This site is a humble effort by Fadi Bandak for the sake of Documenting some of my Family's prominent People

Monday, June 18, 2007

Amal Bandak the Pediatrican



Dr.Amal George Bandak is a very active member , very effective and positive energy

Infuser into any person she deals with , always ready to give from her heart

She has so away from being selfish , generous , and passionate , loving and caring

Person Other than being a Human Doctor she is a terrific person to deal with .

Amal Bandak, Ph.D., RN.

Current Position:

  • Associate Director for Nursing and Patients’ Affairs

Previous Position:

  • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan

Education:

  • Bachelor degree in Nursing, University of Jordan
  • Master degree in Pediatric Nursing (Pediatric rehabilitation), University of Alexandria, Egypt
  • Ph. D. In Parent-Child Nursing with Research Methodology as a minor specialty, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Awards:

  • Scholarship for higher education abroad from the University of Jordan

Areas of Professional Interest:

  • Research that mainly focuses on:
    • Pediatric oncology
    • Nursing quality care
    • Staff development.
  • Patients and family counseling
  • Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  • Teaching

Lily Bandak the Photographer


Lily Bandak
ليلي البندك



Lily Bandak was born in Amman, Jordan and went to grade school in Bethlehem on the West Bank. She has lived in the US since 1960 residing in Newark, Delaware. She was educated at the Académie De La Grande Chaumiér in Paris, The Philadelphia College of Art, The University of Delaware and the Antonelli College of Photography.

Her work with major public figures in the Middle East has included assignments as the personal photographer of Mrs. Anwar Sadat and the King and Queen of Jordan. She has also had the opportunity to photograph Yasser Arafat and Mrs. Hariri. In 1978, Ms. Bandak was invited by the government of Egypt to document the people and monuments of that country. These photographs were exhibited in Egypt, Washington DC and across the US They were later compiled into a book, "Images of Egypt". She has also exhibited at the World Trade Center in New York City, in Washington DC at the Capital Rotunda, Los Angeles, and at the Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996 where Prince Raad opened her exhibition. She has done many other exhibits around the world. She was the first photographer to have work accepted into the permanent collection of the White House during the Carter administration.

In the early eighties, Ms. Bandak's career was in full swing. She was showing her work internationally, including an exhibit at the California Museum of Science and Industry that was seen by more than a third of a million people in four weeks. In 1983 she opened a photo-journalism department at Yarmouk University in Jordan and began to teach photography.

Soon after this, in 1984 Ms. Bandak was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and stopped working due to her physical disability. For several years, she fought the disease and searched many countries, including: the US; China (for acupuncture and herbs); Europe; Africa; and the Middle East for a cure. After doubting that she would ever be able to return to the work she loved, because of her severe physical disability caused by her illness, she learned of the existence of Vocational Rehabilitation, a Federal program that assists the disabled in returning to work through modern technology. She designed a camera mount to be attached to her wheelchair which makes it possible for her to return to work.

In 1994, Ms. Bandak founded the Bandak Foundation. The Bandak Foundation encourages people with disabilities to enter into the work force and integrate into society. In November of 1995, Ms. Bandak., on the invitation by Her Majesty, Queen Noor and King Hussein of Jordan, she traveled and photographed in Jordan. She also traveled to Bahrain on the invitation of the Ministry of Information of Bahrain, and to Lebanon on the invitation of the World Rehabilitation Fund.

Ms. Bandak was invited back to Jordan by Her Majesty Queen Noor, to Lebanon by Bahia Hariri and to Bahrain by the Ministry of Labor to exhibit her new work from the wheelchair. The invitation from both dignitaries and the Bandak Foundation's wishes are that there would be more support leaders from the Arab world.

In August 1996, Ms. Bandak was chosen to participate at the Cultural Paralympiad to exhibit her photographs of the Arab World in Atlanta, Georgia by the Very Special Arts, and the Cultural Paralympic Committee.

In November of 1996, Ms. Bandak had an exhibition under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan and in March of 1997 she had an exhibition of her work in Lebanon on the invitation of Ms. Bahia Hariri of the Hariri Foundation. She exhibited her work at the Very Special Arts Gallery, the Capitol Rotunda, and at the US Arab Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC, in 1996. Her work was most recently on display from November through December, 1997 at the University of Delaware.

For many years Ms. Bandak stopped working due to her deteriorating physical condition. In 2004, Ms. Bandak’s work of Palestinian National Dress was placed in the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. In 2005, Ms. Bandak went to Beijing, China for medical treatments with the financial help of HRH Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. While there, she discussed doing an exhibit of the Arab World she loves. Living in the West for so many years, she realized how little people know about the culture and history of the Middle East and how misunderstood it. Through the project, Lily hopes to demonstrate all of the modern technologies that have been achieved and the advancements of women in the Arab world at the Olympic Games 2008. This type of exhibit has never been done at the Olympic Games before. Since the press will be covering the Olympic Games, it will give great exposure to a part of the world that has not been exposed much culturally.

