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Browsing Digitized Materials from Michael W. Suleiman Collection by Title

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  • "Mahjar Girls" 
    Mitraj, Mahasin (Al-Sa'ih, 1919-01-16)
    Enumerates some of the Syrian/Arab women's societies which, in fact, show the goodness and advancement of Syrian/Arab-American women. These are mainly societies to help others, mostly their countrywomen and their former homeland.
  • "Marriage" 
    Karam, Afifa (Al-Aalam al-jadid al-nisa'iah, 1913-03)
    States that, among immigrant Arabs in the Mahjar, less than 5% of married people are happy. The reason is that not enough time and effort are spent searching for and getting to know the right partner. Men, with wealth ...
  • "The Meaning" 
    Sam'an, Khalil (Al-Hoda, 1898-05-03)
    A poem depicting the life and the peddling trade of Syrians/Arabs.
  • "My Mother-in-Law" 
    Tannous, Victoria (Al-Akhlaq, 1921-01)
    Provides advice to both the mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law as to how to have a happy home, suggests that the husband is the key to harmony, and advises parents to save for old age so as not to depend on their children.
  • "My Story in about Twenty Lines" 
    Adhem, Barakat Tannous (Al-Sa'ih, 1918-01-29)
    A satirical (but realistic) account of a "Syrian" who comes to New York, peddles, then opens a store, then a big business. Having succeeded financially, he wants recognition among the educated and uses his wealth to become ...
  • "My Syrian Neighbor Tells Me Stories" 
    Jenness, Mary (The Survey, 1921-10-29)
    A series of Arab folktales told to the author by a Syrian/Arab immigrant neighbor. In the process, as introductory remarks, the author paints a sympathetic picture of Arabs.
  • "My Word and Hers" 
    Antoun, Jamileh (Al-Sa'ih, 1916-03-16)
    In response to an article by Mary Arida, Antoun praises the traditional values and qualities of Arab women. Women should obey their husbands, remain loyal (even when men stray), and protect their honor.
  • "New Customs for a New Age" 
    Tannous, Victoria (Al-Akhlaq, 1922-04)
    Relates several new marriage ceremonies practiced by some Americans, e.g. getting married on a plane or under water or by a civil judge. Then declares her satisfaction that Syrian/Arab women have stayed away from such practices.
  • "New-York's Syrian Colony" 
    Unknown author (New-York Tribune, 1898-03-13)
    Details the religious communities among Syrians/Arabs in New York: 35% Greek Orthodox, 30% Maronite, 25% Greek Catholic, 10% drifted away to Protestant churches. Mentions religious clergy, including Raphael Hawawiny ...
  • "Newspapers and the Syrian Community" 
    Unknown author (Al-Ayyam, 1900-05-07)
    Criticizes the Arabic newspapers in the U.S. (of which at the time there were 8) for reckless and personal attacks on each other.
  • "Notes on the Language and Folk-Usage of the Rio Grande Valley" 
    Bourke, John G. (Journal of American Folk-Lore, 1896)
    Author, who was then president of the American Folk-Lore Society, states that enough "Moorish blood was included in the Caucasian migration to New Spain" to make it of "considerable importance" (p. 82). He then details ...
  • "Observations" 
    Tabshi, Mary (Al-Hoda, 1904-11-11)
    Discusses the benefits of education for Syrian women.
  • One Hundred Years a Republic 
    Cohen, David Solis; Sommer, H.B. (Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876)
    A humorous account of the Centennial Exposition, with references to Arab and Muslim participants.
  • "An Open Letter" 
    Unknown author (Al-Wafa, 1907-10-04)
    An Arab-American bachelor details the quandary he faces, namely whether to marry an American girl, or an Arab girl who expects a rich husband, or to return to "Syria" to get a wife.
  • "Our 'Arab Colony'" 
    Unknown author (Harper's Weekly, 1890-10-25)
    This article takes a look at the "Arab colony" on New York City's westside, along Greenwich and Washington streets. The article provides physical descriptors of the colony's residents and their perspective on Arab culture ...
  • Our Foreigners: A Chronicle of Americans in the Making 
    Orth, Samuel P. (Yale University Press, 1920)
    An account of different immigrant groups in the U.S. Brief mention of Arabs, Syrians.
  • "Our Nationals in America" 
    Unknown author (Al-Mushir, 1896-06-20)
    Reports, with approval, the formation, and details the purposes, of the Syrian Christian Youth Society.
  • "Our Needs in Our Land of Immigration" 
    Dammous, Shibel Nassif (Al-Ayyam, 1898-04-08)
    Shows pride in educated Syrian/Arab women, like Mary Aziz, who writes for the newspapers, and endorses her call for parents to relieve their daughters from constant employment, and to give them some personal freedom which ...
  • "Our Social Life [in America]" 
    Arida, Raphael (Al-Sa'ih, 1921)
    Views of Arida presented in an interview: Syrian merchants seem to devote all their time to trade and then talk about it, with no interest in other cultural issues; women's rights are trampled, while equality of sexes is ...
  • "A People from the East" 
    Duncan, Norman (Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1903-03)
    Paints the Syrians/Arabs as a simple people, hard-working and not harmful to others, even though they are viewed with suspicion and fear by some Americans. They are presented as all Christian and as opponents of the Ottoman ...

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