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Expressions by Canadian artists of Arab origin
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THE LANDS WITHIN ME
Expressions by Canadian artists of Arab origin
Edited by Aïda Kaouk with the collaboration of
Dominique Bourque
140 pages
30 b/w images and
70 color images
$45.00 (paper)
ISBN 0-660-19088-5
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There is not a single culture - and by extension not a single
cultural identity - which is not the "product of blending and
cross-pollination": the result of our "openness to the other".
The Lands within Me has been conceived as a space for creation,
reflexion and personal testimony about cultural métissage. In
effect, this work addresses the fact that we are all culturally mixed
beings in a perpetual state of becoming, and teaches us as much about
ourselves as about others.
At a time when ethnic and religious membership is used for political
ends - often with devastating effect - it is important to realize that
cultural identities in the contemporary world are both myriad and
complex. It was with this awareness that The Lands within Me
was created - a chant d'amour to the culturally interwoven worlds of
the imagination.
Today, whether in Beirut, Paris, Algiers, Port-au-Prince, Montreal,
Cairo, Toronto, Colombo or Trinidad, promising new and creative
identities are being built - identities that must be developed, nurtured
and preserved. This is the message transmitted by the artists and authors
of The Lands within Me.
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