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North Carolina Newspapers
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings from Wilmington papers that refer to Syrians that ranges from 1877 to 1942.
Subject
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Clippings
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1877-1942
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Type
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English
Newspaper
A historic or contemporary newspaper, either in full issue or clipping.
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Funeral of A. S. Boufarrah. Dead Syrian Laid to Rest This Afternoon." 1906
Source
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Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
Publisher
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"The News Dispatch"
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
August 1, 1906
Language
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English
Creator
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The News Dispatch
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1900's
Boufarrah
Death
Funerals
Mourning
Newspapers
North Carolina
Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington
Obituaries
St. Thomas Catholic Church Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina
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North Carolina Newspapers
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An account of the resource
This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings from Wilmington papers that refer to Syrians that ranges from 1877 to 1942.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Clippings
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1877-1942
Rights
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Type
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English
Newspaper
A historic or contemporary newspaper, either in full issue or clipping.
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"Waddell Boufarrah, a prominent Syrian Merchant...died Sunday night." 1907
Source
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Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
Publisher
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"The Morning Star"
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
January 15, 1907
Language
A language of the resource
English
Creator
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The Morning Star
Rights
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1900's
Boufarrah
Businesses
Death
Funerals
Merchant
Mourning
Newspapers
Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington
Obituaries
St. Thomas Catholic Church Wilmington
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North Carolina Newspapers
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings from Wilmington papers that refer to Syrians that ranges from 1877 to 1942.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Clippings
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1877-1942
Rights
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Type
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English
Newspaper
A historic or contemporary newspaper, either in full issue or clipping.
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Death Of A Greek. A. Boufarrow Passed Away This Morning." 1906
Source
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Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
Publisher
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"The News Dispatch"
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
July 31, 1906
Language
A language of the resource
English
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The News Dispatch
Rights
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1900's
Boufarrah
Death
Funerals
Greek
Mourning
Newspapers
Newspapers-Wilmington
North Carolina
Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington
Obituaries
St. Thomas Catholic Church Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina
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A name given to the resource
North Carolina Newspapers
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings from Wilmington papers that refer to Syrians that ranges from 1877 to 1942.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Clippings
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1877-1942
Rights
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English
Newspaper
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Library Note for Eyvon Eyash Obituary
Creator
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Wilmington Public Library
Source
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Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
Date
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2006
Language
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English
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
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1930's
2000's
Death
Newspapers
Newspapers-Wilmington
North Carolina
Obituaries
Wilmington, North Carolina
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North Carolina Newspapers
Description
An account of the resource
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Subject
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Clippings
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1877-1942
Rights
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Type
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English
Newspaper
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Title
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Obituary--Mrs. C. B. Redmond, 1941
Source
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Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
Publisher
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"The Morning Star Wilmington"
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
October 3, 1941
Language
A language of the resource
English
Creator
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The Morning Star
Rights
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1940's
Beirut, Lebanon
Death
Funerals
Gideon
Mourning
Newspapers
Newspapers-Wilmington
North Carolina
Obituaries
Wilmington, North Carolina
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North Carolina Newspapers
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings from Wilmington papers that refer to Syrians that ranges from 1877 to 1942.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Clippings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1877-1942
Rights
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Type
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English
Newspaper
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Title
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"Syrian Woman Dies. Mrs. Hikell Gideon..." 1905
Source
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Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
Publisher
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"The Morning Star"
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
November 2, 1905
Language
A language of the resource
English
Creator
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The Morning Star
Rights
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1900's
Death
Funerals
Gideon
Heikel Gideon
Mourning
Newspapers
Newspapers-Wilmington
North Carolina
Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington
Obituaries
St. Thomas Catholic Church Wilmington
Syrian
Wilmington, North Carolina
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North Carolina Newspapers
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Clippings
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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1877-1942
Rights
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Type
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English
Newspaper
A historic or contemporary newspaper, either in full issue or clipping.
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Title
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"Death of An Assyrian...Joseph Michel...died last night..." 1900
Source
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Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
"The News Dispatch"
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
May 16, 1900
Language
A language of the resource
English
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The News Dispatch
Rights
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1900's
Assyrian
Businesses
Death
Joseph Michel
Michel
Mourning
Newspapers
Newspapers-Wilmington
North Carolina
Obituaries
St. Thomas Catholic Church Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina
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North Carolina Newspapers
Description
An account of the resource
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Subject
The topic of the resource
Clippings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1877-1942
Rights
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Type
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English
Newspaper
A historic or contemporary newspaper, either in full issue or clipping.
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"Joseph Michel...died in the City Hospital..." 1900
Source
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Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
"The Morning Star"
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
May 17, 1900
Language
A language of the resource
English
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The Morning Star
Rights
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1900's
Death
Joseph Michel
Michel
Newspapers
Newspapers-Wilmington
North Carolina
Obituaries
Syrian
Wilmington, North Carolina
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Text
-1Business icon passes away
Photos courtesy of Anthony E/-KllOuri
Joseph EI -Khouri WorKS the ca, h register at his department store' in downtown Andrews, EI-Khouri, 87, passed
awav Sunde" He \',as \':eii-K"C'\'. n throughout the Andrews Valley for his generosity and service to the communil': . In :he :n;c: ;}hotog:a;:;r t= :-Khouri poses with his w ife, Roselsaac EI-Khouri.
El-Khouri remembered for generosity, ser-vico-e-to
- comm~ity_ -- -- - - - -- - -- -
I
Ol-JOSEI'H MAKl'l,\1
.
jm.lrtin@myandte\Ysjoomalcom' .
E-hllouri rounded me Lions
C~S .::napret' in Andrews: founded
,,-hat is n;'w the Cherokee County
Food Bank and was known for giv-'
ing shoes away ro children whose
fiunilies couldn'£ affuid ro buy'mem.
He also was instrumental in establishing Holy Redeemer Catholic
Church: .
'
,
El-Khouri came ro me Unit:ed
StattS hom'Ld>anon mOl'C than 60
yeUs ago :ifu:r serviCe in the British
Army, He met his wife, Rose. who
was living in Wilkes-Barre. Pa....and
they married in, 1950.
,
El-Khonri came to Andrews in
t"955, ,~h~e he st:arred Khouri's
Deparrment Srore. El-Khouri was
:in oursidcr in mose days. & was a
'He just·loved'".
Ii. dieac.:ouni:sof211C'>fhis~ice
and contributions ro the rown led
Andrews, and he loved to an award being named for him.
mingling with the local a1h::!rswhyrhecbamber~oserodo
folks. I will miss his
ac;ommunity sc:rvice award.- .
~ Adams, who has been on
positive attitude and - the hoard ofdirecrors for the chamhis wisdom.
."
<:':, ber, knew El-Khouri well «He was
K.-iooY ~ jus< a wonderful ~o\\"', very civic
northern immigrant: and Catholic.
EI-Khouri was said ro be2JDong
the first Catholics in Andrews, bUt:
he quickly made himself at: home.
and the COIIlIl!-unRy would qnbracc
him.
Father Br.mdon Jones, pastor of
Holy Redeemer Catholic CInm:h,
said El-Khouri was'a pioneer for
Catholics in An~ andhis legacy
can still he felt today.
uPeoplc are more welcoming now..
Ccrrainly J~ EbKhouri p1a:yed a
role esrablishinga rel:uionship with
. the communiry; JOI;lCS said.
Margaret: Delum, president: of the
Andrews Chamber of Commerce.
said while'she didn"t know El-Khou-
minded:' He also -was involved with
the mm:hants' asSociation..
Adams said he was a man who
raised a wondclUl £unily and played
a major role makingAnrlrewS whar
it was ar irs height.. -He certainly was·
a worker for the rown. He was a very
kind-hearredp~on.-
'.
Kandy Barnard" 'o fValIeyrown
Reaky. had her first Chrisnnas job
'at El-Khouris stOR.. Sh,e Wt:on::m
article for dte~JoID7l4i about
El-Khouri and reminisced about his
~re.
-MI, Joe fl-Khouri hin:d several
students, somc:.oPwhidt were sales
clerks, bur I waS hired ro Wrap pr~
along with some ofiuy
mrs
Sa ICON, page 2
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deserVes credit for helping
president of the Cherokee
at the Ivie' Funeral Home in
make AnClrews what it was,
County Rural DevelopAndrews.
classmates. I could not
and he want~d to see the
ment Authority, was roads
EI-Khouri is survived
believe I was being paid
tbwn grow. El-l<houri loved commissioner for the N.c:;.
by his wife. Rose Isaac
money to do something I
the tow; and the town
Department ofTrarisporta"
EI-Khouri; five daughters.
absolutely loved to do; she
loved .him.
tion and was awarded the
Theresa EI-Khouri Martin
wrote.
.iHe waS always willing to
Mother Teresa Award by
of Yadkinville. M~riam ElBarnard said EI-Khouri
. help anyone with anything
the Catholic Church arch '
Khouri Gerber of Chapel
continued to volunteer for
diocese of Charlotte for
Hill. Marsha El-Khouri
in town;' Jones said.
the community up until his
80s. .
.
