Helen Zughaib- Arab American Artist

Where was Helen Zughaib born?

• Washington DC

• Lebanon

• Canada

• Saudi Arabia

Where did she live before coming to the United States?

• Canada

• Middle East & Europe

• Sweden

• Nicaragua

What materials does she primarily work in?

• Gouache & ink

• pastels & charcoal

• watercolor

• clay

Helen's most recent work is made by using:

• old car parts

• fur and feathers

• dried plants

• shoes, cloth & wood

What is Helen's art NOT about?

• teaching people to be afraid of Arabians

• encouraging dialogue between different cultures

• bringing an understanding & acceptance of others

• displacement of Arab people from wars

What is Helen's work about?

• rejecting violence

• creating empathy

• seeing the world through someone else's shoes

• giving a voice to the voiceless

• All the answers are correct

Whose art does the Home Page image resemble?

• Kara Walker's silhouettes

• Frida Kahlo's self portraits

• Jacob Lawrence's Great Migration paintings

• Georgis O'Keefe's landscapes

The Home Page image is about-

• Arabians going on vacation

• Arabians migrating to other countries

• Arabians getting ready to fight in wars

• Arabians being out in jail

What do her painting all have in common?

• similar colors

• all have patterns

• they all tell a story

• all the answers are correct

The paintings in Stories My Father Told Me are:

• colorful

• detailed

• have people in them

• all the answers are correct