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Perched on a peninsula reaching into Mediterranean, Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, has been a Phoenician port, Roman colony, Ottoman jewel, and French mandate. Each era left its mark. Mediterranean in its geography, Western in its cafés and boulevards, yet profoundly Arab and Levantine in its so...
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Born in Beirut in 1960, Charif Majdalani is a Lebanese writer, novelist, and professor. After pursuing his studies at Université de Provence, in France, he completed his PhD thesis in 1993. He is a professor at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, where he was the dean of the French Literature Department from 1999 to 2008. Between 2005 and 2025, he published ten novels and two essays in French. His debut novel, Histoire de la grande maison (2005), was shortlisted for the Renaudot, Femina, Médicis, and Wepler prizes, while Caravansérail (2007) won both the Tropiques Prize and the French Academy’s François Mauriac Prize. His most recent novel, Le Nom des Rois (2025), was shortlisted for the Goncourt Prize. Majdalani is a member of the L’Orient littéraire’s editorial board, a columnist for the French daily newspaper La Croix, and the president of the International Writers’ House in Beirut.
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Please email us at customerservice@assouline.com with your order number to begin the return process for an online order. View our full return policy.
If you wish to return your order for any other reason, we allow exchanges for merchandise credit within 14 days of delivery. We do not allow refunds and the customer is responsible for the cost of return shipping. Merchandise credit may only be redeemed in the region where the original order was placed.
Please note that items must be returned unused and unopened, in the same condition in which they were received, with all the original packaging. Books, candles, and diffusers must remain sealed in their original cellophane; games and objects must be returned in their original packaging. Exchanges and credit are applicable only at the original point of purchase.
Vespa helmets may be exchanged for a different size within 14 days of delivery, with complimentary shipping both ways.
The Ultimate Tower, The Allure Bookstand, XXL editions, headphones, and vintage or third-party objects are final sale and not eligible for return or exchange.
Please email us at customerservice@assouline.com with your order number to begin the return process for an online order. View our full return policy.