Khalil Raad (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Khalil Raad 1854 - 1957 was a photographer, known as "Palestine's first Arab photographer. His works include over 1230 glass plates, tens of postcards, and as yet unpublished films that document political events and daily life in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon over the course of fifty years. Raad was born in 1854 in Bhamdoun, Lebanon. His father, Anis, had fled from the family's village of Sibnay after converting to Protestantism from the Maronite faith. During the 1860 sectarian strife afflicting the mountain regions, Raad's father was killed. Following his death, Raad's mother took him and his sister, Sarah, to Jerusalem where they resided with relatives.