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This book brings together one hundred television moments, the most important, best, and most famous of Lebanese television over three decades... from the moment of its founding in 1959, to the early experiences of the sixties, the good old days of the seventies, the war in the eighties... all the way to 1989 and the birth of the Second Republic. These television moments are not merely scattered clips from a dusty archive... but rather milestones that shaped the popular culture of a mythical nation and the memory of a people who built a dream they called Lebanon, and then shattered it in a small box that occupied the living room of every home. The moments in this book encapsulate the dreams and disappointments of three generations of Lebanese. It narrates them as they appeared on the small screen. Some are present within us, and some have been lost and disappeared... or so we thought. Nothing is lost in the box of memory... we only forget, only to be surprised in a single moment by how much we remember. The fragrance of this book targets those who lived through those times, which today seem like prehistory. It also targets those who are curious to know why we are the way we are today, on and off screen. Zaven wasn't content with the role of the recipient in front of the screen, nor the player behind it, but rather searched for the significance of what appeared on it, in loyalty to the television makers who came before him, and out of concern that this most popular household device has a memory and roots. Rare photos from times gone by. Stars that shone and faded. Anecdotes and news that the discreet broadcaster never told us and will never tell us. Exciting tales that occupied the scenes. Political disputes that raged in the studio, from which we received nothing but a decent smile dictated by the camera lights. From Dostoevsky and Victor Hugo to Chouchou and Abu Salim, an elite drama that we never expected would ever exist, and another popular drama that paved the way for modernity. What we have in our hands is a book that preserves the memory of a generation and offers another a reference from which to explore the future. A book for each of us that has a page...