 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Jean Said Makdisi akaberekerwa muJerusarema kumhuri yePalestine. Hanzvadzi duku yaRosemarie Said Zahlan naEdward Said, akakurira muEgypt uye akadzidza muUnited States neEngland. Akaroora mudzidzi wechiLebanese, Samir Makdisi. Vakagara muAmerica vasati vatamira kuBeirut muna 1972, kwaakadzidzisa Chirungu neHumanities paBeirut University College. Ivo vakaramba vari muBeirut mukati meHondo yeVanhu yeLebanese uye kupinda kweIsrael muna 1982. Makdisi akanyora kuderera kweguta racho mubhuku rake rokutanga, Beirut Fragments: a war memoir 1989: 