Writings

"Mai Ghoussoub tells about political posters in Lebanon showing photos of candidates to elections, highlighting the following points : "Elections are not always about politics", "Lebanon as a republican fraternity?", "The various tales of masculinity"."

"It took me a long time to understand why my mother loved to tell the story of the doctor who delivered me. Whenever there was a willing audience, she would tell it. I must have heard it a thousand times. For her story to make sense, you need to know that I am the second female born to my parents and that my sister and I are their only progeny."