ARB 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ruba Nadda, Arab Canadians, Ocad University
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The author studies everydayness as a site of both politics and ethics concerned with the experiential present and the contingencies of lived experiences (29) He makes the distinction between the singularity of everyday frame of reference and legacies and the plurality of its monotonous insignificance. The investment of arab canadians in literature, culture, and the arts matches only the general invisibility with which their artistic productions have been received within both the. Arab canadian community and the canadian multiculturalist mainstream. (27) Their minority status in canada had a negative impact on their artistic productions. Born in egypt and established in montreal since 1966. Born in canada to a jewish iraqi family, b. h. Yael is a toronto-based filmmaker, ocad professor, video and installation artist. Yael: in the middle of the street and palestine trilogy. Born in montreal to a syrian family. Studied at york university in toronto and at the.