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Browsing Digitized Materials from Michael W. Suleiman Collection by Subject "Arab Americans"

Browsing Digitized Materials from Michael W. Suleiman Collection by Subject "Arab Americans"

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  • Al-Ayam's Treasury of Great Personalities 
    Maloof, Joseph N. (Al-Ayam Press, 1899)
    Includes a section on Arab immigration, the Arab American community, its socio-economic conditions and press. Pictures.
  • "Al-Muqtataf and Al-Jami'ah's Call to Engage in Farming" 
    Antun, Farah (Al-Jami'ah, 1908)
    Concludes that for Arabs in the U.S., it is more beneficial to stay and farm than to return home. Farming is favored over peddling, which becomes a source of shame and embarrassment.
  • Diwan Rustum 
    Rustum, As'ad (Al-Matba'a al-Adabiyya, 1908)
    Contains many poems about Arabs in America and life in the United States by the author, who immigrated in 1892.
  • "Emigration" 
    Atallah, Iskander (Al-Kalimah, 1909-09-15)
    States that, out of two million "Syrians," half a million emigrated to North and South America. Not being used to freedom, some of them turned it into license (some even committing bigamy) to the embarrassment and shame ...
  • "The Future of Syrians in America" 
    Unknown author (Al-Hilal, 1901-01-01)
    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, ...
  • "The Syrians in America" 
    Zakham, Yusuf Jirjis (Al-Muqtataf, 1905-11-01)
    Well-informed and well-organized summary of conditions of Syrians/Arabs in U.S. in early twentieth century, including numbers, occupations, causes and advantages of immigration, and Arab prospects in the U.S.
  • "Worrying Conversation" 
    Arida, Nasib (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1914-06-08)
    A visitor to New York from Syria finds that the Arabs in the U.S. still are attached to the old homeland and not very advanced.

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