Beirut Noir

Haunting stories about crimes

that are often submerged in the greater tragedy of a beautiful city constantly torn within and without by violence.

Beirut is a city

both urban and rural, a city of violence and forgiveness, memory and forgetfulness, war and peace.

This short story collection, rich with moody suspense, brings this Middle Eastern city and its troubled history to vivid life—revealing the vast maze of the city that can''t be found in tourist brochures or hazy, nostalgic depictions of Beirut.

Featuring authors

by Rawi Hage, Mohamad Abi Samra, Leila Eid, Hala Kawtharani, Marie Tawk, Bana Baydoun, Hyam Yared, Najwa Barakat, Alawiyeh Sobh, Mazen Zahreddine, Abbas Beydoun, Bachir Hilal, Zena El Khalil, Mazen Maarouf, and Tarek Abi Samra.

The Lebanese authors

draw from a much broader palette of Beirut life, and, true to the genre, they tap into their city''s dark past and uncertain present. Some stories are absurd and humorous, but almost all are haunted in some way by a nagging memory, a war, a death.