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  • "The American's Distrust of the Immigrant" 
    McLaughlin, A.J. (Popular Science Monthly, 1903-01)
    Argues that most desirable immigrants for U.S. are unskilled laborers and those between the ages of 15 and 45. Based on these criteria, Syrians/Arabs rank low. Also, they are rated less desirable because of their relatively ...
  • "The Americanized Syrian Girl" 
    Azkul, Mikhail (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1915-07-29)
    Cautions Syrian/Arab girls against abandoning the wonderful qualities and conservative behavior of Syrians/Arabs. If they are to become Americanized, they should follow the example of the better-class American girl -- who ...
  • "Andromak" 
    Unknown author (Al-Mushir, 1896-04-18)
    Reports that, on 14 March 1896, members of the "Syrian Youth Society" in New York performed the play "Andromak," which had a large audience of "Syrians" and Americans.
  • Annual Report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1903 
    U.S. Congress, House of Representatives (Government Printing Office, 1903)
    Much statistical information about immigration (to and from) the United States by Syrians/Arabs and those from Turkey or Turkey-in-Asia.
  • "Answers to Questions from Samuel Barbay" 
    Mubarak, Yohanna Jirjis (Al-Hoda, 1904-12-08)
    Reports that there were 88 Syrians in Fond du Lac, WI, most of them working in factories, except for six peddlers and one shoe repairman. The city also had three hand-written newspapers.
  • "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 ...

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