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  • "Arab Fugitives from Cayenne" 
    Unknown author (New York Daily Tribune, 1878-12-12)
    Eight Tunisian prisoners in jails in French Guiana escaped and arrived in New York where they were given jobs chopping wood.
  • "Arab Women and Turkish Women" 
    Muhaysin, Mohammed (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1915-01-12)
    Finds Turkish women more liberated than Arab, especially Muslim, women. The New World magazine, the Arabic-speaking magazine, established in U.S. by Afifa Karam is good -- but has hardly any signed articles, other than ...
  • "The Arabic Language in America" 
    Unknown author (Al-Hilal, 1907-10)
    Details the names and years of establishment (with some mistakes) of Arabic newspapersin the U.S., as well as some of the Arab literati there.
  • "Arabic Newspapers in the World" 
    Unknown author (Al-Hilal, 1903-10-15)
    Includes a list of Arabic newspapers published in the U.S.
  • "Are the Syrians Arabs?" 
    Ajami, Tawfiq (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1914-12-04)
    The writer states that Syrians are not worthy of claiming that they are Arabs since they have not acted like the proud, self-respecting Arabs who would not have tolerated Turkish rule.
  • "An Article about Syrian Women Peddlers in the U.S." 
    Hajj, Yusuf (Kawkab America, 1893-09-01)
    Agony and shame are expressed at the alleged bad behavior of Syrian women peddlers.
  • The Assimilation of the American Arab Community in Greater Washington 
    Childe, Cromwell (New York Times, 1899-08-20)
    Attempts to take the "romance" out of accounts about Little Syria, especially the lower Washington Street section. States that only the poor live there whereas rich Syrians/Arabs do business in Little Syria by day and get ...
  • "The Black Soldier" 
    Unknown author (Al-Hoda, 1918-04-20)
    This translated essay is in praise of the Black soldier, especially the fighting by Blacks in various wars, beginning with the American Civil War, and including WWI.
  • "The Boy and the Girl in the Syrian Family" 
    Karam, Afifa (Al-Aalam al-jadid al-nisa'iah, 1913-08)
    Argues that the different treatment of boys and girls in the Syrian/Arab family ends up hurting the boy and helping the girl. Recommends treating both equally and bringing them up properly.
  • "The Brooklyn Parish as It Is Today" 
    Unknown author (Al-Kalimah, 1907-03-01)
    Useful listing of the various Syrian Orthodox churches in the Brooklyn parish, their locations and the serving priests, as well as information about them.
  • "The Call to go into Farming" 
    Rustum, Mikhail As'ad (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1912-08-21)
    In an article and a poem, the writer approves of and supports the call for Arab Americans to go into farming as the trade that is more respectable and especially more profitable than peddling.
  • "The Causes of Our Backwardness" 
    Rustum, As'ad (Al-Hoda, 1904-11-12)
    A poem that attributes Arab-American backwardness to sectarianism and the greed and despotism of the clergy.
  • The Century: Its Fruits and Its Festival 
    Bruce, Edward C. (Lipincott & Co., 1877)
    This history and description of the Centennial Exhibition has very brief reference to the Egyptian exhibit
  • Certain Reports of Immigrant Inspector Marcus Braun. 
    U.S. Congress, House of Representatives (1906)
    After a trip to Europe and the Middle East, Inspector Braun describes the conditions under which emigrants from Greater Syria to the U.S. operate.
  • "The Chicago Fair" 
    Unknown author (Al-Hilal, 1893-10-15)
    Relates that many of the "Syrians" and Egyptians who went to the Columbian fair for trade lost a great deal of money because attendance was low. [However, that was prior to the sensational dance du ventre introduced by ...
  • "The Chicago Fair" 
    Unknown author (Al-Hilal, 1893-10-15)
    Relates that many of the "Syrians" and Egyptians who went to the Columbian fair for trade lost a great deal of money because attendance was low. [However, that was prior to the sensational dance du ventre introduced by ...
  • "Choosing a Wife" 
    Tannous, Victoria (Al-Akhlaq, 1920-09)
    Argues that the old Arab adage, "Marriage is one-third luck, two-thirds appointment," no longer holds. The man should use his eyes, heart and head in selecting his bride.
  • "Concerning the [Proposed] Druze Society" 
    Masri, Faris Mansour (Al-Bayan, 1911-02-28)
    Suggests establishing a Druze Society in the U.S.
  • "Correspondence" 
    Abdou, Nagib Tannous (Kawkab America, 1893-03-31)
    Essay on advantages and disadvantages of Syrian/Arab emigration. Advantages: Collect a fortune; learn English; tourism; experience dichotomy between East and West. Disadvantages: Death of many emigrants; failure for some; ...
  • "A Critique of Amin Rihani's al-muhalafa al-thulathiyah" 
    Maloof, Jamil (Al-Hoda, 1904-04-18)
    A former editor of Al-Ayyam praises Rihani for his courage and states that, if he had written the book 20-30 years earlier, one of the patriarchs literally would have cut him to pieces.

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