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Browsing Digitized Materials from Michael W. Suleiman Collection by Issue Date

Browsing Digitized Materials from Michael W. Suleiman Collection by Issue Date

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  • "The Syrian in the Election" 
    Tannous, George Habib (Al-Hoda, 1901-11-09)
    Expresses pride in Lahhoud Karam for his involvement in Democratic Party politics in Louisville, KY.
  • "A Letter about Maronite Priests" 
    Salibi, Amin (Al-Hoda, 1902-02-12)
    Complains about the large number and dishonesty of Maronite priests who come to the U.S. to collect funds for allegedly worthy church or civic causes. Suggests forming a committee to limit, supervise and monitor such activity.
  • "Syrians Settling Here Make Asiatic Quarter" 
    Unknown author (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1902-11-02)
    Generally positive picture of wealthier Syrians/Arabs moving into Brooklyn and rapidly Americanizing. Women are praised for hard work in peddling.
  • "The Syrian Women and the Kashshi" 
    Batruni, Yusuf al-Za'ni (1903)
    Writer attributes much of Syrian tribulations and "shame" to women peddlers. He also condemns the lazy husbands who send their wives and daughters peddling, proposing a "law" to prevent such activity. Writer claims that ...
  • Annual Report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1903 
    U.S. Congress, House of Representatives (Government Printing Office, 1903)
    Much statistical information about immigration (to and from) the United States by Syrians/Arabs and those from Turkey or Turkey-in-Asia.
  • "The American's Distrust of the Immigrant" 
    McLaughlin, A.J. (Popular Science Monthly, 1903-01)
    Argues that most desirable immigrants for U.S. are unskilled laborers and those between the ages of 15 and 45. Based on these criteria, Syrians/Arabs rank low. Also, they are rated less desirable because of their relatively ...
  • "Pity the [Syrian/Arab] Immigrant" 
    Abdou, Nagib Tannous (Al-Hoda, 1903-02-13)
    Two part article briefly spells out the causes of Syrian/Arab emigration, the trials and tribulations of travel, the corruption of brokers, and life in America for the new immigrant.
  • "A People from the East" 
    Duncan, Norman (Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1903-03)
    Paints the Syrians/Arabs as a simple people, hard-working and not harmful to others, even though they are viewed with suspicion and fear by some Americans. They are presented as all Christian and as opponents of the Ottoman ...
  • "Freedom and Its Interpretations" 
    Abdou, Nagib Tannous (Al-Hoda, 1903-04-29)
    Freedom is distinguished from license, which leads people to go beyond modesty and what is socially acceptable--as some Syrian/Arab men and women in the U.S. do.
  • "The Progress of Syrians in the Mahjar" 
    Qamar, Sulayman (Al-Hoda, 1903-05-05)
    Argues that one primary cause for the lack of progress of Syrians in America is absence of social interaction with Americans. Also, for peddlers, lack of self-confidence makes them believe that Americans will not hire ...
  • "A Letter about Women Peddlers and the Kashshi" 
    Salibi, Amin (Al-Hoda, 1903-07-18)
    In response to suggestions for making female peddling illegal, author reports the views of two "Syrian" women peddlers who argue that peddling has not scandalized Syrians but rather made them rich, and that women peddle ...
  • "Victims of the Turk Finding Homes Here" 
    Unknown author (New-York Tribune, 1903-10-11)
    Details the daily life and trade of Arab men and women in the New York City area, their peddling, shops, and factories. Arab population is estimated at six thousand in New York City, and an additional forty thousand in ...
  • "Arabic Newspapers in the World" 
    Unknown author (Al-Hilal, 1903-10-15)
    Includes a list of Arabic newspapers published in the U.S.
  • The Government's Importation of Camels: A Historical Sketch 
    Carroll, Charles C. (Government Printing Office, 1904)
    Importation and treatment of the camels are detailed carefully and named individually (p. 401). The imported cameleers are hardly mentioned except as numbers: "six Arabs," "a Turk" (p. 399), "One of the Arabs" (p. 400). ...
  • Louisiana and the Fair: An Exposition of the World, Its People and Their Achievements 
    Buel, J.W. (World's Progress Publishing Co., 1904)
    This 10 volume survey of the exposition and its people has a brief section on the Egyptian exhibit in chapter 10.
  • "Immigration and the Public Health" 
    McLaughlin, Allan (Popular Science Monthly, 1904-01)
    States that there is some truth to the notion that immigrants constitute a menace to U.S. public health. Among immigrants with high levels of disease (especially trachoma) are Syrians/Arabs. This danger is increased if ...
  • "The Scrapbook of Ideas" 
    Rihani, Ameen (Al-Hoda, 1904-03)
    In a series of articles, Rihani distances himself from the clergy; declares that he searches in his own soul for divinity; prefers the roads less traveled; and wishes liberty/freedom would be transported from U.S. to the East.
  • "A Critique of Amin Rihani's al-muhalafa al-thulathiyah" 
    Maloof, Jamil (Al-Hoda, 1904-04-18)
    A former editor of Al-Ayyam praises Rihani for his courage and states that, if he had written the book 20-30 years earlier, one of the patriarchs literally would have cut him to pieces.
  • "Women in General and Eastern Women in Particular" 
    Assaf, Khalil (Al-Hoda, 1904-07)
    Author rails against Syrian/Arab-American men forcing women to peddle, even at the risk of shame and indecency -- all for the welfare and comfort of men.
  • "What is Freedom?" 
    Karam, Afifa (Al-Hoda, 1904-07-02)
    Argues that there is a difference between freedom and license. Freedom means that a man allows his wife to do all she is capable of in a virtuous manner.

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