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About Salma Abdelnour
See more books from this AuthorA food-focused travel memoir through the streets of Beirut.
Read Full Review of Jasmine and Fire | See more reviews from KirkusGoing deeper than the superficial stock stories ...Abdelnour merges evocative descriptions of place and historical context with meditations on the current state of affairs in Lebanon.
Read Full Review of Jasmine and Fire | See more reviews from Star Tribune...is a pleasing account of life in Beirut, the "Paris of the Mediterranean." Its rich food details will stimulate appetites and the author's quest to find her true home will resonate poignantly for anyone who's ever conducted a similar search.
Read Full Review of Jasmine and Fire...It makes the reader want to travel through Lebanon. It provides a narrative while offering the reader ideas on where to go and what to eat.
Read Full Review of Jasmine and FireThe book is essentially a diary, and seems to have been written more for Abdelnour than a public readership. It focuses on emotional drama rather than actual events...
Read Full Review of Jasmine and FireHowever, I definitely appreciated how Abdelnour delicately touched on Middle East politics, and the history of Lebanon.
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