Dear Embassy Cultural House community, August is usually a time of leisure and relaxation for many, but things have continued to ramp up for the Embassy Cultural House. Issues surrounding the climate crisis have continued to require international attention. Our team extends our sympathies to the many people in Canada and abroad who continue to be affected by the horrific wildfires that are raging across the country, and further afield. Portraits of Sam Hallick: Modern Arab Presence in |
Embassy Cultural House Editions, 96 pp., $20, September 2023, ISBN 9781777492144 ECH's newest publication, Portraits of Sam Hallick: Modern Arab Presence in Twentieth-Century North America by Salah D. Hassan will be available on September 5, 2023. This publication marks the Embassy Cultural House's seventh in-house publication, and the first publication to be written by an ECH contributor. This book examines photographs of an Arab immigrant coming to the United States taken during the early twentieth century, a period when photography was becoming more accessible to the general public. Arabic-speaking immigrants to the US had photographers take professional portraits in their shops, on the street, in offices, or in factories. Journalists and ethnographers also took photos documenting the presence of Arabic speakers in varied locations across the United States. The main focus is on photos of Sam Hallick, the author's maternal grandfather, who arrived in the US around 1900 and lived in South Dakota before returning to his home village in the Beqa'a Valley in 1920. Hassan pieces together the story of Sam Hallick from family photos and the public record, reading the family portraits in relation to modern forms of Arab self-representation. To order a copy of this book, please contact [email protected]. | Front cover of Portraits of Sam Hallick: Modern Arab Presence in Twentieth-Century North America" by Salah D. Hassan. Cover design by Olivia Mossuto. |
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