Author Archives: Daniel Drennan ElAwar

About Daniel Drennan ElAwar

Adoptee, rematriated.

On Lebanese media and adoption.

Posted on August 15, 2017

Over the years I’ve been contacted by various journalists interested in writing about adoption and trafficking in Lebanon, and their usual starting point is a personal one: How has adoption affected the adoptee personally, and what might reunion mean for … Continue reading →

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Excerpt: “Lose Your Mother”.

Posted on July 14, 2017

The following is an excerpt from the painful yet quite compelling and necessary read, Lose Your Mother [link] by Saidiya Hartman.

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​رمضان كريم 

Posted on May 26, 2017

رمضان كريم  May this month be one of contemplation, community, peace, and blessings.

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Mothers’ Voices: A “Rematriated” Adoptee’s Art Residency

Posted on May 14, 2017

As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve started an artist’s residency at the Newark Print Shop. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Kickstarter campaign, which was successful.

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Canada bound.

Posted on May 2, 2017

After detailing the grueling application schedule for universities in my last post, I’m happy to report that I have accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Illustration in the Faculty of Visual Art + Material Practice at Emily Carr University, … Continue reading →

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Updates/Association of Persons Adopted via Lebanon to the Americas

Posted on April 17, 2017

An extremely kind message from a fellow adoptee the other day reminded me that I have not posted here since returning to New Jersey last June. “Re-entry” has been a bit more difficult than I imagined, and so here, almost … Continue reading →

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Portfolios: Illustration | Typography | Student Work

Posted on March 13, 2017

—: Portfolio of my work as well as a design and illustration teaching portfolio. [link to portfolio] Web site programmed by yours truly as well. Coming soon: Photography. :—

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Digging at “Ground Zero”.

Posted on September 10, 2016

I was on my way to work in New York City on the morning of September 11, 2001. I am grateful to the web site “The Sonic Memorial Project” for its archives on Radio Row, and would be interested in … Continue reading →

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On the “familiar” in adoption.

Posted on August 27, 2016

Over at Transracial Eyes [link], I posted a question concerning the way in which the world looks at us as adoptees, and how this radically changes with time. The basic point was that when we are children, and we are … Continue reading →

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Advice for adoptive parents.

Posted on July 29, 2016

I am often asked my advice concerning adoption actions in progress, and I am always taken aback at such requests and the burden they place on adoptees. They demand of us a stamp of approval that I, for one, refuse … Continue reading →

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