"Humaydan writes in her introduction to this haunting anthology that 'all of the stories are somehow framed by the Lebanese civil war, which lasted from approximately 1974 until 1990....' The crimes in this Akashic noir volume are often submerged in the greater tragedy of a beautiful city constantly torn within and without by violence."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"The stories' individual approaches to noir are as diverse as the Beirut landscape, its residents and exiles."
--Middle East Monitor
"In "Beirut Noir," Iman Humaydan has selected a beautiful and often heartbreaking jigsaw...