{"product_id":"revolutions-of-the-heart-literary-cultural-spiritual-paperback","title":"Revolutions of the Heart: Literary, Cultural, \u0026 Spiritual - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYahia Lababidi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Lazar\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eSven Birkerts\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevolutions of the Heart is a genre-bending book where literature, social activism, and mysticism intersect. In this follow-up to Lababidi's first essay collection, Trial by Ink: From Nietzsche to Bellydancing (2010), the author is undergoing an inner change, as is the world around him. The multifaceted meditations in Revolutions--essays, poems, aphorisms, conversations, and even fiction--explore the edifying power of art, Islamophobia and its antidotes, the Egyptian Revolution and its aftermath, American popular culture, and much else in our complex modern world. A series of rich conversations with Lababidi, and his various provocative interlocutors, shed more intimate light on the subjects under discussion. At times serious, playful, and seriously playful, these exuberant exchanges chart the personal evolution of Lababidi from angst-ridden existentialist thinker, besotted with the life of the mind, to someone chastened, drawn to Sufism and seeking to surrender before the primacy of spiritual life. On a political level, as the work of an immigrant and Muslim (living in Trump's divided America and our wounded world), Revolutions is a book of hope and healing, arguing for nuance and compassion, as it attempts to present art as a form of cultural diplomacy and tool for transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYahia Lababidi, Egyptian-American, is the author of two critically-acclaimed books of aphorisms: \u003ci\u003eSignposts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eto Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eWhere Epics Fail\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). Lababidi is also the author of four well-received books of poetry and prose, including \u003ci\u003eThe Artist as Mystic\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eBalancing Acts: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). He has participated in international literary festivals throughout the USA and Europe, as well as the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769495916640,"sku":"9781725264946","price":44.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/sKpCDrQeax9781725264946.webp?v=1779670254","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/revolutions-of-the-heart-literary-cultural-spiritual-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}