Shiver of Hillsborough. Bar. . EJ~Khouri waS involved . his volunteerism. He also
with the Democratic P.ariy. . wasi~volved with the Boy
baraEI-Khouri of Andrews
"Joe El-Khouri and his
Anthony EI-Khoud said . '. ScOUts, March of Dimes.
and C~thrine EI-Khburi of
family hav~ been a part .
Vice President Hubert
American Red Cross.
. Charlotte; two sons. George
of this community ever
since I can remember;' she
ElcKhouri of Salisbury
Humphrey, who served unAmerican Cancer Society
Joseph EI-Khouri
and AnthonyEl~Khouri of
der President LyndonJohn'- and many.other local. state
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son; insisted on sponsoring
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toward his citizenship.
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statement.
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El-Khouri Family
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An account of the resource
These materials were provided by Marsha El-Khouri Shiver and primarily relate to the life of her father, Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, and his family in Lebanon and in the United States. <br />
<h5>Biography</h5>
Joseph Maroun El-Khouri was born in 1924 in Kour, Batroun, Lebanon and Mariam Thomee Yazbek El-Khouri, one of seven children. His father, Reverend Joseph Michael Maroun El-Khouri was a Maronite priest, and at least one sibling, Sister Victorine El-Khouri, followed his example and joined religious orders. <br /><br />Joseph served as an intelligence agent and interpreter for Great Britain during World War II. In 1949, Joseph travelled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to help settle an uncle’s estate. Initially Joseph had no intention of immigrating permanently to the United States, but soon after he arrived he met and fell in love with Rose Isaac while visiting relatives who lived in the large Lebanese community located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Rose was the daughter of Thanios (Thomas) Isaac and Moura (Nora) Lawandos Isaac, who immigrated to the United States in 1912 and 1914, respectively, and were married in 1917. Thanios Isaac supported his wife and five children by working various laboring jobs, including for the railroad and a local wiremill. Thanios Isaac passed away in 1939. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose married in Rose’s hometown in 1950, and moved to Minneapolis where they operated a grocery store until 1953. Joseph was naturalized in 1954 with the help of his friend Vice President Hubert Humphrey, at the time a Minnesota senator. In 1955, Joseph and Rose moved to Andrews, North Carolina, to be closer to Rose’s sister Bessie Isaac Jabaley, who was living near her husband’s family in Copper Hill, TN. The Jabaley’s helped the growing El-Khouri family establish themselves in their new home by making Joseph the manager of their department store, Jabaley’s, which Joseph purchased and renamed to Khouri’s in 1965. The store remained open until 1989. <br /><br />Joseph quickly established himself as a prominent civic leader in North Carolina. He served on a number of boards and service organizations including: the Andrews Lion Club, Western Carolina University Board of Visitors, Cherokee County United Way, the Andrews Chamber of Commerce, and the Daniel Boone Council of Boy Scouts. Joseph was a devoted Democrat, even serving, with his eldest son George, as an elected delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. In addition to these civic and political accomplishments, Joseph and Rose were pillars of the Catholic community in North Carolina, holding the town’s first Catholic masses in their own home, and donating the land upon which the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was built in Andrews, North Carolina. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose had seven children: George Maron El-Khouri, Theresa El-Khouri Martin, Mariam El-Khouri Gerber, Marsha El-Khouri Shiver, Barbara El-Khouri, Catherine El-Khouri, and Anthony El-Khouri. Joseph passed away on July 22, 2012; at the time of collection acquisition (2012), Rose El-Khouri was still living. Since his passing, Joseph El-Khouri’s contributions to North Carolina have been recognized locally, and his legacy has been carried forth by his children and grandchildren.<br />
<h5>Scope and Content</h5>
The collection consists of photographs, letters, documents, and articles relating to the life of Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, his wife Rose Isaac El-Khouri, and his children. The material details Joseph's career and community contributions as well as providing insight into multiple generations of Lebanese-American family life.<br /><br />The collection also contains photographs and letters relating to Joseph El-Khouri’s relatives in Lebanon, as well as materials from Rose Isaac El-Khouri’s family in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Creator
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Unknown
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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circa 1910-2012
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Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Image
Text
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Immigrants--Lebanese--United States
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English
Arabic
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
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"Business Icon Passes Away"
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Obituaries
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An obituary for Joseph El-Khouri published after his death on July 22, 2012 in the Andrews Journal.
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Joseph Martin
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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circa July 2012
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The Andrews Journal
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English
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2015 04-30
2010s
Andrews, North Carolina
Community Service
El-Khouri
El-Khouri's Department Store
Joseph El-Khouri
Martin
Newspapers
North Carolina
Obituaries
Rose Isaac El-Khouri
The Andrews Journal
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JOSEPH ISAAC
Tuesday, August 31,2004
Page: 6A
August 23, 2004
Devoted husband, mther, and grand1Bther, Mr. Joseph John Isaac, age 75, of McCaysville, Ga., passed
away Monday, August 23, 2004.
Mr. Isaac was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on JW1e 8, 1929, to the late Thomas and Nora Lawandos
Isaac. After graduating high schoo~ Joe rmved to McCaysville where he married 1m wife of 55 years, Reba
Elmlbeth Callihan, on February 12, 1949. He en16ted in the U.S. Army in whi:h he served a total of three
and a half years during World War n and the Korean Co~t He worked as a boi1ennaker for the
Tennessee Copper Company and retired in 1988 after 38 years of service. Joe gave a new ~ to the
word art HE interests included painting, drawing, m:tal and wood work. A huge tan ofUniversity of
Tennessee football, he charted aD of the gatreS, play by play.
Mr. Isaac was preceded in death by 1m parents; 1m brother, Ike Isaac; and his sisters, Bessie Jabaley
and Sarah Thomas.
Swvivors include his wife, Reba Callihan Isaac, ofMcCaysvi11e; chiktren, Johnny & Eve Arp, Gary &
Linda Isaac, aD of Chattanooga, TelUl; Shawna Isaac of Jasper, Ga.; and Scott Isaac of Colorado Springs,
Colo.; sister and brother-in-law, Rose & Joe El-Khomi of Andrews, N.C.; sister-in-law, Anna Mae Isaac;
brother-in-Jaw, William Jabaley both of McCaysville, Ga.; graOOchiktren, Mark Arp, Michael Arp, Michael
Isaac, Richard WeiB, Matthew Wells, Karen Wilson, Mandy Isaac, Malanna Massey, Beth Isaac, Stephen
Isaac, and Paul Isaac; seven great-grandchiktren; nieces, nephews and special mends also survive.
Funeral services were held Thursday, August 26, at 11 a.m at St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Chmch
with Father Paul Hostettler officiating.
Intennent followed in the Epworth First Bapmt Church Cerretery. Pallbearers were Mark Arp, Michael
Arp, Jody Massey, Michael Isaac, Richard Wells, and Matthew Wells. Boi1ennakers Local No. 586 served
as honorary pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St Catherine Laboure Catholic Church at P.O. Box 566
Copperhill, TN 37317, or to the Arrerican Heart Association.
Friends may sign the guest register and send condolences to www.cochranfi.meralhorres.com
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El-Khouri Family
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An account of the resource
These materials were provided by Marsha El-Khouri Shiver and primarily relate to the life of her father, Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, and his family in Lebanon and in the United States. <br />
<h5>Biography</h5>
Joseph Maroun El-Khouri was born in 1924 in Kour, Batroun, Lebanon and Mariam Thomee Yazbek El-Khouri, one of seven children. His father, Reverend Joseph Michael Maroun El-Khouri was a Maronite priest, and at least one sibling, Sister Victorine El-Khouri, followed his example and joined religious orders. <br /><br />Joseph served as an intelligence agent and interpreter for Great Britain during World War II. In 1949, Joseph travelled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to help settle an uncle’s estate. Initially Joseph had no intention of immigrating permanently to the United States, but soon after he arrived he met and fell in love with Rose Isaac while visiting relatives who lived in the large Lebanese community located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Rose was the daughter of Thanios (Thomas) Isaac and Moura (Nora) Lawandos Isaac, who immigrated to the United States in 1912 and 1914, respectively, and were married in 1917. Thanios Isaac supported his wife and five children by working various laboring jobs, including for the railroad and a local wiremill. Thanios Isaac passed away in 1939. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose married in Rose’s hometown in 1950, and moved to Minneapolis where they operated a grocery store until 1953. Joseph was naturalized in 1954 with the help of his friend Vice President Hubert Humphrey, at the time a Minnesota senator. In 1955, Joseph and Rose moved to Andrews, North Carolina, to be closer to Rose’s sister Bessie Isaac Jabaley, who was living near her husband’s family in Copper Hill, TN. The Jabaley’s helped the growing El-Khouri family establish themselves in their new home by making Joseph the manager of their department store, Jabaley’s, which Joseph purchased and renamed to Khouri’s in 1965. The store remained open until 1989. <br /><br />Joseph quickly established himself as a prominent civic leader in North Carolina. He served on a number of boards and service organizations including: the Andrews Lion Club, Western Carolina University Board of Visitors, Cherokee County United Way, the Andrews Chamber of Commerce, and the Daniel Boone Council of Boy Scouts. Joseph was a devoted Democrat, even serving, with his eldest son George, as an elected delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. In addition to these civic and political accomplishments, Joseph and Rose were pillars of the Catholic community in North Carolina, holding the town’s first Catholic masses in their own home, and donating the land upon which the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was built in Andrews, North Carolina. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose had seven children: George Maron El-Khouri, Theresa El-Khouri Martin, Mariam El-Khouri Gerber, Marsha El-Khouri Shiver, Barbara El-Khouri, Catherine El-Khouri, and Anthony El-Khouri. Joseph passed away on July 22, 2012; at the time of collection acquisition (2012), Rose El-Khouri was still living. Since his passing, Joseph El-Khouri’s contributions to North Carolina have been recognized locally, and his legacy has been carried forth by his children and grandchildren.<br />
<h5>Scope and Content</h5>
The collection consists of photographs, letters, documents, and articles relating to the life of Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, his wife Rose Isaac El-Khouri, and his children. The material details Joseph's career and community contributions as well as providing insight into multiple generations of Lebanese-American family life.<br /><br />The collection also contains photographs and letters relating to Joseph El-Khouri’s relatives in Lebanon, as well as materials from Rose Isaac El-Khouri’s family in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Source
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1910-2012
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Type
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Image
Text
Subject
The topic of the resource
Immigrants--Lebanese--United States
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
Access Rights
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Parts of this collection are restricted to the public. Contact the center for more information.
