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Archive of Selected Holman Library Displays

Posters, reading lists and resource recommendations relating to monthly displays at Holman Library

Arab American Heritage

Theme: Language and Culture

Music

Arabic Language and Literature

Additional Arab American Cultural Resources

Theme: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future

Suggested Resources

Source: " Why We Need Arab American Heritage Month" by Now This Impact, is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

Source: " The Arab American National Museum: Our Storyteller " by Arab American National Museum , is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

Suggested books available from the King County Library System, other libraries and through Interlibrary Loan:

The Turtle of Michigan by Naomi Shihab Nye     The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf      Arab, Arab All Year Long! by Cathy Camper

Photo Credits

Helen A. Thomas

Michael Arthur Worden Evans, c. 1984

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Portrait Project, Inc.

https://www.si.edu/object/helen-thomas:npg_S_NPG.92.291

 

Michael DeBakey

Yousuf Karsh, 1969

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh

https://www.si.edu/object/michael-debakey:npg_NPG.2012.77.21

 

Dr. Farouk El-Baz

Dr. El-Baz when he visited the Museum's APOLLO exhibit in 2017

Museum of Flight Blog, 2017

https://blog.museumofflight.org/dr.-farouk-el-baz

 

Rashida Tlaib

Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) 11 December 2024

Brian Thorpe, House Creative Services. 2024

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tlaib_Rashida_119th_Congress.jpg

 

Nujoud Merancy

NASA, 2019

https://www.aaiusa.org/library/nujoud-merancy-nasa

 

Kahlil Gibran

https://poets.org/poet/kahlil-gibran

 

Maysoon Zayid

https://maysoon.com/bio/ 

 

Ramy Youssef

Golden Globes Awards, 2020

https://goldenglobes.com/video/ramy-youssef-best-actor-in-a-tv-musical-or-comedy-wins/

 

Ralph Nader,

Richard Avedon, June 8, 1976

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by generous contributions from Jeane W. Austin and the James Smithson Society

https://www.si.edu/object/ralph-nader%3Anpg_NPG.89.83.45

 

Steve Jobs

Diana Walker, 2004

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Diana Walker

https://www.si.edu/object/steve-jobs:npg_NPG.2011.42