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Date: 09 Jan 2008
From:"Fayeq Oweis" <fayeq.oweis at gmail.com>
Subject:New Book on Arab American Artists

Dear family, friends, and colleagues,

Happy New Year

This is a note to let you know that my new book: Encyclopedia of Arab
American Artists, has been released and available from the publisher
at http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR3730.aspx  or from amazon.com or
BarnesandNoble.com.

Below is a brief description of the book and a list of about 100 Arab
American artists that are profiled and included in the book. The book
is about 350 pages and it contains 16 color images and 84 black &
white images including artists' photographs.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your help
and support and for making this book a reality. I also appreciate your
support in promoting the book to your friends, libraries, schools, and
galleries.

Best Regards,
Fayeq Oweis
San Francisco
www.oweis.com

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Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists
Artists of the American Mosaic

Fayeq S. Oweis

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN: 0-313-33730-6    978-0-313-33730-7

Description: The rich history and culture of the Arab American people
is found in the passionate works of its artists. Whether they be
traditional media such as painting and calligraphy, or more
sophisticated media such as digital work and installation, the pieces
represent the beauty of heritage, the struggles of growing up in
war-torn countries, the identity conflicts of female artists in
male-dominated societies, and the issues surrounding migration to a
Western culture very different from one's own.

Many of the artists included here, though their works appear in
museums and galleries throughout the world, have never before been
featured in a reference book. Interviews conducted by the author
provide a personal look into the experiences and creative processes of
these artists.

Author Information:
FAYEQ S. OWEIS is an Arab American artist and a professor of Arabic
Language and Culture at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara,
California. He has a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies with focus on
Arabic and Islamic arts. As an artist, he designed the exterior
entranceway murals and the calligraphy of the interior dome of the
Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. He has also
exhibited his Arabic calligraphic compositions through out the United
States, and was an Artist-in-residence at the Art Institute of
Chicago.

Artists included in "Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists":
Etel Adnan, Yasser Aggour, Jocelyn M. Ajami, Abe Ajay, Sabah
Al-Dhaher, Andrea Ali, Rheim Alkadhi, Hend Al-Mansour, Mohammed
Al-Sadoun, Sama Alshaibi, Hashim Al-Tawil, Abderrahim Ambari, Ghada
Amer, Heba Amin, George Halim Awde , Halla Ayla, Nahda Alsalah Balaa,
Lily Bandak, Khalil Bendib, Haifa Bint-Kadi, Doris Bittar, Kamal
Boullata, Huguette Caland, Adnan Charara, Wasmaa Khalid Chorbachi,
Carole Choucair-Oueijan, Rajie "Roger" Cook, Abdelali Dahrouch, Joyce
Dallal, Aissa Deebi, Hanah Diab, Saliba Douaihy, Nihad Dukhan, Mona A.
El-Bayoumi, Dahlia Elsayed, Layla Zarour Elshair, Lalla A. Essaydi,
Hala Faisal, Simone Fattal, Dalah El-Jundi Faytrouni, Chawky Frenn,
Mariam Ghani, Rajaa A. Gharbi, Gibran Khalil (Kahlil) Gibran, Kahlil
George Gibran, Samia Halaby, John Halaka, Nabila Hilmi, Hasan Hourani,
(House of Lebanon (HOL) Artists Group: George Chamaa, Carole
Choucair-Oueijan, Jeanice Deeb, Dalah Faytrouni, Reem Hammad, Joseph
Hawa, John Hajjar, Father Farid Shoucair);  Alya Abdul Razzak
Husseini, Happy/L.A. Hyder, Annemarie Jacir, Emily Jacir, Fay Afaf
Kanafani, Mohammad Omar Khalil, Zahi Khamis, Sari Ibrahim Khoury,
Khalid Kodi, Leila Kubba, Ilham Badreddine Mahfouz, Sam Maloof, Amina
Mansour, Samar Megdadi, Aisha Mershani, Nabil Nahas, Said Nuseibeh,
(OTHER: Arab Artists Collective – Detroit: Radfan Alqirsh, Mohamad
Bazzi, Imad Hassan, Joe Namy, Rola Nashef, Lana Rahme); Walid Raad,
Naziha Rashid, Fawzia A. Reda, Mamoun Sakkal, Jacqueline (Jackie)
Salloum, Adelia Malouf Samaha, Sumayyah Samaha, Linda Dalal Sawaya,
Adnan Shati, Nida Sinnokrot, Katherine Toukhy, Mary Tuma, Madiha Umar,
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