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Obituary for Joseph Isaac
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Obituaries
Description
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The obituary for Joseph Isaac, brother of Rose Isaac El-Khouri, who passed away on August 23, 2004.
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Unknown
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Date
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August 31, 2004
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English
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2015 04-34
2000's
Death
El-Khouri
Funeral Announcements
Funerals
Georgia
Isaac
Jabaley
McCaysville, Georgia
Obituaries
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Date of Birth:
Friday, December 12th, 1919
Date of Death:
Saturday, July 11 th, 2009
Funeral Home:
Hemy-Cochran FWleral Home
www.cocbranfimeralhomes.com
3911 Appalachian Highway
P.O. Box 1989
Blue Ridge, Georgia, UNITED STATES
Fannin, GA 30513
Obituary:
Mr. William graduated from Copperhill High School in 1936 and served in the US Army Medical Corps dwing WW n. He was a
devoted member ofSt Catherine Laboure Catholic Church in Copperhill who was instrumental in the building of the church in 1950.
He received the Benemerenti Award (Well Done) from the Pope Benedict XVI fur his many years of service to the parish and the
diocese. He was a member of the Kiwarm Club, and heJped bring industry into the area, such as the Levi Strauss Company.
He was preceded in death by his wife E1i2abeth (Bessie) Isaac Jabaley.
Swvivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Norma and Jim Pittman ofJasper,GA, and Margaret and Doug Van Buren of Snellville,
IN, sons and daughter- in- Jaw, Jolm and Doris Jabaley of Sevierville,1N, Pat and Koni Jabaley of Powder Springs, GA, Paul and
Maura Jabaley of Augusta, GA, and son, Howard Jabaley of McCaysville, GA; sisters, Frances Solomon and Anna Mae Isaac,
brother Howard Jabaley; eight grandchi1dren, two great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
FWleral services will be held Tuesday, July 14 at 1: 00 PM from St Catherine Laboure Catholic Church in Copperhill, 1N with Father
Paul Hostet1er and Father Tom Moser officating. Interment will fu1low in the Epworth First Baptist Church Cemetery. The fu1lowing
gentlemen will serve as pallbearers, Michael Pittman, Matthew Pittman, Christopher Van Buren, Tonnny Issac, George El-Khouri and
Morgan Arp. Honorary pallbearers include, Fred Jaba1ey and Jrums Howard Jaba1ey.
The fiunily will receive friends at the Finch Cochran Funeral Home Monday evening 6 to 9 PM with a Rosery service at 7:00 PM.
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Title
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El-Khouri Family
Description
An account of the resource
These materials were provided by Marsha El-Khouri Shiver and primarily relate to the life of her father, Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, and his family in Lebanon and in the United States. <br />
<h5>Biography</h5>
Joseph Maroun El-Khouri was born in 1924 in Kour, Batroun, Lebanon and Mariam Thomee Yazbek El-Khouri, one of seven children. His father, Reverend Joseph Michael Maroun El-Khouri was a Maronite priest, and at least one sibling, Sister Victorine El-Khouri, followed his example and joined religious orders. <br /><br />Joseph served as an intelligence agent and interpreter for Great Britain during World War II. In 1949, Joseph travelled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to help settle an uncle’s estate. Initially Joseph had no intention of immigrating permanently to the United States, but soon after he arrived he met and fell in love with Rose Isaac while visiting relatives who lived in the large Lebanese community located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Rose was the daughter of Thanios (Thomas) Isaac and Moura (Nora) Lawandos Isaac, who immigrated to the United States in 1912 and 1914, respectively, and were married in 1917. Thanios Isaac supported his wife and five children by working various laboring jobs, including for the railroad and a local wiremill. Thanios Isaac passed away in 1939. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose married in Rose’s hometown in 1950, and moved to Minneapolis where they operated a grocery store until 1953. Joseph was naturalized in 1954 with the help of his friend Vice President Hubert Humphrey, at the time a Minnesota senator. In 1955, Joseph and Rose moved to Andrews, North Carolina, to be closer to Rose’s sister Bessie Isaac Jabaley, who was living near her husband’s family in Copper Hill, TN. The Jabaley’s helped the growing El-Khouri family establish themselves in their new home by making Joseph the manager of their department store, Jabaley’s, which Joseph purchased and renamed to Khouri’s in 1965. The store remained open until 1989. <br /><br />Joseph quickly established himself as a prominent civic leader in North Carolina. He served on a number of boards and service organizations including: the Andrews Lion Club, Western Carolina University Board of Visitors, Cherokee County United Way, the Andrews Chamber of Commerce, and the Daniel Boone Council of Boy Scouts. Joseph was a devoted Democrat, even serving, with his eldest son George, as an elected delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. In addition to these civic and political accomplishments, Joseph and Rose were pillars of the Catholic community in North Carolina, holding the town’s first Catholic masses in their own home, and donating the land upon which the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was built in Andrews, North Carolina. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose had seven children: George Maron El-Khouri, Theresa El-Khouri Martin, Mariam El-Khouri Gerber, Marsha El-Khouri Shiver, Barbara El-Khouri, Catherine El-Khouri, and Anthony El-Khouri. Joseph passed away on July 22, 2012; at the time of collection acquisition (2012), Rose El-Khouri was still living. Since his passing, Joseph El-Khouri’s contributions to North Carolina have been recognized locally, and his legacy has been carried forth by his children and grandchildren.<br />
<h5>Scope and Content</h5>
The collection consists of photographs, letters, documents, and articles relating to the life of Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, his wife Rose Isaac El-Khouri, and his children. The material details Joseph's career and community contributions as well as providing insight into multiple generations of Lebanese-American family life.<br /><br />The collection also contains photographs and letters relating to Joseph El-Khouri’s relatives in Lebanon, as well as materials from Rose Isaac El-Khouri’s family in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Creator
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Unknown
Source
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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circa 1910-2012
Rights
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Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Type
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Image
Text
Subject
The topic of the resource
Immigrants--Lebanese--United States
Language
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English
Arabic
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
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Obituary for William Jabaley
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Obituaries
Description
An account of the resource
An obituary for William Jabaley (December 12, 1919-July 11, 2009), brother-in-law of Rose Isaac El-Khouri.
