters written to them by Daniel Bliss, first President of what would become the American University of Beirut. Written in diary form, the letters show the excitement of the new building being completed; the frustrations and achievements of the fourteen months of separation, as well as fascinating information about daily life and the politics of the time. Above all, they show Daniel Bliss as a man enthusiastically dedicated to the task of building the college, as well as a loving family man who missed his wife and children.

English, 1993, 272 pages, 23 plates, cloth, $12.

If the mass media in Lebanon are evaluated on the basis of their contribution to societal development, the author argues that a triple failure in seen in the cases of the print media, radio, and television. The issue facing the Lebanese mass media is the need to establish a balance between the three major forces operating on, and interacting with, these media, that is, the public interest, the government, and the business sector. While recognizing the positive contributions of the Lebanese mass media, the book contents that these media have contributed to the alienation of the citizenry by making them feel that they are distant and separate from the political process. “The Lebanese media... fail to defend the public against power abuses in their society”, they divert the attention of the common man from real social and political problems to marginal ones. This illustrates the need for planning and the establishment of policies that would regulate, among other things, government and business relations with the media.

English, 1992, 190 pages, paper, $6.

The one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations of the American University of Beirut in 1992 coincided with the beginning of Lebanon's return to peace after sixteen years of civil war. During this difficult time the university continued to function. This book is a special anniversary tribute to the founders of the university, originally the Syrian Protestant College, who laid foundations on which the college could grow and develop into one of the leading institutions of higher education in the Middle East.

The book documents seven of the original faculty: Daniel Bliss, the first President, David Stuart Dodge, Edwin R. Lewis, Harvey Porter, George E. Post, Cornelius Van Dyck and John Wortabet. Sections in English and Arabic of speeches, official papers, letters and articles—some contemporary, some more recent—demonstrate the values and principles they sought to put into practice .

English and Arabic, 1992, 447 pages, 26 photos, cloth, $15.

Speeches made at all the commencement exercises of the Syrian Protestant College are collected in this volume, from the first in 1870 (five graduates) to the fifty first in 1920 when the SPC became the AUB. Also included are commentaries on the commencement exercises as they appeared in prominent contemporary newspapers, and a copy of the first diploma granted by the SPC. This is a valuable resource for all those interested in the history of education in the Middle East, and particularly in the history of AUB, the institution which sought to become a link between the society and heritage of the Arabs and those of the western world.

Arabic (some English), 1992, 485 pages, cloth, $15.

First published to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the American University of Beirut, the book traces the development of the university during the administration of its first three presidents: Daniel Bliss, Howard S. Bliss and Bayard Dodge. From the handful of students meeting in rented premises, with which the Syrian Protestant College began, the college had developed by 1941 into an institution of nearly 2,000 students on its own site. The author, later fourth president of AUB, drew on personal reminiscences as well as original documents in writing this history.

English, 1941 (reprinted 1970), 365 pages, 35 illustrations, index, cloth, $10.