Pretty Liar: Television, Language, and Gender in Wartime LebanonHow did a new, irresistible brand of television emerge from the Lebanese Civil War (1975 91) to conquer the Arab region in the satellite era? What role did seductive news anchors, cool language teachers, superheroes, and gossip magazines play in negotiating a modern relationship between television and audiences? How did the government lose its television monopoly to sectarian militias? Pretty Liar tells the untold story of the coevolution of Lebanese