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Henry-Cochran Funeral Home
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www.obitsforlife.com
Date
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July, 2009
Rights
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Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
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English
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Text
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2000's
El-Khouri
Funeral Announcements
Isaac
Jabaley
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Veterans
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Description
An account of the resource
These materials were provided by Marsha El-Khouri Shiver and primarily relate to the life of her father, Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, and his family in Lebanon and in the United States. <br />
<h5>Biography</h5>
Joseph Maroun El-Khouri was born in 1924 in Kour, Batroun, Lebanon and Mariam Thomee Yazbek El-Khouri, one of seven children. His father, Reverend Joseph Michael Maroun El-Khouri was a Maronite priest, and at least one sibling, Sister Victorine El-Khouri, followed his example and joined religious orders. <br /><br />Joseph served as an intelligence agent and interpreter for Great Britain during World War II. In 1949, Joseph travelled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to help settle an uncle’s estate. Initially Joseph had no intention of immigrating permanently to the United States, but soon after he arrived he met and fell in love with Rose Isaac while visiting relatives who lived in the large Lebanese community located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Rose was the daughter of Thanios (Thomas) Isaac and Moura (Nora) Lawandos Isaac, who immigrated to the United States in 1912 and 1914, respectively, and were married in 1917. Thanios Isaac supported his wife and five children by working various laboring jobs, including for the railroad and a local wiremill. Thanios Isaac passed away in 1939. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose married in Rose’s hometown in 1950, and moved to Minneapolis where they operated a grocery store until 1953. Joseph was naturalized in 1954 with the help of his friend Vice President Hubert Humphrey, at the time a Minnesota senator. In 1955, Joseph and Rose moved to Andrews, North Carolina, to be closer to Rose’s sister Bessie Isaac Jabaley, who was living near her husband’s family in Copper Hill, TN. The Jabaley’s helped the growing El-Khouri family establish themselves in their new home by making Joseph the manager of their department store, Jabaley’s, which Joseph purchased and renamed to Khouri’s in 1965. The store remained open until 1989. <br /><br />Joseph quickly established himself as a prominent civic leader in North Carolina. He served on a number of boards and service organizations including: the Andrews Lion Club, Western Carolina University Board of Visitors, Cherokee County United Way, the Andrews Chamber of Commerce, and the Daniel Boone Council of Boy Scouts. Joseph was a devoted Democrat, even serving, with his eldest son George, as an elected delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. In addition to these civic and political accomplishments, Joseph and Rose were pillars of the Catholic community in North Carolina, holding the town’s first Catholic masses in their own home, and donating the land upon which the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was built in Andrews, North Carolina. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose had seven children: George Maron El-Khouri, Theresa El-Khouri Martin, Mariam El-Khouri Gerber, Marsha El-Khouri Shiver, Barbara El-Khouri, Catherine El-Khouri, and Anthony El-Khouri. Joseph passed away on July 22, 2012; at the time of collection acquisition (2012), Rose El-Khouri was still living. Since his passing, Joseph El-Khouri’s contributions to North Carolina have been recognized locally, and his legacy has been carried forth by his children and grandchildren.<br />
<h5>Scope and Content</h5>
The collection consists of photographs, letters, documents, and articles relating to the life of Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, his wife Rose Isaac El-Khouri, and his children. The material details Joseph's career and community contributions as well as providing insight into multiple generations of Lebanese-American family life.<br /><br />The collection also contains photographs and letters relating to Joseph El-Khouri’s relatives in Lebanon, as well as materials from Rose Isaac El-Khouri’s family in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Creator
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Unknown
Source
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1910-2012
Rights
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Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Text
Subject
The topic of the resource
Immigrants--Lebanese--United States
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Contributor
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
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Document
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Original Format
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Paper
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Description
An account of the resource
A document resolving that a bridge in Andrews, NC will be named after Joseph El-Khouri. (Folder 11-5)
Creator
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North Carolina Board of Transportation
Source
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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August 2014
Rights
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Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Format
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Text/jpg
Language
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English
Type
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Text
Relation
A related resource
http://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/12076
Subject
The topic of the resource
Civic Leaders--North Carolina
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2016 11-05
Title
A name given to the resource
Resolution for the Joseph El-Khouri Bridge
Andrews, North Carolina
El-Khouri
Joseph El-Khouri
North Carolina
North Carolina Board of Transportation
Obituaries
Volunteering
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
El-Khouri Family
Description
An account of the resource
These materials were provided by Marsha El-Khouri Shiver and primarily relate to the life of her father, Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, and his family in Lebanon and in the United States. <br />
<h5>Biography</h5>
Joseph Maroun El-Khouri was born in 1924 in Kour, Batroun, Lebanon and Mariam Thomee Yazbek El-Khouri, one of seven children. His father, Reverend Joseph Michael Maroun El-Khouri was a Maronite priest, and at least one sibling, Sister Victorine El-Khouri, followed his example and joined religious orders. <br /><br />Joseph served as an intelligence agent and interpreter for Great Britain during World War II. In 1949, Joseph travelled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to help settle an uncle’s estate. Initially Joseph had no intention of immigrating permanently to the United States, but soon after he arrived he met and fell in love with Rose Isaac while visiting relatives who lived in the large Lebanese community located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Rose was the daughter of Thanios (Thomas) Isaac and Moura (Nora) Lawandos Isaac, who immigrated to the United States in 1912 and 1914, respectively, and were married in 1917. Thanios Isaac supported his wife and five children by working various laboring jobs, including for the railroad and a local wiremill. Thanios Isaac passed away in 1939. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose married in Rose’s hometown in 1950, and moved to Minneapolis where they operated a grocery store until 1953. Joseph was naturalized in 1954 with the help of his friend Vice President Hubert Humphrey, at the time a Minnesota senator. In 1955, Joseph and Rose moved to Andrews, North Carolina, to be closer to Rose’s sister Bessie Isaac Jabaley, who was living near her husband’s family in Copper Hill, TN. The Jabaley’s helped the growing El-Khouri family establish themselves in their new home by making Joseph the manager of their department store, Jabaley’s, which Joseph purchased and renamed to Khouri’s in 1965. The store remained open until 1989. <br /><br />Joseph quickly established himself as a prominent civic leader in North Carolina. He served on a number of boards and service organizations including: the Andrews Lion Club, Western Carolina University Board of Visitors, Cherokee County United Way, the Andrews Chamber of Commerce, and the Daniel Boone Council of Boy Scouts. Joseph was a devoted Democrat, even serving, with his eldest son George, as an elected delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. In addition to these civic and political accomplishments, Joseph and Rose were pillars of the Catholic community in North Carolina, holding the town’s first Catholic masses in their own home, and donating the land upon which the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was built in Andrews, North Carolina. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose had seven children: George Maron El-Khouri, Theresa El-Khouri Martin, Mariam El-Khouri Gerber, Marsha El-Khouri Shiver, Barbara El-Khouri, Catherine El-Khouri, and Anthony El-Khouri. Joseph passed away on July 22, 2012; at the time of collection acquisition (2012), Rose El-Khouri was still living. Since his passing, Joseph El-Khouri’s contributions to North Carolina have been recognized locally, and his legacy has been carried forth by his children and grandchildren.<br />
<h5>Scope and Content</h5>
The collection consists of photographs, letters, documents, and articles relating to the life of Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, his wife Rose Isaac El-Khouri, and his children. The material details Joseph's career and community contributions as well as providing insight into multiple generations of Lebanese-American family life.<br /><br />The collection also contains photographs and letters relating to Joseph El-Khouri’s relatives in Lebanon, as well as materials from Rose Isaac El-Khouri’s family in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1910-2012
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Text
Subject
The topic of the resource
Immigrants--Lebanese--United States
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
Parts of this collection are restricted to the public. Contact the center for more information.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
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Newspaper
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Title
A name given to the resource
Obituary: George C. Najour
Description
An account of the resource
T.J. Coleman, Regional Director for the Postal Service, writes an obituary for George C. Najour, Deputy Regional Director, who died suddenly of a heart attack (Folder 3-10).
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
T.J. Coleman
Source
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Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa October 1969
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Subject
The topic of the resource
North Carolina -- Obituaries
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2016 03-10
1960's
Death
Obituaries
Obituary
Postal Service
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/320f081e88588327c9e0043af883e1e2.pdf
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PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
El-Khouri Family
Description
An account of the resource
These materials were provided by Marsha El-Khouri Shiver and primarily relate to the life of her father, Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, and his family in Lebanon and in the United States. <br />
<h5>Biography</h5>
Joseph Maroun El-Khouri was born in 1924 in Kour, Batroun, Lebanon and Mariam Thomee Yazbek El-Khouri, one of seven children. His father, Reverend Joseph Michael Maroun El-Khouri was a Maronite priest, and at least one sibling, Sister Victorine El-Khouri, followed his example and joined religious orders. <br /><br />Joseph served as an intelligence agent and interpreter for Great Britain during World War II. In 1949, Joseph travelled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to help settle an uncle’s estate. Initially Joseph had no intention of immigrating permanently to the United States, but soon after he arrived he met and fell in love with Rose Isaac while visiting relatives who lived in the large Lebanese community located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Rose was the daughter of Thanios (Thomas) Isaac and Moura (Nora) Lawandos Isaac, who immigrated to the United States in 1912 and 1914, respectively, and were married in 1917. Thanios Isaac supported his wife and five children by working various laboring jobs, including for the railroad and a local wiremill. Thanios Isaac passed away in 1939. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose married in Rose’s hometown in 1950, and moved to Minneapolis where they operated a grocery store until 1953. Joseph was naturalized in 1954 with the help of his friend Vice President Hubert Humphrey, at the time a Minnesota senator. In 1955, Joseph and Rose moved to Andrews, North Carolina, to be closer to Rose’s sister Bessie Isaac Jabaley, who was living near her husband’s family in Copper Hill, TN. The Jabaley’s helped the growing El-Khouri family establish themselves in their new home by making Joseph the manager of their department store, Jabaley’s, which Joseph purchased and renamed to Khouri’s in 1965. The store remained open until 1989. <br /><br />Joseph quickly established himself as a prominent civic leader in North Carolina. He served on a number of boards and service organizations including: the Andrews Lion Club, Western Carolina University Board of Visitors, Cherokee County United Way, the Andrews Chamber of Commerce, and the Daniel Boone Council of Boy Scouts. Joseph was a devoted Democrat, even serving, with his eldest son George, as an elected delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. In addition to these civic and political accomplishments, Joseph and Rose were pillars of the Catholic community in North Carolina, holding the town’s first Catholic masses in their own home, and donating the land upon which the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was built in Andrews, North Carolina. <br /><br />Joseph and Rose had seven children: George Maron El-Khouri, Theresa El-Khouri Martin, Mariam El-Khouri Gerber, Marsha El-Khouri Shiver, Barbara El-Khouri, Catherine El-Khouri, and Anthony El-Khouri. Joseph passed away on July 22, 2012; at the time of collection acquisition (2012), Rose El-Khouri was still living. Since his passing, Joseph El-Khouri’s contributions to North Carolina have been recognized locally, and his legacy has been carried forth by his children and grandchildren.<br />
<h5>Scope and Content</h5>
The collection consists of photographs, letters, documents, and articles relating to the life of Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, his wife Rose Isaac El-Khouri, and his children. The material details Joseph's career and community contributions as well as providing insight into multiple generations of Lebanese-American family life.<br /><br />The collection also contains photographs and letters relating to Joseph El-Khouri’s relatives in Lebanon, as well as materials from Rose Isaac El-Khouri’s family in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1910-2012
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Text
Subject
The topic of the resource
Immigrants--Lebanese--United States
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
Parts of this collection are restricted to the public. Contact the center for more information.
