#Lebanese-American

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Staff Pick of the Week

I’m highlighting Rania Matar’s latest photography book, She, published in October of 2021 by the New Mexico-based non-profit publisher Radius Books for this round of staff picks. Radius has donated over 75,000 of their fine art and photography books to libraries, schools, and art programs since their founding in 2007 and earmarks a portion of each publication for donation to underfunded libraries and arts programs. 

Rania Matar was born in Lebanon in 1964 and relocated to the United States in 1984. Matar is an award-winning photographer, most recently a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow, whose work focuses on the daily lives of women and girls, informed by her cross-cultural experiences. The composition of the book, and the way it juxtaposes motifs across geographic space (the first two images above come on consecutive pages, image 8 & 9 are on facing pages) creates a sense of continuity of the feminine experience that transcends place. She is Matar’s fourth photography book. We also have Matar’s L’enfant-Femme (Damiani Editore, 2016) here in Special Collections -- a potential future post. That work focuses on girls in their pre-teens and early teens in the United States and Lebanon, with geographical and cultural differences bridged by the common experience of growing up. 

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-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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Lebanon Civil War/1982 Lebanon War, 13 April 1975 – 13 October 1990 (15 years and 6 months)

[fabdante]

lately i've been on a comically intensive quest to recreate my grandmothers rice pilaf

the dilemma being my grandma died when i was in elementary school and i cannot ask her questions

[lgbtqreads]

Happy Arab American Heritage Month 2023!

It’s Arab American Heritage Month, and as always, we’re celebrating with books starring Arab American protagonists! Please note that this post only includes books that haven’t been included in previous years, so for even more recs, click here! Man O’War by Cory McCarthy The jellyfish commonly known as a Portuguese man o’ war is neither Portuguese, nor a jellyfish, nor a man, nor even a singular…

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Etel Adnan (Lebanese/American, 1925-2021), Untitled, c.1980. Oil on canvas, 23¾ x 29 in.

[furby-organist]

// Alright, throwing this out there before I sleep: now that I've done with my exam and I may have access to my laptop soon, I'd like to get back into the swing of things and write with more people! Like this post (or reply) if you want me to make a mental note to check out your blog / reach out to you about RPing!

Also, for reference, since this seems to be a Hot Fandom Topic: I consider myself neither proship nor anti. My rules page is pretty up-to-date with who I will/won't interact with.

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Callie Khouri

Screenwriter, director, and producer Callie Khouri was born in 1957 in San Antonio, Texas. Khouri was the screenwriter for Thelma & Louise, which earned her the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay as well as a Golden Globe fore Best Screenplay. She was also the creator and executive producer of the TV series Nashville. Khouri has won several awards and served on the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America.

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Three Thosand Years of Longing (2022) by George Miller

Book title: The Prophet (1923) by Khalil Gibran

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PASTAWHORE

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Thinking about Jason making and freezing batches of kibbeh for him and Dick. So they can have an easy to prepare and to eat meals anytime they don't feel like cooking or ordering take out

Also kibbeh has so many variations! With some simple carb and a bit a veggies or leafy greens you have got yourself an easily healthy and nutritious meal!!

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When there is no other beginning but the broken middle of things, we find ourselves in a kind of limbo, in empty towers, following branching hallways, whispering to the walls. Searching for a chance to find others, to build sense out of similarity and affiliation.

Sarah Cypher, The Skin and its Girl

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Syrian M4 knocked out in Lebanon, 1980s

[just-rogi]

We had to do a diversity exercise at work today and the (white) proctor asked all the teachers if we knew anyone who felt like they belonged to two groups… except the entire room was female teachers of color it felt so fucking stupid

[morethansalad]

Tipli / Dominican-Style Tabbouleh (Vegan)

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