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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

women's literature, Lebanese civil war, literary tradition

College

Humanities

Department

Asian and Near Eastern Languages

Abstract

During my time in Beirut I came to know myself. At first this may seem a very bold, unscholarly statement, perhaps better suited to a magazine essay than a scholastic summary. However, I feel that the best research is that which becomes a part of us, that broadens our view not of our subject only, but of the world as a whole and our role in it. When I applied for and received this scholarship I was expecting to have a purely scholastic experience studying the women’s literature produced during the Lebanese civil war, completely separate from my familial experience with my paternal grandparents, aunts and uncles who still live in Beirut. This expectation was proved to be false. I could not keep the two separated. As my months in Beirut wore on I found myself so increasingly wrapped up in the stories and experiences of my family, my friends, and my country that I could not keep my research isolated nor unbiased from what I saw and experienced on a daily basis.

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