Rainbow over the Levant
Posted on: September 23, 2008
Rainbow over the Levant is a historical fiction reflecting the current political and social realities in Lebanon with a twist to reform and change.
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction 9
Part 1: My sunny Levant; Antonios (1346-1381)
Chapter 1: Genesis of a Metnit family
Chapter 2: The storm gathering strength (1357-1364)
Childhood of Antoun
Hard facts
First love
Chapter 3: Contraband episode (1364-1371)
Adventures in Beirut
Mountain outlaws
Chapter 4: Planning of the insurrection (1371-1375)
A Gentleman (1375-1378)
Latifa
The Attack
Chapter 5: New political regime (1378-1381)
Initial skirmishes
Armistice
Chapter 6: Voluntary army
Chapter 7: Consolidation of a Nation
Boarding schools
Health counselor
Part 2: Noura (1381-1386)
Chapter 8: Preliminary reforms 82 Agrarian and tax reforms
Chapter 9: First expansion 88 National Investment Board
Baldat El Mir
Chapter 10: Concept for a unified nation
Yasmine dies
Noura’s exile
Part 3: My bloody Levant; Gergis (1386-1394)
Chapter 11: A navy is born 110
Second expansion
Battle of Anjar
Chapter 12: Administration of an intricate nation
Intelligence gathering
Overseas Holding Company
Economic development
Chapter 13: Birth of an underground political party 136
First draft of the Constitution
Chapter 14: Too soon for a Republic
Army centers and headquarters
Internal trading infrastructure
Part 4: Mariam (1394-1399)
Chapter 15: The second revolution
Organization of the Aram National Party
The Tatars are coming
Chapter 16: Postponement of a written Constitution
Female rights
Women participate in the electoral system
Part 5: My cyclical Levant; Latifa (1400-1402)
Chapter 17: Antoun’s exile
Prophesies of end of time
Regent Latifa
A Central Bank mechanism
Pilgrims’ caravans
Chapter 18: The return
A President for the Levant Dictatorship
Part 6: Mustafa (1405-1410)
Chapter 19: Stand for Liberty
The sultan’s famous host
Battle of Tripoli
Chapter 20: Martyrs of a Nation
In self defense
End notes
Post face
Appendix: Historical Background page 230
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