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Browsing Arab American National Museum by Issue Date

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  • "From the Deathbed" 
    Yaziji, Najib (Al-Sa'ih, 1913-02-13)
    An attack on "Americanized" Syrian/Arab women who are too free and make life miserable for their husbands. Calls on Arab men to return to the old country for potential wives.
  • "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 Boy and the Girl in the Syrian Family" 
    Karam, Afifa (Al-Aalam al-jadid al-nisa'iah, 1913-08)
    Argues that the different treatment of boys and girls in the Syrian/Arab family ends up hurting the boy and helping the girl. Recommends treating both equally and bringing them up properly.
  • "The Rights of Women in Society" 
    Ibn Dawud (Al-Sa'ih, 1913-08-25)
    Argues that society's progress is dependent on the education of women and the attainment of their rights. States that Syrian/Arab women are still under the authority of their menfolk and should become equal to men -- but ...
  • "Why I Left My Husband" 
    Mufarrij, Tawfiq (Al-Hilal, 1914)
    Story of a Lebanese woman who left her gambling/drunkard of a husband and two children and immigrated to the U.S. to get a new start in life. Writer approves, tells her to defy society and tell her story openly, and he ...
  • "Emigration of the Druze Woman" 
    Unknown author (Al-Bayan, 1914)
    Open forum where readers expressed their views for and against the immigration of Druze women to the U.S.
  • The Lesser Immigrant Groups in America 
    Ross, Edward Alsworth (Century Magazine, 1914)
    Brief report on Levantines.
  • "Emigration and Improvement" 
    Yaziji, Iskander (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1914-01-17)
    Discusses the causes of Syrian/Arab emigration, the social, educational, and political status of Arab Americans, and the potential for improvement which immigration has provided in all areas of Arab life.
  • Ex parte Dow 
    Unknown author (District Court, E.D. South Carolina, 1914-02-18)
    Court decides "Syrians" are not white, based on common knowledge.
  • In re Dow 
    Unknown author (District Court, E.D. South Carolina, 1914-04-15)
    Court decides "Syrians" are not white, based on common knowledge and Congressional intent.
  • "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.
  • "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.
  • "Are the Syrians Arabs?" 
    Ajami, Tawfiq (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1914-12-04)
    The writer states that Syrians are not worthy of claiming that they are Arabs since they have not acted like the proud, self-respecting Arabs who would not have tolerated Turkish rule.
  • "Arab Women and Turkish Women" 
    Muhaysin, Mohammed (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1915-01-12)
    Finds Turkish women more liberated than Arab, especially Muslim, women. The New World magazine, the Arabic-speaking magazine, established in U.S. by Afifa Karam is good -- but has hardly any signed articles, other than ...
  • "A Just Word" 
    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 ...
  • Which Side [Are We On]? 
    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.
  • "Who Deserves to Be the Bishop of Brooklyn?" 
    Saab, Niqula Selim (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1915-05-21)
    Argues that Archimandrite Aftimios Ofiesh is both qualified and most deserving to be the bishop of Brooklyn to succeed the deceased Raphael Hawaweeny.
  • "The Americanized Syrian Girl" 
    Azkul, Mikhail (Meraat-ul-Gharb, 1915-07-29)
    Cautions Syrian/Arab girls against abandoning the wonderful qualities and conservative behavior of Syrians/Arabs. If they are to become Americanized, they should follow the example of the better-class American girl -- who ...
  • Dow v. United States 
    Unknown author (Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1915-09-14)
    Court decides "Syrians" are white, based on scientific evidence, Congressional intent and legal precedent.
  • "The Syrian Woman" 
    Arida, Mary (Al-Sa'ih, 1916-01-06)
    Details the great qualities of the Syrian/Arab woman in America, as well as the bad treatment she receives from her male relatives and associates. Asks how long traditional values are to be maintained. Picture.

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