Collection of Arabic Newspaper Clippings

Arabs--United States

Newspapers

Arabic periodicals

Arab American newspapers

Biographical/Historical note

Mahmoud Fayad [Kattar Ferris Fayad or Khnattas Faris Fayad] arrived in the United States on August 30, 1909. He became a United States citizen in 1935, and subscribed to the newspaper Nahdat al-Arab in order to keep up with news from both Lebanon and the Lebanese American community. The periodical was published in Detroit, Michigan starting in 1946 by Said D. Fayad. It was printed in Arabic semi-weekly.

Mahmoud's son, Sam Fayed, found the newspaper clippings among letters from Lebanon dated to the 1960s.

Scope/Content note

The collection includes clippings that Mahmoud Fayad kept that date to the 1950s-1960s. They include literary articles, articles about news in Lebanon and throughout the Middle East, as well as United States news.

Mahmoud Fayad

Sam Fayed

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

1935-1967

Processed by Amanda Forbes, Margie Stevens, Rachel Beth Acker, and Dr. Amin Elias, 2019-2024. Collection Guide created by Laura Lethers, 2024 July.

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.

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