Photographs]]> Photos]]> Portraits]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1920s c.]]> Arabic]]> English]]> Photographs]]> Photos]]> Portraits]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1920s c.]]> Arabic]]> English]]> Photographs]]> Letter writing, Arabic]]> Correspondence]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1926]]> English]]> Postcards]]> Correspondence]]> Photographs]]> Portrait photography]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1929-06-28]]> Arabic]]> English]]> Postcards]]> Correspondence]]> Photographs]]> Portrait photography]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1929-06-28]]> Arabic]]> English]]> Photographs]]> Photos]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1944-02]]> English]]> Writing--History]]> Kail Ellis]]> Kail Ellis]]> 2000s c.]]> English]]> Letter writing, Arabic]]> Correspondence]]> Zakia Sukarye]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1920s c.]]> Arabic]]> Letter writing, Arabic]]> Correspondence]]> Zakia Sukarye]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1926-08-27]]> Arabic]]> Letter writing, Arabic]]> Correspondence]]> Zakia Sukarye]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1926-10-22]]> Arabic]]> Letter writing, Arabic]]> Correspondence]]> Zakia Sukarye]]> Kail Ellis]]> 1928-06-04]]> Arabic]]> Letter writing]]> Genealogical correspondence]]> Claudette Haddad]]> Kail Ellis]]> 2000-01-31]]> English]]> Email]]> Genealogical correspondence]]> Kail Ellis]]> Kail Ellis]]> 2001-02-04]]> English]]> Lebanese Americans--United States]]> Lebanese Americans--United States--Publications]]> Al-Hoda [Guidance]; the second half of the text contains material presented at a similar celebration several months later in Mexico City. Al-Hoda, one of the earliest Arabic-language Lebanese-American newspapers,was founded by Naoum A. Mokarzel (1864-1932), who also headed a publishing press under the same name.

Edited by Yaqub Rouphail, who served as editor of al-Akhlaq [Manners] magazine, the text contains contributions by many notable Arab-Americans including:  Khalil Gibran, Mikhail Nu’aymeh, Nadrah Haddad, and the feminist writer Afifa Karam. The pieces predominantly consist of celebrations of Naoum Mokarzel, the publishing press, and the numerous cultural and professional accomplishments achieved by the Lebanese-American community in just 35 years.]]>
Yaqub Rouphail, editor]]> Al-Hoda Press]]> Helen Samhan]]> 1923]]> Arabic]]>