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

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"American Citizenship"

Nakad, Khattar Yusuf (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1914-05-14)

Argues against panic in the wake of denial of citizenship to George Dow, in South Carolina, based on argument that Syrians were not white. Calls for petitioning Congress on the issue.
"American Naturalization and the Rights of Man"

Shumayyel, Shibli (Fatat al-Shara, 1909-12)

Author criticizes the head of the Naturalization Council in the U.S. as unrepresentative of Americans as a whole when he denied "Syrians" the right to American citizenship. He calls for changing the statute on which the ...
"Says Syrians are Citizens"

Unknown author (Los Angeles Herald, 1909-11-05)

On 4 Nov. 1909, Judge George H. Hutton of the Los Angeles County Superior court held that Syrians were eligible for U.S. citizenship and that, therefore, George Shesheim was qualified to be a U.S. citizen.
"The Syrians and American Citizenship: A Sociological Study"

Unknown author (Al-Hilal, 1904-10-01)

Argues that Syrians/Arabs in the Americas should not feel guilty or unpatriotic (to the Ottoman state) for taking up American citizenship and settling permanently there.
"The Syrians and the Yellow Race"

Unknown author (Al-Hilal, 1909-12-01)

Argues that Syrians/Arabs in the Americas should not feel guilty or unpatriotic (to the Ottoman state) for taking up American citizenship and settling permanently there.

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