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A Beirut Anthology: Travel Writing through the Centuries classic novels of the middle east While Maadi became home toT. J. Gorton Beirut has seen many armies and empires come and go, but the legacy of this long history is not so much in surviving monuments as in the quintessential Levantine spirit of the people. A commercial hub since the days of the Phoenicians, it was a center of learning under the Romans, its law school pre eminent in the Empire. Both currents are discernible today, with vibrant Arab, French, and American universities and more publishing houses