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  • "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 ...
  • "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.
  • "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 ...
  • "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.
  • "The History of Emigration and Its Causes" 
    Unknown author (Al-Zuhur, 1910)
    Good early analysis of causes of Arab immigration to the New World.
  • A History of Cleveland Ohio 
    Orth, Samuel P. (1910)
    Refers to Turkish (most likely Arab) immigration to Cleveland which peaked in 1907. Table.
  • "Why the Leadership of Jesus?" 
    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.
  • Fifty-Three Years in Syria 
    Jessup, Henry Harris (Fleming H. Revell Co., 1910)
    Brief references to Syrian/Arab emigration to the United States.
  • In re Mudarri 
    Unknown author (Circuit Court, D. Massachusetts, 1910-01-08)
    Court decides "Syrians" are white, based on scientific evidence and legal precedent.
  • The Syrian Immigrant 
    Holway, Jamil B. (Al-Hoda Press, 1910-08)
    Very useful information about what the "Syrian" immigrant needs to know about immigration rules and regulations and conditions in U.S. It also provides a sketch of the Syrian/Arab community in U.S., its social and economic ...
  • Reports of the Immigration Commission, Abstracts of Reports of the Immigration Commission 
    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, ...
  • "Concerning the [Proposed] Druze Society" 
    Masri, Faris Mansour (Al-Bayan, 1911-02-28)
    Suggests establishing a Druze Society in the U.S.
  • "Syrians in the United States: Intellectual and Social Status." 
    Houghton, Louise Seymour (Survey, 1911-09-02)
    Covers education for men and women, intellectual life, Arabic newspapers, charitable and social organizations, daily life, moral character, customs, intersectarian relations, and the community's social status. Much and ...
  • "Syrian Commerce" 
    Yaziji, Najib (Al-Sa'ih, 1912)
    Criticizes peddling by women and calls for a ban on this activity. Competition among Arab peddlers has become severe and threatens their livelihood.
  • Immigrant Races in North America 
    Roberts, Peter (Association Press, 1912)
    Includes a brief section on "Syrians," who supposedly spoke "Syriac."
  • "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 Echo of Farming" 
    Assaf, Jalil (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1912-09-25)
    In response to the call for "Syrians" to take up farming and to remain in the U.S., the writer opposes this notion because 1) money and expertise are not available, and 2) the "Syrians" should return to "Syria," their true ...
  • History of the Syrian Emigration to America 
    Kherbawi, Basil M. (Al-Dalil Press, 1913)
    One of the earliest attempts to provide a sketch of "Syrian" emigration and its causes, as well as the size, composition and location of the various Arabic-speaking communities in the U.S. Though there is a near-obsession ...
  • The Levantine Jews in the United States 
    Pool, D. de Sola (American Jewish Committee, 1913)
    Discusses Jewish immigrants from Turkey and te Levant, their numbers and settlement in the United States.
  • "The Syrian Female Emigrant" 
    Farkouh, Badry (Al-Sa'ih, 1913-01-16)
    A poem singing the praises of freedom and equality for women, as experienced by emigrant Syrian/Arab women.

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