Book Expressions – تعابير

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LebanonPostcard presents the Book: “Expressions” – “تعابير” by Raymond Yazbeck. The Book is written in English, French, and Arabic.
Hardcover: 33 x 24 x 3.5 cm, 3 Kg, 415 pages. Editions Trésors du Patrimoine, 2009 – Director Edward Yazbeck.

“Once upon a time, there were men and women living in peace, working hard, cultivating their lands, sculpting the stones of their humble houses. But! Yet. They were happy… Many years have passed, where I walked with passion through all the corners of the Cedar land, where I was always welcomed with open arms, invited over a coffee or to share lunch.

An attitude that tends to disappear from our days…

I wanted to immortalize the memory of our ancestors, so their soul will stay alive in our hearts. There’s no doubt that we need many nights and days to tell about the goodness, the disponibility and the warm welcome of all those who knew how to preserve the splendor of our heritage…

Would there be a place for paradise out of Lebanon???”

Raymond Yazbeck

“They are farmers who would turn the fallow into garden and grove. They are the shepherds who lead their folks through the valleys to be fattened for your table meat and your woolens.

They are the vine-pressers who press the grape to wine and boil it to syrup. They are the parents who tend the nurseries, the mothers who spin the silken yarn. They are the husbands who harvest and the wives who gather the sheaves. They are the builders, the potters, the weavers, and the bell-casters. They are the lamps that cannot be snuffed by the wind and the salt which remains unspoiled through the ages. They are the one who is steadily moving towards perfection, beauty and truth.”

Gibran Khalil Gibran

Some portraits of Lebanese personalities:

Youssef Abi Nader 1909 – Jamale Abi Nader 1919
Antoinette Abi Nader 1930 – Boutros El Alam 1901
Yvonne Sursock 1924 – Michel de Bustros 1928
Katiba Salame 1932 – Abbass Hassaniye 1922
Simon Badaoui 1931 – Hassan El Danaf 1928
Sleiman Halawi 1932 – Abla Imad 1914
Hussein Abou Tarieh 1914 – Sultané Rahmé 1909
Zaza Hayeck 1928 – Nahil el Nakhel 1921
Marie Nicolas 1929 – Mariam Fahed 1925
Agnes Faddoul 1918 – Sylvia Faddoul 1919
Julie Nassar 1925 – Salma Dergham 1913
Hassan Waheb 1925 – Kanj Khattar 1920
Kassem Kheir el Din 1908 – Mehanna Bader 1917
Michel Farhat 1934 – Youssef el Abed 1911
Saada Merhi 1914 – Youssef Rizk 1922
Wehbeh el Hachache 1918 – Abdallah Sleiman 1905
Wadih el Safi 1921 – Cheikh Azzam Youssef 1910
Badiaa Ejidios 1929 – Hanneh Youssef 1929
Joseph Farraj 1917 – Takla Saghbini 1904
Rachid Sassine 1924 – Said Akl 1912