Bye bye Babylone - Beyrouth 1875-1979 #[nn]

Published by Denoël Graphic in 2010, Lamia Ziadé's Bye Bye Babylone sets its stage with striking economy: a bold coral-red cover, the title in vivid yellow lettering, and a single silhouetted hand grenade centered beneath the bilingual subtitle "Beyrouth 1975–1979" — written in both French and Arabic. The minimalist design speaks volumes, pairing the urgency of that lone grenade with the elegiac weight of a city's name, promising a deeply personal graphic portrait of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War years.