A photograph of Mitchell G. and Trudy Rabil with Lebanese-American entertainer and philanthropist Danny Thomas. The photograph was taken at the fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in New York City.
A photograph of Trudy and Mitchell Rabil at a New York fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, which was founded by Lebanese-American entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962.
Shikrallah Farris' official identification card, issued at the American Consulate at Beirut, Syria (modern-day Lebanon) upon his immigration to the United States.
From Trey Matthews: "Passport Application for George Joseph Safy dated 6 Aug 1904. Birth date listed as 4 Jan 1877 in Syria. Year of arrival listed as 1894. Witnessed by Salim B. Nofal."
Caption from Trey Matthews: "Passenger list for the S.S. Majestic, departing Chergourg, [sic] France, arriving in New York 21 Aug 1907. Listed are George and Soosan (Susie) Safy."
Francis Mansour Zayek was the first Maronite bishop to serve outside of the Middle East, heading the Maronite Apostolic Exarchate in Brazil between 1962-1966. In 1966, Pope Paul IV transferred him to Detroit, MI, to head the Exarchate in the United…
The History of the United States and the History of Syrian Emigration by Basil M. Kherbawi. Though split into two files here for readers' convenience, the two were published as one volume, in Arabic for immigrant readers, in 1913. Kherbawi was the…
Volume 1, No. 1 of كوكب أمريكا, Kawkab Amirka. English articles include: an introduction to the publication's goals; an article praising Ottoman Empire Sultan Abdul-Hamid Khan; a description of violence and prejudice against immigrants in the lower…
Articles in English in this issue include the first in a series on Syrian etiquette; an account of the reception given to celebrate Kawkab Amirka's first issue; travel accounts describing the fakirs…
Volume 1, No. 3 of كوكب أمريكا, Kawkab Amirka. Articles in English include a brief profile of Syrians in America; an encounter with Sidi Moulayel-Hassan, sultan of Morocco; a travelogue related by a Syrian travelling by railroad across the American…
Volume 1, No. 4 of كوكب أمريكا, Kawkab Amirka. English articles include: a brief history of the caliphate; a travelogue about visiting with the Rawahla tribe of Bedouins; and an overview of the culture of Islam. Arabic pieces include articles on: …
Volume 1, No. 5 of كوكب أمريكا, Kawkab Amirka. Articles in English include: the conclusion of a piece on cultural progress in Islam; reporting on an anti-Semitic "riot," or pogrom, in the Polish city of Lodz; a profile of a Bedouin tribe; reports of…
Volume 1, No. 7 of كوكب أمريكا, Kawkab Amirka. Articles in English in this edition include: an account of the first recorded complete Buddhist funeral in the United States; a continuation of the travelogue profile of a Bedouin tribe; a continuation…
Volume 1, No. 8 of كوكب أمريكا, Kawkab Amirka. Articles in English include: a profile of a Korean magazine, the "Korean Repository;" a continuation of a travelogue describing a visit to a Bedouin tribe; a description of a Persian harem, with…
Volume 1, No. 9 of كوكب أمريكا, Kawkab Amirka. Articles in English include: an account of Cardinal Lavigerie's lifelong efforts to document and combat slavery in Africa and a description of the various pirates working from and around the…
Volume 1, No. 10 of كوكب أمريكا, Kawkab Amirka. Articles in English include: a report of the death of Emin Pacha, aka Isaak Eduoard Schnitzer, a German-Jewish naturalist, explorer, and governor of Equatoria; a description of the replacement of…
