Beirut Books: how is the French language evolving in Lebanon?

How does French evolve in Lebanon in an Arabic-speaking environment with strong competition from English?

A hard-hitting question as the new Book Fair takes place in Beirut with a hundred French-speaking writers and a few weeks before the OIF summit.

  • Henri de Rohan-Csermak, Deputy Cultural Advisor to the French Embassy, ​​in charge of the network of sixty-three approved French schools in Lebanon
  • Lamia Ziade, French-Lebanese illustrator and artist. Author of Oh night, oh my eyes at POL
  • Chantal Verdeiluniversity professor at INALCO (Paris), specialist in the history of the contemporary Arab world.


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