This theoretical perspective coupled with a close reading of little explored contemporary writings lead hayek to question the predominant assumption that lebanese novelists only became engaged in. Title beirut imagining the city space and place in lebanese literature library of modern middle east studies author wikictsnetorg katrin baumgartner 2021 01 24 10 28 04. Beirut imagining the city space and place in lebanese literature library of modern middle east studies by hayek ghenwa 2014 hardcover books amazonca. Beirut is the cultural commercial and economic hub of lebanon but to what extent has the city affected and shaped the formation and perceptions of lebanese national identity ghenwa hayek here explores how anxieties over the past present and future of beirut have been articulated through a sense of dislocation present in lebanese writing since the 1960s drawing on theories of cultural . Beirut imagining the city space and place in lebanese literature ghenwa hayek beirut is the cultural commercial and economic hub of lebanon but to what extent has the city affected and shaped the formation and perceptions of lebanese national identity