Last of the Dictionary Men: Stories from the South Shields Yemeni Sailors - Couverture souple

Gharavi, Tina; Nabil, Youssef

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908531401 ISBN 13 : 9781908531407

Editeur : Nomad Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Since the 1890s thousands of Arab sailors from Yemen have travelled to the Northern port town of South Shields near Newcastle, the first permanently settled Middle-Eastern community in Britain. Last of the Dictionary Men, based on an exhibition that opened in 2008 at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, traces the history of the British-Yemeni community through the stories of the fourteen surviving sailors from this first generation, known as the "Dictionary Men".The nickname comes from the fact that Yemeni Arabic remains the closest to Classical Arabic, giving rise to the country's nickname "Dictionary Land". A history spanning a hundred years saw generations of sailors from Yemen settling along the River Tyne in England's North Eastern region of South Shields, in search of new opportunities abroad. Far from the Arabian Peninsula, these sailors not only made South Shields their home, but some 800 of them fought and died alongside the British in the Second World War. To add to its intriguing history, South Shields is also home to Al Azhar, Britain's first mosque, witness to boxing legend Muhammad Ali's wedding in 1977.

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À propos des auteurs

Tina Gharavi is an Iranian/American/British/New Zealand film maker and screenwriter, known for making innovative cross-platform films about outsiders, outcasts and marginalised people in extraordinary situations. Her award-winning films have been shown in film festivals internationally. Her first feature film, "I Am Nasrine", was nominated for a BAFTA in 2013 in the category of Best British Debut. Tina Gharavi is founder and Creative Director of Bridge + Tunnel. She is currently a Lecturer in English (Digital Media) at the University of Newcastle. 

avi is founder and Creative Director of Bridge + Tunnel. She is currently a Lecturer in English (Digital Media) at the University of Newcastle. Youssef Nabil is an Egyptian photographer currently living and working in New York. He started his photography career in 1992 by staging tableaux in which his friends acted out melodramas recalling film stills from the golden age of Egyptian cinema. Later in the 1990s, while working as a photographers' assistant in prominent studios in New York and Paris, he began photographing artists and friends. Nabil's distinctive technique of hand-colouring silver gelatine removes the blemishes of reality. In 2010, he exhibited his first film "You Never Left", with Fanny Ardant and Tahar Rahim. Nabil's work has been exhibited worldwide: in London, New York, Paris, Doha, Dubai, Mexico City - to name but a few places.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nomad Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908531401
• ISBN 13: 9781908531407
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 76
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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