Freedom is distinguished from license, which leads people to go beyond modesty and what is socially acceptable--as some Syrian/Arab men and women in the U.S. do.
This article talks about the willingness of Syrian and Lebanese Christians to fight for the United States against the Ottoman Turks in World War 1. It includes a letter from an infantryman training in Texas to his family. ...
An attack on "Americanized" Syrian/Arab women who are too free and make life miserable for their husbands. Calls on Arab men to return to the old country for potential wives.
Lacey, T.J.(Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1920)
Covers several Eastern church groups, especially the Syrian Orthodox Church, Assyrian-Nestorians, Assyrian-Jacobites, and Protestant Syrians. Useful early account. Pictures.
Argues that Syrians/Arabs will not return to the old homeland. In order to retain their Arab heritage, they need to use Arabic at home, establish Arabic language schools, an Arabic press, and ethnic organizations. Eventually, ...