What Makes a Man?: Sex Talk in Beirut and Berlin

by Rashid Al-Daif and Joachim Helfer

Book Overview

In 2003, Lebanese writer Rashid al-Daif spent several weeks in Germany as part of the "West-East Divan" program, a cultural exchange effort meant to improve mutual awareness of German and Middle Eastern cultures. He was paired with German author Joachim Helfer, who then returned the visit to al-Daif in Lebanon. Following their time together, al-Daif published in Arabic a literary reportage of his encounter with Helfer in which he focuses on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292763107
• ISBN13: 9780292763104
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"