The 20th Century Prominent Bandak Family Members


Riyad Bandak رياض البندك


(1927) أصله ونشأته: هو الأستاذ رياض بن عيسى بن باسيل البندك، ولد في بيت لحم بفلسطين بتاريخ 4 تموز سنة 1924م ودرس في المدرسة الأميرية وأكمل تعليمه الثانوي في كليتي تيراسانطا والنهضة، تعلق منذ صغره بالفن الموسيقي فكان رئيساً للفرقة الموسيقية المدرسية التي كانت تلقي الأناشيد الوطنية، وكان والده رئيساً للبلدية وزعيم قضاء بيت لحم ينظر إلى الفن والفنانين نظرة خاصة، ويود أن ينصرف ولده عن الموسيقى لإكمال دراسته، وكان الولد مع والده في حرب ضروس من أجل هذه الغاية فقد اختلفا في وجهة النظر واستحال التقارب بينهما، وكان سلطان الأبوة الطبيعي قائماً والكلمة الفاصلة في مثل هذه المواقف للوالد، فكلما استحضر الولد عوداً للعزف عليه حطمه الوالد أمام عينيه وبالرغم من كل ذلك فقد أصر الوالد على رأيه واستمر الولد على عناده وميله إلى الفن، فاضطر لإرساله إلى كلية تيراسانطا الداخلية حيث يخضع فيها إلى نظام شديد لا يستطيع معه الانصراف إلى الموسيقى، ولم يدر في خلد والده أن في الكلية فرقة موسيقية من الطلاب تذيع الأناشيد المدرسية في محطة الإذاعة الفلسطينية في القدس، ودخل المترجم له مع الفريق وبدأ بدراسة النوطة في دورها الابتدائي. نفي والده إلى اليونان: وعلى أثر الثورة التي قامت في فلسطين عام 1938 نفت السلطات الإنكليزية والده إلى اليونان فتنفس الولد الصعداء واستفاد من غياب والده فكان حراً طليقاً يجول في ميدان الفن كما تطيب له هوايته، وأكب على النوطة يدرسها والتمرن بالعزف على آلة العود على نفسه دون أن يلقى الفن على أي مدرس. بدء حياته الفنية: وبدأت حياته الفنية عندما دخل في محطة إذاعة الشرق الأدنى المؤسسة أيام الحرب في مدينة جنين سنة 1940 وكان الموسيقي الوحيد يغني ويعزف على العود فيها. وفي عام 1948م حضر إلى دمشق لوحده قبل مجيء اللاجئين الفلسطينيين فدعاه مدير البرامج في الإذاعة السورية لتقديم بعض ألحانه، وطلب منه التوظف كمراقب فني في الإذاعة ثم عين مديراً فنياً في الإذاعة اللبنانية سنة 1949 وبقي فيها مدة سنة، ثم فاوضته محطة الشرق الأدنى ليرأس الفرقة الموسيقية في محطة إذاعة قبرص فعمل فيها مدة سنة، وبعدها عاد إلى دمشق، ثم عين في دار الإذاعة المؤسسة في رام الله في شرق الأردن واستقام مدة خمسة أشهر وأخيراً عين مراقباً للقسم الموسيقي بدمشق. فنه: يعتبر الأستاذ البندك من الفنانين الموهوبين في التلحين، فقد لحن هذا الفنان ما ينوف عن مئة قطعة غنائية وهي مسجلة في محطات الإذاعة العربية ومحطة لندن، وأشهر قطعاته الغنائية (آه من عينيك) وهي من نظم الأستاذ إبراهيم السمان وتغنيها المطربة المشهورة السيدة ماري جبران وقصيدة (الهمسات) وهي من نظم الأستاذ يوسف البندك ويغنيها المطرب محمد غازي الذي تلقى الفن على المترجم.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

The Bandak Family


The Origins of The Bandak Family
تاريخ البندك
the Bandak Family , is a family of an Original descends of the Ghassanids
and the meaning of the Family name is the Big Flag , Band(بند) in Arabic means
the Big Flag and ak (ك) means yours, so the whole gives a meaning of your flag
and , in that time in Yemen each tribe was having it's own Flag to distinguish from the other so the Bandaks this Surname .

The Ghassanids (Arabic: الغساسنة‎) were Arab Christians that emigrated in the year 250 from Yemen to the Hauran(حوران), in southern Syria. The term Ghassan refers to the kingdom of the Ghassanids, and is the name of a spring of water in the Hauran. The Ghassanid emigration has been passed down in the rich oral tradition of southern Syria. It is said that the Ghassanids came from the city of Ma'rib (مأرب)in Yemen. There was a dam in this city, however one year there was so much rain that the dam was carried away by the ensuing flood. Thus the people there had to leave. The inhabitants emigrated seeking to live in less arid lands and became scattered far and wide. The proverb “They were scattered like the people of Saba” refers to that exodus in history. The emigrants were from the southern Arab tribe of Azd. The king Jafna bin ‘Amr emigrated with his family and retinue north and settled in Hauran (south of Damascus) where the Ghassanid state was founded. There it is assumed that the Ghassanids adopted the religion of Christianity from the native Aramaeans and Romans. Modern southern-Syrians are a mix of these three peoples.


"the above article about the Ghassinds is published in Wikipedia.org "



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