Document
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Original Format
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Paper
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Title
A name given to the resource
Obituary of Isaac Thomas Isaac
Subject
The topic of the resource
Obituaries
Periodicals
Description
An account of the resource
The biography and obituary of "Ike" Isaac, brother of Rose Isaac El-Khouri, first published in The Citizen Advance. (Folder 12-50)
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The Citizen Advance
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Marsha El-Khouri Shiver
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
May 3, 1984
Rights
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Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Format
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Text/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2016 12-50
1980's
Biographies
Copperhill, Tennessee
Isaac
Isaac Thomas Isaac
Obituaries
-
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Text
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Title
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Ameen Rihani: Press Clippings
Description
An account of the resource
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings, and other documents of Ameen Fares Rihani (1876-1940), a formative and influential Arab-American author, poet, political activist, and intellectual who dedicated his life to promoting and advocating for Arab culture and history across the world.
This collection contains 7 bound scrapbooks containing materials written by or about Ameen Rihani, which were collected from newspapers and magazines around the world. The books also contain pamphlets, programs, and invitations. The documents were created between 1897-1965.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Ameen Rihani Organization
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1897-1965
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Format
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Text/PDF
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Russian
German
Subject
The topic of the resource
Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940
American literature--Arab American authors
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Identifier
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AR_36
Title
A name given to the resource
Ameen Rihani Press Clippings, Volume 10, 1965
Description
An account of the resource
A scrapbook created by the Ameen Rihani Museum that contains materials written by or about Ameen Rihani from around the world. This book has memorial materials from the 25th Anniversary of his death. This includes, but is not limited to newspaper articles, magazine articles, book reviews, poems, pamphlets, programs, and invitations intended to celebrate Rihani's life.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1965
Language
A language of the resource
Arabic
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Subject
The topic of the resource
Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940
American literature--Arab American authors
Clippings
Scrapbooks
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Ameen Rihani Organization
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
1960's
Memorial
Obituaries
Scrapbook
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/ecbf77c6c66d85d7eea57a90adb82e9d.pdf
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Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Ameen Rihani: Press Clippings
Description
An account of the resource
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings, and other documents of Ameen Fares Rihani (1876-1940), a formative and influential Arab-American author, poet, political activist, and intellectual who dedicated his life to promoting and advocating for Arab culture and history across the world.
This collection contains 7 bound scrapbooks containing materials written by or about Ameen Rihani, which were collected from newspapers and magazines around the world. The books also contain pamphlets, programs, and invitations. The documents were created between 1897-1965.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Ameen Rihani Organization
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1897-1965
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/PDF
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Russian
German
Subject
The topic of the resource
Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940
American literature--Arab American authors
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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AR_35
Title
A name given to the resource
Ameen Rihani Press Clippings, Volume 6, 1940-1962
Description
An account of the resource
A scrapbook created by the Ameen Rihani Museum that contains materials written by or about Ameen Rihani from around the world. This book has many articles and obituaries from Ameen Rihani's death in 1940. This includes, but is not limited to newspaper articles, magazine articles, book reviews, poems, pamphlets, programs, and invitations.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940-1962
Language
A language of the resource
Arabic
English
French
Spanish
Russian
Subject
The topic of the resource
Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940
American literature--Arab American authors
Clippings
Scrapbooks
Obituaries
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Ameen Rihani Organization
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
1940's
1950's
1960's
Obituaries
Scrapbook
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VOL. IV. No. 8.
APRIL, 1931.
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SYRIAN WORLD
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MONTHLY MAGAZINE IN ENGLISH DEALING
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THIRTY-TWO PAGES OF EULOGIES IN POETRY AND PROSE BY
AMERICAN AND SYRIAN ADMIRERS
CHIVALRY IN ARABIA AND ISLAM
DR. PHILIP K. HITTI
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THE CASE OF THE SYRIAN WORLD
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A JOURNEY THROUGH JEBEL DRUZE
SALLOUM A. MOKARZEL
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SYRIAN WORLD
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Entered as second class matter June 25, 1926, at the post office at New York,
N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879.
VOL.
V.
No. 8.
APRIL, 1931
CONTENTS
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Chivalry in Arabia and Islam
DR. PHILIP
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K.
HITTI
To Each His Profession
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The Case of
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Reflections on Co-operation
Sayings of Alt
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A Journey Through Jebel Druze
SALLOUM A. MOKARZEL
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The Night and I (Poem)
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DR. SALIM
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ALKAZIN
Alt Zaibaq (Serial)
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Political Developments in Syria
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About Syria and Syrians
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The Last Days of Gibran
Gibran's Funeral in Boston
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BARBARA-YOUNG
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Americans Pay Tribute to Spirit of Gibran
A Reclamation
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DR. CHARLES FLEISCHER
Gibran Lives
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CLAUDE BRAGDON
He Brought Beauty and Truth
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SYUD HOSSAIN
He Traveled with the Sun
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A. MOKARZEL
The Voice of the Heights of Lebanon ....
SALLOUM
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REV. ROBERT NORWOOD
The Prophet Never Dies
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M. RIHBANY
A Great Syrian of the Ages ....: :
REV. W. A. MANSUR
A Seer Departed
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Valedictory
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REV. ABRAHAM
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BARBARA YOUNG
Conqueror of the Sting
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LEONORA SPEYER
Starry Son of Lebanon
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EsTELLE DUCLO
The Mystic Pact
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MISCHA NAIMY
To One Who Has Passed
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MARY MOORE
Gibran*s Message to Young Americans of Syrian Origin 44
A Pledge
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CECIL J. BADWAY
To One of Blessed Memory
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THOMAS ASA
Truth Seeker
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EDNA
K.
SALOOMEY
Poet of Our Land
PHILIP
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C.
SABBAGHA
He Touched the Stars
LABEEBEE
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A. J.
HANNA
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IN THIS ISSUE
For Those Who Would Know the High Lights of the
Material in This Number.
JHE death of Kahlil Gibran
is an epochal event in the
history of the Syrians in America. We mourn him in the proportion that we felt proud in his
achievements. The name of
Gibran will ever be one of our
racial assets, and where we
would possibly fail in fittingly
eulogizing his memory, his host
of American admirers will willingly take up the grateful task
of proclaiming his greatness.
THE SYRIAN WORLD feels itself especially privileged to be
able to devote the greater part
of this issue as a memorial to
Gibran. We are particularly
grateful to the many American
friends and admirers of our departed son who have cooperated
with us in making possible the
presentation of the imposing
array of eulogies and tributes
to his memory. Our sense of
spiritual kinship and closeness
is much keener now that they
and we are more strongly fused
by the spirit of Gibran.
£)R. Philip K. Hitti contributes to this issue the result
of some of the typical research
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work for which he is noted.
There is always weight to Dr.
Hitti's logic and the ease with
which he arrays his facts denotes the breadth and depth of
his knowledge. His present article deals with the origin of
chivalry, and he easily traces it
to the plains of Syria when Crusader and Moslem met sometimes in combat and at other
times in peace. To those who
would gain valuable historical
knowledge written in an easy
and entertaining form Dr. Hitti's article should prove of
especial appeal.
Y^E would have much preferred to omit the presentation of the case of THE SYRIAN
WORLD from this issue.
But
since we committed ourselves by
a signed statement in the preceding issue to lay before the
public the facts in our present
situation, and because only two
issues remain for bringing to a
close our fifth year, we felt
constrained to live up to our
promise so as to insure reasonable time for our readers to
ponder the facts and express a
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�mature opinion. We would request earnest and careful consideration of the facts on the
part of everyone of our readers as well as of those interested in the stabilization and
progress of the publication.
THE editor's present travel
article concludes the account
of his journey through Jebel
Druze. It may be judged long,
but we hope it will prove entertaining reading. An account is
given of a visit to the native
governor, a Pasha in his own
right, but one who has had conferred upon him the added title
of emir (prince) by none other
than the republican government
of France. Then if you would
know what occasioned the greatest surprise to an old native out
of all the wonders of America
you will be grievously disappointed that it is far by miles
from what you would imagine.
Our usually critical assistants
told us frankly that the present
article is the most entertaining
of the series. We trust the readers will also find it so.
READERS will observe that
although 32 pages, or half
the normal number of pages
in each issue, are dedicated to
the memory of Gibran, this
issue does not lack of other material. This is due to the fact
that we have added an extra
section to this issue, bringing
the total to eighty pages, and
making possible the maintenance of the regular departments
while providing space for other
material of a general nature.
