Richard Asmet Awid Shares Family Stories and Canadian-Lebanese History In His Book “Walk With Me, My Son”

Richard Asmet Awid’s book “Walk With Me, My Son: You and I Have Some Stories to Tell” was recently displayed by self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet at the 2023 London Book Fair. The book trade fair was held at Olympia London, London, UK, last April 18-20, 2023.

“Walk With Me, My Son” tells the story of how a nineteen-year-old, Ehmid Alley Awid, becomes a part of the Lebanese-Canadian community history.

Ehmid, Richard Asmet Awid’s father, and his friend Ali Tarrabain decided to go to Canada in 1901 to try their luck in the foreign country to become rich. They packed their bags, and Ehmid said goodbye to his family, not knowing that it will be the last time to see them alive.

“Walk With Me, My Son” tells not only the history of a family in Canada but also the history of that country’s Canadian-Lebanese community. The author shares how proud they are of their Arab name because it contains generations of other names. Moreover, the book also tells how their names were changed in a foreign country without their consent. It immortalizes the story of a family that had taken a step into history and built a community and home in a foreign land.

Readers can get lost in the stories and family histories as they learn how a community came to be.

Learn the story of Ehmid and the Lebanese community, in general, in “Walk With Me, My Son: You and I Have Some Stories to Tell” by Richard Asmet Awid. Get a copy on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

“Walk With Me, My Son: You and I Have Some Stories to Tell”
Author| Richard Asmet Awid
Published Date|May 14, 2021
Publisher| FriesenPress
Genre| Biographical/Historical

Author’s Biography

Richard Asmet Awid is the author of “Through the Eyes of the Son: A Factual History of Canadian Arabs” and “Canada’s First Mosque: The Al Rashid.” As an interpreter and a former teacher with the Edmonton Public School Board, he is passionate about educating others on the little-known history of the Lebanese diaspora and the community’s cultural influence in Canada. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

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