Showing 204838 results

Item consists of an oral history interview (transcript).

Interview with Hussein Fatahallah, 24 year old. This interview is with a first-generation immigrant, who was born in Alexandria, Egypt, grew up in Dubai, and moved to Canada right before the revolution in 2011. In this interview, he spoke about the complexities of assimilating to a new culture and familial experience with back home. Interviewer is Karen Abdelsaid.

Interview with Ahmed Ghaly, 23, was born in Cairo and immigrated to Mississauga, Canada in 2008 because his parents wanted a better lifestyle and education. Ahmed shares memories of school, friends, and sports before and after migration. Even though he lives in Canada, all his peers are Egyptian or Arab and he still listens to Arabic music. He remains closely connected to his homeland and frequently visits Egypt. He wishes to move back one day. Interviewer is Sarah Al Naqeeb.

Interview with Nelly Fanous, 64, is from Israel and emigrated to Canada in 1980. She married into a Coptic family who descend from Egypt. The Fanous family are very well known in Palestine because her husband’s grandfather was a scribe for the Coptic Church in Egypt, and he was sent to Palestine to write copies of the Bible. Her husband’s uncle, who lived in Egypt, was a well-known iconographer for the Coptic Church. In this interview, Nelly talks about reasons for leaving Israel for Canada, her connections with Israel, her experiences settling in Canada, and her relationship with the Coptic Church. Interviewer is Sarah Al Naqeeb.

Andre Toueg, 72 years old, was born in Cairo in a Jewish family. His family hailed from countries like Libya, Syria, Italy, and Spain. They migrated to Brazil in 1958 due to Gamal Abdel Nasser’s policies against the Jewish community. Toueg narrates his life in São Paulo, where he joined local youth Zionist movements and found new identities. He never went back to Cairo.

Ibrahim Soliman working on one of his icons. Family archive.

File contains a translated transcript of an oral history interview.

Jacques Sardas, his wife Etty, and their daughters in São Paulo From left: Isabela, Claudia, Dora, and Marianne. Family archive.

Item is a video trailer for the Egyptians in the Gulf digital exhibit.

File predominantly contains email correspondence pertaining to article suggestions, edits to drafts, and review requests, and copies of draft and published articles.

File predominantly contains email correspondence pertaining to article suggestions, edits to drafts, and review requests, and copies of draft and published articles.

File predominantly contains clippings and lists of publications.

File includes correspondence predominantly pertaining to professional matters.

File includes correspondence predominantly pertaining to professional matters.

File consists of several interview questions that include Vassanji’s handwritten answers.

File consists of two drafts, notes and correspondence related to Whitaker’s chapter ‘Intelligence Cooperation in Historical Perspective, from Cold War Bipolarity to the Multipolar Present,’ which was presented at the Intelligence Cooperation in a Multipolar World Conference in 2021.

File contains a consent form for an oral history interview.

Interview with Marcus Zacharia, 35, is a first-generation migrant who hails from South West Egypt. He left Egypt in 2011 for Washington, DC and then Canada 2014, where he was offered a professional opportunity. After facing some struggles at first, he now finds Canada a multicultural and diverse society (something that he finds lacking in Egypt). He currently works to help settle immigrants and newcomers and is invested in building bridges with other communities around Canada. Interviewer is Sarah Al Naqeeb.

Ibrahim Soliman, 71 years old, was born in Cairo in a Coptic family. He served in the Egyptian army. In 1994, concerned with the rise of violence against Christians, he moved to the U.S. There, he met his wife, a Brazilian woman, and moved to her country. Soliman found work as a priest at the local Antiochian Church, where he also learned how to paint religious icons.

One of Soliman’s icons. Family archive.

File contains a translated transcript of an oral history interview.

Ilana Radetich, 71 years old, was born in Alexandria in a family of Italian and Yugoslavians origins. Her mother was Jewish, but Ilana was raised Catholic. She recalls the traumatic journey to Brazil in 1957, wearing all the clothes and jewelry she could. “Like a Christmas tree,” her grandmother had instructed her. With time, Ilana says, Brazil became her new homeland.

Alfredo Radetich and his daughters. From left: Tatjana, Silvana, and Ilana. Family archive.

File contains a translated transcript of an oral history interview.

Tareq Mesbah, 28 years old, was born in Mansura in a Muslim family. His parents worked as government employees and owned a farm. Mesbah decided to move to Brazil in 2017 in search of opportunities. Mesbah says he was also looking for a less conservative country. From the restaurant that he opened in São Paulo, he talks about his passion for Pharaonic history.

A 48-year-old man who was born in Kuwait discusses his childhood memories, returning to Kuwait for work at the age of 33, and why Egyptians over time have migrated to the Gulf.

Image of woman and two children.

Image of a woman’s identification document.

File contains a transcript for an oral history interview.

File consists of a map of the Sinixt regions.

File pertains to the book “Who Killed Canadian History” (1991) and predominantly contains correspondence and publications regarding reviews, references, and responses to the book two decades later.

File predominantly contains email correspondence with museum staff, also included is historian Tim Cook, pertaining to research using their collections and writing articles for the institutions.

File predominantly contains email correspondence pertaining to article suggestions, edits to drafts, and review requests, and copies of draft and published articles.

File includes correspondence predominantly pertaining to professional matters.

File consists of Whitaker’s article ‘Liberals emerge from convention ready to govern from the left’ (April 13, 2021), which was published on Rabble.ca.

Interview with Erika Melek, 21 year old. This interview is with a second-generation Egyptian Canadian, who was born in Mississauga to Egyptian immigrant parents. In this interview, she speaks about how her parents came to Canada and speaks about the importance of community. Interviewer is Karen Abdelsaid.

Item consists of an oral history interview (transcript).

Interview with Steph Alexander. Steph Alexander, 21, is a first generation immigrant, who was born in Alexandria and migrated to Canada with her family at 8 years old. In this interview she speaks about home, Canada and why they chose Toronto specifically, how family and the Coptic church played a huge role in settling and assimilate into Canadian culture. Interviewer is Karen Abdelsaid.

Interview with Lobna Hassan, 22, is a first-generation immigrant. She was born in Cairo and moved to Toronto, Canada with her sister in 2011. During Egypt’s Revolution, Lobna talked about how unstable and unsafe it felt, and how that drove her parents to decide she continue her education in Canada. When Lobna first arrived, she felt nostalgic. As time passed in Toronto, she has come to learn how to be grateful for the opportunity of being where she is now. Interviewer is Sarah Al Naqeeb.