Thus a complete instalment
of our serial Ali Zaibaq appears
as usual. And those who have "THOSE interested in the
been following the doings of
evaluation of the political
this inc. [ arable product of the situation in Syria will find a
Oriental imagination will find comprehensive survey of the
satisfaction in realizing that at latest developments.
What
last he has subdued his arch- might prove the beginning of
enemy and gained his revenge. a national policy of passive reThe circumstances of this epi- sistence similar to Gandhi's
sode are phenomenal, a beauti- movement in India has develful princess of the tribe of the oped in Beirut and quickly
jinn playing in it a leading spread to other sections of
part. But can we expect the tri- Syria. * * * The news departals of the hero to have come to ment in this issue contains much
an end? This is a question that information on happenings
will find a surprising answer in among Syrians in America and
the succeeding chapters.
abroad.
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VOL. V.
APRIL, 1931.
No. 8.
Chivalry in Arabia and Islam
"By
PROFESSOR PHILIP
K.
HITTI
of Princeton University
THHE flower of chivalry, which, nurtured by Islam, reached its
fullest bloom in Saladin and his contemporary Usamah, had
its roots in ancient heathen Arabia. Particularly among the Eedouins of north Arabia do we notice those prime elements which
enter into the composition of a chivalric knighthood. To the denizens of the desert fighting was a chronic mental mood, ghazu
(razzia) a national sport, camel raiding the only manly occupation and blood-feud the most important institutions. One Christian tribe, banu-'Udhrah, was proverbial for their respect for
womanhood and platonic love.
With the advent of the horse, in the first centuries of our era,
from Western Asia where it was introduced earlier by fU" Hittites, chivalry in its primitive form, as a body of horsemen equipped for battle, was developed. The horse soon became a war animal. It prolonged the legs of the warrior and afforded him more
mobility than the camel did. A whole literature in Arabic was
inspired by the horse.
Gradually the farts (horse rider) appropriated other functions to himself. In desertland where forage was scarce and the
horse an animal of luxury, the fans became the equivalent of
sayyid (chief). With the necessary traits of leadership he usually
combined a gift for poetry. In his poetical capacity he aroused
the martial enthusiasm of his tribesmen, extolled their virtues,
recited their ancestors' achievements, emphasized the weaknesses
of the enemy, and in general acted as the "press agent" for his
party. Thus the Bedouins came to consider the most enviable
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title shd'ir faris (a poet-knight), and to regard the three factors
constituting the superiority of a tribe horsemanship (representing
military strength), poetry (an index of intelligence), and generosity (a sign of wealth).
The ay yam al-Arab, those combats which the tribes fought
amongst themselves in the pre-Muhammad era, afford us an insight into the spirit which animated those early warriors of the
peninsula. We see them here and there riding forth in quest of
adventure, rushing to the rescue of captive maidens, offering succor to the helpless and typifying those qualities most highly
prized by Arabians. Those virtues, summed up in the word muru'ah (manliness), included courage as measured by the number
of adversaries killed, loyalty as evidenced by devotion to the interests of the tribe, and generosity as manifested by the readiness
to slay camels for the guests.
The pages of al-AgMni, al-lqd al-Farid, and the numerous
diwdns are replete with cases illustrating the virtues of chivalry:
bravery in battle, fortitude in misfortune, defiance of the strong
and defence of the weak, as well as its vices: persistence in revenge, intolerance of others, and illicit sex relations. Al-Shanfara, Zayd al-Khayl (Zayd of the Horses), <Adi ibn-Hatim,
'Amr ibn-Ma'dikarib the champion of Yaman, Muhalhil ibn-Rabi'ah and 'Antarah ibn-Shaddad may be cited as types of preIslamic heroes. Al-Shanfara was taken captive while young, and
on his release took an oath to kill a hundred from among his captors. After making his ninety-ninth killing—so the story goes—
he was himself overpowered and slain. A member of the enemy
tribe, however, happened to stumble one day on al-Shanfara's
skull, as it lay bleaching on the ground, and received a wound
in his foot which resulted in his death—thus completing the required number.
But the name of 'Antarah has lived in Arabic literature as
the paragon of chivalric conduct. This Bedouin Achilles, who
flourished in the last decade of the sixth century, was the son of
a black slave woman and could not therefore be regarded as a
legitimate member of the family unless so acknowledged by his
father. On one occasion, while his father's tribe was hotly engaged in battle, the lad refused to take part saying, "A slave
knows not how to fight, milking camels is his job." Thereupon
the father shouted, "Charge! thou art free." 'Antarah's romance
(sirah), which took its present form during the Crusades, is still
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relished by large audiences in the cafes of Cairo, Beirut and
Baghdad.
Islam fell heir to these pagan Arabian rudiments of chivalry
and added its own contribution. In Islam the consecration of war
to the service of religion—two seemingly incongruous ideas—
and their fusion into a homogeneous whole were carried to a
more successful extent than in any other major religion. Of all
systems of belief, Muhammadanism is the only one which holds
"holy war" (jihad) among its cardinal tenets and promises him
who dies on its battlefield a passport to heaven.
Himself an orphan who had felt the pinch of poverty, Muhammad in his social legislation favored the fatherless and motherless, the poor, the slaves, the wayfarers, and this constitutes
the most humane part of his code (Koran 4:2, 3, 40; 16:73; 24:
33, etc.). To the two fundamental principles of chivalry—war
and religion—the third, gallantry, was now added. Nevertheless,
Arab chivalry even in its Islamic development remained a spirit,
a way of life, and never became, as in the Occident, an organized
institution. In the Moslem army of conquest the distinctive qualities of the chivalric knights, which at their best were valor,
honor, piety, and love, and at their worst ferocity, perfidy, fanaticism and lust, were all represented.
The early Moslems, following the heathen Arabians, considered him who could compose in prose and verse, ride, swim and
shoot arrows an educated cultured man. Such a person was called
kamil (the perfect one).
In Arabic literature the first poets to specialize in love and
in singing the praises of the fair sex were all post-Islamic. Such
was 'Umr ibn-abi-Rab!'ah (d. ca. 720) the Ovid of Mecca. An
Unmayyad poet sang:
"Our (i. e., man's) lot is to kill or be killed, or be taken captive.
Woman's part is gracefully to manage her train."
Those first Crusaders who came into the Holy Land cherishing a vague idea that the Saracens were idolaters who worshiped a certain "Baphomet" whose wicked body neither heaven
nor earth would accept and therefore lay suspended between the
two, were soon disillusioned. The early contacts showed the
mailed gentlemen of Europe that he had met his match in Asia,
and that neither in magnanimity nor in military prowess was a
Cceur de Lion superior to a Saladin.
Usamah (1095-1188) has inadvertently left us in his me-
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moirs the clearest picture of an Islamic knight—the knight being
the author himself. In all his dealings with friend and foe this
.Syrian gentleman astounds us with his highly developed sense of
chivalry and fairness. As he sights at a distance eight Frankish
knights and his comrade suggests resort to a ruse, Usamah insists
on meeting the enemy face to face. An aged slave who had
brought him up as a child, he addresses as "mother" and devotes
an apartment in his home to her exclusive use. The European
and Armenian hostages released from his castle, Shayzar, and
waylaid by Moslems, he is willing to rescue at all cost, whereas
Baldwin authorizes an attack at Acre (<Akka) on the ship bringing Usamah's family from Egypt, notwithstanding the safeconduct which the king himself had issued.
But Saladin (Salah-al-Din) was the real paragon of Islamic
knighthood who exemplified all the virtues and graces of Arab
chivalry. When the crusading army entered Jerusalem (1099)
it inaugurated the "kingdom of God" by slaughtering some two
°^duCnnstK"» and Jews. When Saladin retook the city
UI87), he accepted ransom for men, women and children and
released several thousands of them who could not pay. Those
same women and children refugees found the gates of Tyre
closed by Conrad in their face and the Italian sailors in Alexandria unwilling to take them on board without due payment.
Reginald of Chatillon, who in violation of treaty terms had attacked a caravan near his stronghold Crac (Karak), fell after the
battle of Hattin (1187) into the hands of Saladin. The latter
had sworn to take with his own hand the life of the truce-breaker.
1 he prisoner was offered a cup of refreshments; but Saladin was
quick to explain that since it was not ordered by him, the drink
did not constitute an amnesty, the Arab custom being that of considering any one safe after partaking of the hospitality of another.
Saladin's nephew, al-Malik al-Kamil, was knighted with full
ceremony on Palm Sunday (May 29), 1192, in Acre by Richard,
who was friendly with the youth's father.
European chivalry never denied that it developed out of an
early mass of usages, mainly Gallic, into an organic shape on the
plains of Syria. There in the first part of the twelfth century,
the earliest formal orders of knighthood—the Hospitalers and
the Templars—were established. As early as the eighth century
the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid (705-15) had houses built for
the lepers and the insane. The Order of St. Lazarus which was
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founded for assisting the lepers, and many Lazar houses which
grew later in the West, followed the Eastern precedent.
