Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigrant CommunityUniversity of Texas Press, 2010 M01 1 - 304 páginas As Arab Americans seek to claim their communal identity and rightful place in American society at a time of heightened tension between the United States and the Middle East, an understanding look back at more than one hundred years of the Arab-American community is especially timely. In this book, Elizabeth Boosahda, a third-generation Arab American, draws on over two hundred personal interviews, as well as photographs and historical documents that are contemporaneous with the first generation of Arab Americans (Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians), both Christians and Muslims, who immigrated to the Americas between 1880 and 1915, and their descendants. Boosahda focuses on the Arab-American community in Worcester, Massachusetts, a major northeastern center for Arab immigration, and Worcester's links to and similarities with Arab-American communities throughout North and South America. Using the voices of Arab immigrants and their families, she explores their entire experience, from emigration at the turn of the twentieth century to the present-day lives of their descendants. This rich documentation sheds light on many aspects of Arab-American life, including the Arab entrepreneurial motivation and success, family life, education, religious and community organizations, and the role of women in initiating immigration and the economic success they achieved. |
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... president on National Arab - American Day , 1989,10 paid tribute to Arabs for their many contribu- tions to Western civilization as well as to the many ways Arab Americans continue to use their talents to enrich life in America and add ...
... president was elected . In 1943 Lebanon gained independence from France ; in 1946 the French forces evacuated Lebanon and the Republic of Lebanon was established in its first year of complete freedom from foreign occupation . However ...
... President Theodore Roosevelt interceded on be- half of a Syrian family , the Namers . In his Autobiography of Seventy Years 9 Senator Hoar described the incident , its sequel , and the visit to his son's office by Yusuf Hannah . The ...
... President Roosevelt : To the President , White House , Washington , D.C. I appeal to your clear understanding and kind and brave heart to interpose your authority to prevent an outrage which will dishonour the country and create a foul ...
... President came to Worcester [ 1902 ] he expressed a desire to see the children . They came to meet him at my house , dressed up in their best and glorious to behold . The President was very much interested in them ... The result of this ...
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MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIRELIGIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS | 49 |
WORK | 65 |
TRADITION EDUCATION AND CULTURE | 91 |
AMERICANIZATION | 131 |
LEGACY AND LINKAGE | 171 |
PrivateSector Organizations | 197 |
Eastern Orthodox Syrian Church | 211 |
Notes | 222 |
Bibliography | 244 |
Illustration Credits | 248 |
Annotated Suggested Reading | 249 |
Organizations Collections and Exhibits | 260 |
Author Biography | 267 |
Index of Arabic Terms | 268 |
B Young Mahiethett Society 1916 | 200 |
The Middle East and the Arab World after World War II | 204 |
Expanded Kinship in One Family | 207 |
General Index | 270 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigrant Community Elizabeth Boosahda Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigrant Community Elizabeth Boosahda Vista de fragmentos - 2003 |