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Title:

A community of many worlds : Arab Americans in New York City / Museum of the City of New York ; edited by Kathleen Benson and Philip M. Kayal.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,
Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xxviii, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Arab Americans--New York--New York--History--Congresses.
Arab Americans--New York--New York--Social conditions--Congresses.
Immigrants--New York--New York--History.--Congresses.
Immigrants--New York--New York--Social conditions.--Congresses.
Arab countries--History--History--Congresses.
New York (N.Y.)--History.--History.--Congresses.
New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Benson, Kathleen.
Kayal, Philip M., 1943-
Museum of the City of New York.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at conference initiating the project "A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City" organized by the Museum of the City of New York. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Early Arab immigration to New York. New York: the mother colony / Alixa Naff ; The Syrian-Lebanese community of South Ferry from its origin to 1977 / Mary Ann Haick DiNapoli ; Impressions of New York City by early Arab immigrants / Michael W. Suleiman ; Rare sights: images of early Arab immigration to New York City / Jonathan Friedlander ; My mother's zither / Gregory Orfalea ; Cultural traditions of early Arab immigrants to New York / Stanley Rashid ; Being Arab American in New York: a personal story / Peter J. Awn ; So, who are we? Who am I? / Philip M. Kayal -- Pt. 2. Arab New Yorkers in the late twentieth century. Inventing and re-inventing the Arab American identity / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad ; The changing Arab New York community / Louis Abdellatif Cristillo and Lorraine C. Minnite ; Arab families in New York public schools / Paula Hajar ; The Syrian Jews of Brooklyn / Walter P. Zenner ; NY-MASJID: the mosques of New York / Jerrilynn Dodds ; Arab Americans: their arts and New York City, 1970-2000 / Inea Bushnaq ; Hollywoood's Muslim Arabs / Jack G. Shaheen ; Lebanese women: the Beirut-New York connection / Evelyn Shakir ; Being Arab American in New York: a personal story / Abdeen Jabara.

ISBN:

9780815607397 (cl. : alk. paper)
0815607393 (cl. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49415875

LCCN:

2002004312

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)