In Spain, Cordova with its frequent jousts and tournaments
was the hearth of Arab chivalry. To the Moslem courts of alNasir (912-61) and his son al-Hakam (961-76), where the punctilious code of honor and the knightly polish were assiduously
cultivated, flocked Christian knights under guaranty of safe-conduct to break lance with the Moorish cavaliers. In Granada, ibnHudhayl wrote (1400) The Ornament of Chevaliers and Banner
of Gallants. When the queen of Alfonso VII was besieged
(1139) in Azeca and reproached the Moslem horsemen for attacking a castle defended by a female, the only condition laid,
according to the story, was to have the lady show herself from
the window, upon which the siege was immediately raised. The
Cid (short for sayyid), the national hero of Spain whose name
Spanish ballads have surrounded with a saintly aureole, fought
first with and later against the Moors. The orders of monastic
knights organized in the twelfth century in Spain and Portugal
had for object the recovering of the peninsula from the Crescent
for the Cross.
In French the first full portrait of a knight is depicted by the
oldest French epic, the Chanson de Roland. Roland was a commander in Charlemagne's expedition against the Moslems in
Spain. In Germany the golden age of chivalry was attained under
Frederick Barbarossa who perished in the waters of a Cilician
river before reaching Palestine, only to become the legendary
ideal of Teutonic knighthood. The conventions and poetical technique of the German minnesingers bear the stamp of the French
troubadours, who in turn show the influence of the Oriental bards.
The Mameluke dynasty of Egypt (1250-1517) which dealt
the final blow to the Crusaders, was represented in the field of
chivalry by Baybars (1260-77) whose daring exploits and acts
of generosity, like those of 'Antarah, are still recited throughout
the Arabic-speaking world. The fdris, who figures in The Arabian
Nights, embodies the Mameluke ideals of a hero rather than the
'Abbasids', as ordinarily supposed.
The beginnings of European heraldry, a direct product and
characteristic token of chivalry, may be traced also to the Arab
world. The Crusaders brought back with them in the twelfth
century the germs of heraldic bearings. Saladin probably had the
eagle for crest, ibn-Tulun (868-77) the lion, and Bar-
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quq (1382-98) the falcon. Baybars's lion can still be seen carved
on the bridge he built across the Jordan. Most of the Mamelukes
bore names of animals, the corresponding images of which they
blazoned on their shields. On a Zangid coin struck in Sinjar
(1190) we see the double-headed eagle, a bird of Sumerian origin
and later adopted in Europe and the U. S. A. The Eastern
origin of heraldic terms may be illustrated by such words as
"azure" (Arabic), "gules" (probably Persian). Among presentday Moslems the crescent and star, the lion and the sun represent the sole remnant of heraldry.
A number of the new orders of ornamental chivalry, Masonic
lodges, and shrines in Europe and America bear in their ritual
and technical vocabulary clear Islamic and Arabic influence.
To Each His Profession
Arab chroniclers relate that Al-Walid, the Umayyad Caliph,
was possessed with such phenomenal physical strength that he
used to have his feet shackled with an iron chain, and while thus
handicapped, spring with one bound on the back of a horse, without recourse to the use of his hands, and break the chain.
One day he boasted of his strength and asked his viziers if
they knew of anyone who could best him in wrestling. "Yes,"
they replied, "a certain modest professional wrestler of Khorassan."
The Caliph ordered the wrestler brought to Damascus. He
warned him against showing any courtesy or favor under pain
of death, while he spared no effort in an attempt to conquer his
rival.
The professional wrestler soon had the Caliph at his mercy,
and lifting him at arm's length in the air, carried him to his
throne and thus addressed him:
"Here, sire, you are in your place. In wrestling you are out
of your class. And please never meddle in anything that you
can avoid."
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The Case of The Syrian World
Should the Magazine be Continued? If So, How?
yHE SYRIAN WORLD is now at the cross-roads of its existence. Its fate is in the hands of the public. We are laying
our case before our readers frankly and without reservation and
shall await their verdict.
As explained in our statement in the preceding issue, we have
not lost hope or confidence, and it is not our intention to discontinue the publication if such a step can possibly be avoided. We
have, on the contrary, decided to invite this symposium in the
hope of having the public hold council with us on ways and means
of continuing and perpetuating the enterprise. The questions we
promised in the last issue to lay before our readers are now submitted for their consideration.
HOW THE MAGAZINE BEGAN
Five years ago THE SYRIAN WORLD was launched as a medium of service to the Syrian-American generation in the hope
of bringing to them, in the only language they can understand,
an appreciation of their racial heritage that they may strive to
keep alive the best of their native traditions and culture. It was
a pioneering experiment, and we depended for its success on public support. It was, furthermore, and continues to this day, a personal enterprise for which no subsidy or support was forthcoming
from any source, whether public or private. We built our hope
of making it self-supporting on our racial consciousness. But the
enterprise never proved self-supporting. The accumulating deficit was met each year from other private sources of the publisher,
until the publication now finds itself facing the crisis of its existence unless some means is devised for its continuation. The
publisher has reached the limit of his resources.
Through its whole career the publication was carried on as a
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labor of love, not alone on the part of the publisher and editor,
but also on the part of the many contributors and collaborators
who have unstintingly given of their time and ability practically
without remuneration. Our contributors, as the files of THE
SYRIAN WORLD will indicate, comprise practically our best talent,
some of whom are internationally known authors whose works
command high prices, but who were willing to be associated with
the magazine, and contribute to it gratuitously, in order to promote its educational mission, and rear of it a literary monument
to our kind in America. No words of ours could adequately convey our thanks and gratitude to this fine body of men and women
patriots, but if ever an appraisal of disinterested public service
for the Syrian cause is to be made in the future, the pages of
THE SYRIAN WORLD will provide a roster of their names.
But in spite of the imposing list of our contributors, the circulation of the magazine never reached the proportion where it
could cover its mere physical production. And not only is this
our situation at present, but it is rather aggravated by existing
economic conditions. Hence the painful necessity of taking council with the public. The publication will have to be discontinued
unless sufficient public interest is aroused to stimulate wider interest. The metropolitan field is adequately covered. We can
safely state that in New York and vicinity the magazine is farreaching in its influence. But our aim is to make it a national organ—a mouthpiece of our people throughout America and the
English-speaking countries, that its message might be general instead of local. The burden must fall on the whole community
instead of on a small portion of it. This would bring it to the
point where it would be truly representative and effective.
In view of this situation, we ask our readers and the general
public to give consideration to the following questions and proposals which we are submitting for their frankest discussion. Two
issues of the magazine are yet to appear before the close of its
fifth year, and we would appreciate early replies, so that if any
important decision is reached it will be carried out with the beginning of next volume.
1 — IS THE MAGAZINE NEEDED
The fundamental question under the circumstances is whether
the magazine is considered needed sufficiently to be continued.
When first launched it was in the nature of an experiment. No
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one is responsible for that first move except the publisher and
those whom he consulted and gave their approval and encouragement. Now that five years have been spent in giving the experiment a trial the public should be in a position to decide whether
the experiment has justified itself morally and should be continued and supported financially. The needed support can come
only through an increase in national circulation and in this every
individual can become a partner in the enterprise and help spread
the publication to the end that it will become self-supporting. Our
readers will recall that we have made an attempt to incorporate
the magazine in order to raise sufficient working capital. This,
in the last analysis, would place the burden or responsibility on
the shoulders of a few with no guarantee of safety and success
if public support is not forthcoming. Now what is the public prepared to do in the matter? If the answer to this question be that
the magazine is needed and should be continued, to what extent
is the public willing to help?
2 — SHOULD THE NAME BE RETAINED?
The name "THE SYRIAN WORLD" was adopted because
of its inclusiveness and decided advantage as a racial asset. A
publication directly identified with us lends prestige to us as a
group in America, and as such it will of necessity remain a group
organ devoid of the potentiality of general appeal. Now we face
the question: Is the name of sufficient value to us as a means of
distinct identification, or should it be discarded for a non-committal name which would hold broader possibilities of general appeal?
Those favoring a change of name may submit substitutes.
3 — IS THE CONTENT MATTER SUITABLE?
Considering the purpose of the magazine, it has been the uniform policy of the editor to keep its content matter within the
range prescribed by its original purpose, namely, to provide the
Syrian-American generation and those interested in Syrian affairs with that material that is unavailable in other English mediums. It was never designed to invade the field of the daily
newspaper or the general American periodical with which it manifestly cannot begin to compete. But in those very things in which,
from our own special point of view, other publications were lacking, THE SYRIAN WORLD attempted to supply the deficiency. In
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the special field of Syrian interest, the magazine was made to
cover the widest range, from history, literature, and Arab lore,
to general news about Syrian activities in Syria and throughout
the world. It was also generous in fiction of a nature compatible
with its purpose. It gave a comprehensive monthly resume of
political developments in Syria without prejudice or bias.
Since THE SYRIAN WORLD has been consistent in maintaining
this policy during the five years of its publication, what, in the
opinion of our readers, can be its shortcomings whether in commission or omission?
4 —SHOULD THE SIZE BE CHANGED?
There was no particular reason for adopting the present size
of the magazine except its convenience for immediate handling
and its adaptability to binding for future reference. The magazine was not intended as of passing interest and for temporary
amusement; it was meant to be a medium of permanent value,
encyclopaedic in its information, and fit for preservation in every
Syrian home as a source of useful information for future generations. We have the alternative of doubling the size of the page,
which would permit of more display, but necessitating a reduction in the number of pages from sixty-four to thirty-two. In
the latter case it would be the size of the Literary Digest. Which
would readers prefer?
