Stories My Father Told Me: Memories of a Childhood in Syria and Lebanon
Stories My Father Told Me: Memories of a Childhood in Syria and Lebanon
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In a world driven by power, money, and the pursuit of personal success, Helen and her father Elia have given us a glimpse of an intact society stretched to the limit, yet surviving with all the strands of its fabric securely in place. Their deceptively simple work carries a profound message for our time.
24 full color plates of original artwork by the established Arab American artist Helen Zughaib accompany her father Elia Zughaib's family stories of his childhood in Syria and Lebanon in the 1930s.
Helen's art in review: "Like dreaming in color." "Her perfectly patterned visual images create a path of radiance." "Her images magically carry us into distant places of beauty, joy, devotion, and love."
In counterpoint to Helen's art work, Elia Zughaib's stories portray with rich cultural detail the traditions and lifestyle of a previous era. Evocative, full of wisdom and humor, they offer fascinating glimpses into Syrian and Lebanese Christian traditions, folk culture, and daily life.
Winner of the 2021 Arab American Book Awards - Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award
Author: Elia Zughaib
Publisher: Cune Press
Published: 01/10/2020
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.10h x 9.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781951082659
About the Author
Elia Zughaib was born in 1927 in Damascus and grew up in Syria and Lebanon in the 1930s before coming to America in 1946 to study at Syracuse University. He received his PhD in Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He joined the United States Foreign Service in 1959 and served in Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, and France until his retirement in 1978. He and his wife, Georgia, live in Alexandria, Virginia.