Community of Many Worlds : Arab Americans in New York City

by Benson, Kathleen; Museum, Ny; Kayal, Philip M.; Museum of the City of New York

• ISBN13: 9780815607397
• ISBN10: 0815607393
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

The Museum of the City of New York

A timely look at New York City's Arab communities from a variety of topics anti viewpoints.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xxi
Early Arab Immigration to New York
New York: The Mother Colony	p. 3
The Syrian-Lebanese Community of South Ferry from Its Origin to 1977	p. 11
Impressions of New York City by Early Arab Immigrants	p. 28
Rare Sights: Images of Early Arab Immigration to New York City	p. 46
My Mother's Zither	p. 54
Cultural Traditions of Early Arab Immigrants to New York	p. 74
Being Arab American in New York: A Personal Story	p. 83
So, Who Are We? Who Am I?	p. 90
Arab New Yorkers in the Late Twentieth Century
Inventing and Re-inventing the Arab American Identity	p. 109
The Changing Arab New York Community	p. 124
Arab Families in New York Public Schools	p. 140
The Syrian Jews of Brooklyn	p. 156
NY-MASJID: The Mosques of New York	p. 170
Arab Americans: Their Arts and New York City, 1970-2000	p. 178
Hollywood's Muslim Arabs	p. 191
Lebanese Women: The Beirut-New York Connection	p. 213
Being Arab American in New York: A Personal Story	p. 226
Afterword	p. 237
Notes	p. 243
Glossary	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 269
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