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  • Unknown author (Al-Ayyam, 1898-03-03)
    Notes increase in emigration from "Syria" and encourages Syrian/Arab immigrants to move beyond their two trades (store owners or peddlers) if they are to succeed.
  • Unknown author (Government Printing Office, 1911)
    Under "Races or Peoples" are entries for "Arabian," "Mongolian, Mongol, Mongolic, Mongoloid, Asiatic, or Yellow Race," "Syrian," and "Turkish." Arabians are Semites, Syrians are "Christians and Aryans, not Semites" p. 217, ...
  • Rihbany, Abraham Mitrie (American Unitarian Association, 1910)
    For Unitarians, Jesus provides a good example of a "leader" to follow, not a savior in the traditional Christian sense.
  • Antun, Elias (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1915-04-02)
    In the dispute over whether to stay under the Russian Orthodox church or to follow the Antiochian Church, the writer (and the newspaper?) favors the Russian Church and claims that it has been most generous to the Orthodox ...
  • 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.
  • Jessup, Henry Harris (Fleming H. Revell Co., 1910)
    Brief references to Syrian/Arab emigration to the United States.
  • 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 ...
  • Roberts, Peter (Association Press, 1912)
    Includes a brief section on "Syrians," who supposedly spoke "Syriac."
  • Sam'an, Khalil (Al-Hoda, 1898-05-03)
    A poem depicting the life and the peddling trade of Syrians/Arabs.
  • Putnam, F. W. (Thomson Publishing Co., 1894)
    Includes pictures of Arabs from Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Egypt, etc. who were at the 1893 Columbian World Fair in Chicago.
  • Ajami, Tawfiq (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1915-04-19)
    The writer argues that "Syrians," despite their claims of patriotism, have not helped "Syria." They did, however, rush to provide financial help and to volunteer in the American army in the war against Mexico.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pool, D. de Sola (American Jewish Committee, 1913)
    Discusses Jewish immigrants from Turkey and te Levant, their numbers and settlement in the United States.
  • Raphael, J.G. (Al-Akhlaq, 1921-07)
    Raphael praises an article of the same title by Victoria Tannous, but criticizes the fact that religion hardly was touched upon. He then relates a sad story of the forced separation of a Christian woman and a Muslim man ...
  • Basila, Mary (Al-Jami'ah, 1908-06-20)
    Details the Society's activities, including helping to get Syrians/Arabs out of Ellis Island and financially supporting Arab school children.
  • Maloof, Asber Qatini (Al-Ayyam, 1898-06-25)
    In this complete series of articles, the writer states unequivocally that Syrian/Arab immigrants to America came for economic gain. Some, however, were bad characters in the old homeland and now constitute the depraved, ...
  • Unknown author (Al-Ayyam, 1899-06-29)
    Representatives of "Young Syria" toured the U.S. to recruit members and to arouse anger at Ottoman despotism in Syria.
  • 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, ...
  • Rustum, As'ad (Al-Hoda, 1904-11-24)
    A poem in praise of Afifa Karam.

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