Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists RecentTitlesin ArtistsoftheAmericanMosaic EncyclopediaofJewishAmericanArtists SamanthaBaskind EncyclopediaofAsianAmericanArtists KaraKelleyHallmark E NCYCLOPEDIA OF A A A RAB MERICAN RTISTS Fayeq S. Oweis Artists of the American Mosaic GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut (cid:127) London LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Oweis,Fayeq. EncyclopediaofArabAmericanartists/FayeqS.Oweis. p.cm.—(ArtistsoftheAmericanmosaic,ISSN1939-1218) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-313-33730-7(alk.paper) 1. ArabAmericanartists—Biography—Dictionaries. I.Title. N6538.A73O942008 709.2’3927073—dc22 [B] 2007039798 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright 2008byFayeqS.Oweis Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:2007039798 ISBN-13:978–0–313–33730–7 ISSN:1939–1218 Firstpublishedin2008 GreenwoodPress,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. www.greenwood.com PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization(Z39.48–1984). 10987654321 I dedicate this book to my dear Mother and Father, Rahija and Saleh Oweis, withloveandappreciationforallthattheygaveus... IalsodedicatethisbooktoallArabAmericanartists;Ihavelearnedagreat dealfromyouandgrownfromyourwisdomandcontributions. FayeqS.Oweis SanFrancisco,California Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii EtelAdnan 1 YasserAggour 4 JocelynM.Ajami 6 AbeAjay 9 SabahAl-Dhaher 12 AndreaAli 15 RheimAlkadhi 18 HendAl-Mansour 21 MohammedAl-Sadoun 25 SamaAlshaibi 28 HashimAl-Tawil 31 AbderrahimAmbari 35 GhadaAmer 38 HebaAmin 40 GeorgeHalimAwde 44 HallaAyla 46 NahdaAlsalahBalaa 51 LilyBandak 54 KhalilBendib 56 HaifaBint-Kadi 60 viii Contents DorisBittar 62 KamalBoullata 66 HuguetteCaland 71 AdnanCharara 74 WasmaaKhalidChorbachi 78 CaroleChoucair-Oueijan 80 Rajie‘‘Roger’’Cook 83 AbdelaliDahrouch 87 JoyceDallal 90 AissaDeebi 93 HanahDiab 96 SalibaDouaihy 98 NihadDukhan 101 MonaA.El-Bayoumi 105 DahliaElsayed 108 LaylaZarourElshair 111 LallaA.Essaydi 113 HalaFaisal 117 SimoneFattal 119 Dalah(Dalaa’)El-JundiFaytrouni 122 ChawkyFrenn 124 MariamGhani 129 RajaaA.Gharbi 131 GibranKhalil(Kahlil)Gibran 134 KahlilGeorgeGibran 137 SamiaHalaby 141 JohnHalaka 144 NabilaHilmi 147 HasanHourani 150 HouseofLebanon(HOL)ArtistsGroup 154 AlyaAbdulRazzakHusseini 156 Happy/L.A.Hyder 159 Contents ix AnnemarieJacir 163 EmilyJacir 166 FayAfafKanafani 171 MohammadOmerKhalil 173 ZahiKhamis 175 SariIbrahimKhoury 179 KhalidKodi 182 LeilaKubba 185 IlhamBadreddineMahfouz 189 SamMaloof 192 AminaMansour 195 SamarMegdadi 197 AishaMershani 199 NabilNahas 203 SaidNuseibeh 205 OTHER:ArabArtistsCollective—Detroit 211 WalidRaad 215 NazihaRashid 218 FawziaA.Reda 220 MamounSakkal 225 Jacqueline(Jackie)Salloum 228 AdeliaMaloufSamaha 231 SumayyahSamaha 234 LindaDalalSawaya 237 AdnanShati 240 NidaSinnokrot 242 KatherineToukhy 247 MaryTuma 250 MadihaUmar 255 FaisalYousef 259 EmnaZghal 263 HelenZughaib 266 x Contents AfafZurayk 269 ResourcesonArabAmericanArtistsandArabCultureintheUnitedStates 273 SelectedBibliography 281 MaterialsIndex 283 Index 287 Aphotoessayfollowspage142
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