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What was it like to live in Beirut during the Israel-Lebanon war of 2006? Lebanese agronomy professor and social activist Rami Zurayk spent the whole war in Beirut with his family. War Diary: Lebanon 2006 is his record of the 33-day-long onslaught.
Describing it as "magnificent," British author and journalist Matt Carr praised the book in these terms:

"Alternately angry, poignant, blackly comic, despairing and humane, his diary provides a very personal perspective on the war, on Israel, and on Lebanese and Arab politics that was - and is - almost entirely absent in the Western...

The wave of anti-government protests that swept through the Arab world from December 2010 on started to transform politics and society in the Middle East. The protests came as a surprise to many observers-- but not toRami Zurayk, an veteran Lebanese agronomist and social activist who had been analyzing the collapse of traditional agricultural livelihoods in the Middle East since the late 1980s. In 2007, Zurayk started writing the"Land and People"blog, which charts food-policy and agricultural policy issues throughout the Middle East. Food, Farming, and Freedom presents his choice of the best...

This book examines both how agriculture and rural issues can cause crisis and conflict, and what the effects of crisis and conflict, including violence and natural disasters, are on agriculture. Case studies examine a wide range of crises and conflicts, primarily in developing countries, and appropriate responses to mitigate their effects.