Best seller in Lebanon
September 8, 2025Many thanks to Librairie Antoine in Lebanon, where Une jeunesse levantine has just moved up from 10th place in August to 5th place today among the bestsellers! https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1472488/meilleures-ventes-du-mois-a-la-librairie-antoine-36.html https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1475990/meilleures-ventes-du-mois-a-la-librairie-antoine-37.html I’ll be happy to see you there tomorrow, Tuesday the 9th, from 6 to 8 p.m.!
Confession of an Ordinary Monster
June 6, 2025A hybrid tale, where the threads of family are tightly woven with the tremors of History — the Lebanese civil war, the surge of Palestinian nationalism, Syria’s ghostly maneuvers — this narrative follows in the footsteps of civil war chronicles, echoing the voices of Ziad Doueiri and Amin Maalouf. Yet Santi carves his own path,…
The incredible youth of a Geneva financier
June 5, 2025L’Orient le Jour – Lebanon And “The incredible youth of a Geneva financier” L’incroyable jeunesse d’un financier genevois – Le Journal de l’Immobilier SOCIéTé – Géopolitique orientale “A must-read to understand the Middle East — past and present — through the eyes of a remarkable witness.” Buy it: France: FNAC Switzerland: PAYOT Lebanon: ANTOINE Canada: Les Libraires AMAZON…
Iran: A Nuclear Heart and Soul
May 28, 2025Oil revenues account for 40 to 50% of Iran’s budget income and 80 to 90% of its export earnings. The country is once again facing an existential threat, as the U.S. President’s aggressive stance on tariffs has led to a roughly 20% drop in oil prices this year so far. This has significantly intensified the…
29th among the bestsellers
May 26, 2025My Levantine Youth is ranked 29th in the History, Current Affairs, and Politics bestseller list! Histoire, actualité, politique – Les meilleures ventes du moment Histoire, actualité, politique : le classement des meilleures ventes de livres du moment – Livres neufs ou d’occasion – Les Best-sellers du moment Feel free to tell others about…
April 13, 1975: The Fuse Was Lit
April 30, 2025A bus triggers a war in Lebanon and changes the fate of a 12-year-old boy. A Levantine youth reveals a Middle East in flames through an intimate lens.Releases on May 7. Seven and a half years during which my destiny collides head-on with History. Buy it: in France: FNAC in Switzerland: PAYOT in Lebanon: ANTOINE…
The message from “Une Jeunesse Levantine” to the ferocity of François’s detractors
April 23, 2025“How could a Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, have favored a Muslim invasion of Europe?A pope who defends the development of radical Islam.That red Jesuit.We need a European Pope who understands History and sees the difference between welcoming and invading… Welcoming human beings who respect us and want to integrate is a…