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Once these questions are answered, we could have a true
indication of the readers' preferences. The most important question is whether or not the magazine is considered needed as a
racial organ in America. Those answering in the affirmative
might be in a position to offer helpful suggestions as to the means
of continuing and promoting it. If THE SYRIAN WORLD, or whatever other name is decided for it, is viewed as an influence in
our life, an asset to our racial prestige, an organ of our culture,
then the responsibility of preserving and promoting it should be
a matter of public concern. We are assuming that there are sufficient public-spirited Syrians in America who will give the matter
•serious consideration and share with the publisher the responsibility which so far he has been carrying alone. And now that we
have laid the case of THE SYRIAN WORLD before the public, we
shall await the verdict before the end of our fifth year, which
falls with the June issue.
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Reflections on Co-operation
2fy A
READER
QO-OPERATION is a word that people are prone to use too
freely. No matter what the objective may be, at some time
or other, the advocate of that objective will call upon his listeners or readers to "co-operate". In the case of listeners, the audience usually claps enthusiastically. And thereby "co-operates".
In the case of readers, from several of them there is the usual
expression of sympathy and approval. And thereby they "cooperate".
Co-operation, I believe, means more than that. Webster has
this to say: "To act or operate jointly with another or others;
concurrent effort or labor." It seems to me that Webster did not
intend to include hand-clappers and letter-writers, unless you reduce the definition to a literal absurdity. There wouldn't seem to
be much "effort" or "labor" or "action" to hand-clapping and
letter-writing.
I believe in calling a spade a spade. A King, Queen, Jack,
Ten and Nine of a suit couldn't be called a Royal Flush even
though it is close. I know from bitter experience that the Ace
is a necessary card.
Hand-clapping, of course, is good moral support. No one, I
think, would deny that. It serves to instill a confidence. It encourages the convictions of whatever beliefs promulgators of an
objective may have. But I don't believe that all the moral-support in the world could really be called co-operation.
It seems to me we ought to stop fooling ourselves. We ought
either to really co-operate or be willing to admit that we have
only been hand-clapping all the time.
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Which all reminds me. I read the editor's statement in the
March issue to the effect that the publication is in financial
straits. He explained that unless positive support were forthcoming there would be little likelihood of its continued existence.
To me, this seems a shame. That THE SYRIAN WORLD, which is
the only medium in English serving to elevate the Syrian race
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in the United States, should cease to be published, because of the
failure of Syrians to support it, would indelibly stain our fair
name.
It seems to me that I would do my level best to keep alive
anyone or anything that told the world how good I was. Very
few people in this old world of ours are constructively critical.
I suppose most of us have become so accustomed to hearing destructive criticisms that when a real constructive leader happens
in our midst, we don't know what to do.
I'll tell you what I think we ought to do. We ought to subscribe to the publication. We ought to induce those among us
who are not subscribers to subscribe. We ought to preach the
cause of THE SYRIAN WORLD at any opportunity.
I think we ought to remember that this publication does not
really belong to the Editor or to the Publisher. It belongs to us.
It belongs to all the Syrians. It belongs to all the Syrian-Americans. It belongs to all those of Syrian extraction who speak English. It seems to me that we owe our support to anything that
belongs to us.
Let us have more action and less hand-clapping.
Sayings of Ali
Your best friends are those who direct you to the path of
goodness.
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A man's character is judged by his actions j his knowledge
by his speech.
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The miserly rich is poorer than the generous poor.
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A slap by the beloved carries a double sting.
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GIBRAN KAHLIL GIBRAN
Becharri, Mt. Lebanon, 1883—New York, 1931
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Gibran Kahlil Gibran
Gibran Kahlil Gibran was known to the literary world, except
in his mother Arabic language, simply as Kahlil Gibran. In giving him his first name, a common Syrian practice was followed
designed to perpetuate the name of the founder of the family.
The Gibran family is well-known in Becharri, Gibran's birthplace. He was connected on his mother's side with the equally
well-known local family of Rahme.
The etymology of the two family names assumes especial significance viewed in conjunction with the character of Gibran. Gibran is from the Arabic verb Gabar, meaning to mend. It is applied figuratively to those who bring relief in distress. Rahme
is charity. The combination appears singularly prophetic.
Gibran was born in Becharri, Mt. Lebanon, in 1883. At the
age of twelve he came to the United States, but after two years
returned to Syria for his education, attending the Al-Hikmat College at Beirut, where he took up Arabic and French.
In 1903 he returned to America. After five years, most of
which he spent in Boston, he went abroad to study painting in
Paris. In 1912 he moved to New York and made his permanent
home there.
The English works of Gibran are "The Madman," published
in 1918, "The Forerunner," in 1920, "The Prophet," in 1923,
"Jesus the Son of Man," in 1928, and "The Earth Gods," in
1931. He had under preparation another work which was to appear under the title "The Garden of the Prophet." The Prophet
was his most successful work, of which his publishers state more
than seventy thousand copies were sold. It was translated into
more than twenty languages.
Almost all of Gibran's published works in Arabic antedate
his English works. In Arabic Gibran was the creator of a style
of writing that was altogether his own and came to be exclusively
identified with him. His influence spread through all the Arabicspeaking world.
Gibran was one prophet who was honored during his lifetime
by his own countrymen. In January, 1929, the Syrian community
of New York held a banquet at one of the leading hotels to celebrate the twenty-fifth literary anniversary of Gibran, commemorating the publication of his first Arabic book.
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The Last Days of Gibran
SUDDEN and tragic was the end of our beloved poet, Gibran
Kahlil Gibran. Death came to him at ten minutes before eleven
o clock on the night of Friday, April 10, 1931, at St. Vincent's
Hospital in New York, where he had been removed from his
studio on the morning of the same day. At about two in the afternoon he lapsed into a state of coma from which he never emerged
His sister Mariana, who had come from Boston, and a few intimate friends, were at his bedside. Practically until the very last
day before his removal to the hospital Gibran had shown the indomitable will which characterized his mastery of the spirit over
the flesh throughout life. Even until Thursday he was working
on some unfinished manuscripts and drawings. His studio on
VVest lenth Street showed, if anything, even increased signs of
that orderly activity which marked his work.
, i?n Jhursday morning Mrs, Anna Johansen, the caretaker
at. Lhe Studio Building, carried Gibran his simple breakfast as
was her custom, and his weakness gave her a sense of alarm She
called on the phone to Mrs. Leonobel Jacobs, a friend of many
years, and a one time resident of the same building. Mrs. Jacobs
responded at once and brought with her a physician of note a
specialist, and he ordered the removal of the patient to the hospital. It was, however, considered that Gibran's own request to
wait until Friday morning might safely be regarded. In the early
afternoon of Thursday, Barbara Young, his close friend and conhdante m his English work, came to the Studio and was at once
deeply anxious about his condition. She remained with him and
he talked of his current work, the high interest in still unfinished
drawings, and future books. About eight-thirty Mrs. Jacobs returned with the physician, and again the assurance was given that
he could safely wait until morning before going to St. Vincent's
Hospital. His wish to do so being so very positive.
During Thursday evening, until after midnight', when he fell
into an uneasy sleep, he talked with Miss Young of his beloved
country of his mother, and of his sister Mariana. Still the unfinished drawings were foremost in his mind, and he said "These
hands must still do some work upon them, before thev can go
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Just before the removal to the hospital, Gibran was very conscious of the anxiety in Miss Young's face, and he said, almost at
the moment the doctors entered the room, "Don't be troubled.
All is well."
He was carried into St. Vincent's at ten-thirty in the forenoon,
and a consultation was immediately called. Mariana was summoned and she hastened by the first train from Boston, accompanied by Gibran's cousins, Mrs. Rose Diab and Assaf George, arriving only after her brother had become unable to recognize her.
In mid-afternoon a second consultation was hurriedly called,
and at dusk still another eminent physician was brought to the
bedside. But to no avail. His long struggle had consumed his
last ounce of strength which suddenly broke down beyond hope
of mending by any human assistance.
At 5 o'clock Miss Young telephoned to the office of THE
SYRIAN WORLD to advise the editor of Gibran's condition. She
felt it her duty, she said, considering the gravity of the situation,
to make the fact known to Gibran's people.
The news came as a terrible shock. Only a few days before
the editor had been speaking to the famous poet and the latter's
voice seemed to be charged with a distinct tone of cheerfulness
and hope. His "The Earth Gods" had just appeared and he was
working on still another book scheduled to appear in the fall, he
announced.
Such feelings of grave apprehension and anxiety as came to
the editor at that moment are experienced only when a man of
public responsibility faces the danger of a national calamity, and
as such to him would be viewed the loss of Gibran. Hastily communicating the news to Mischa Naimy, the editor sped to the
hospital, only to find Gibran already in a comatose state. By his
side were Barbara Young, Mrs. William Brown Maloney, Miss
Adele Watson and Mrs. Leonobel Jacobs, all known American
writers and artists, whose apprehension and grief showed plainly
on their faces, seemingly unable to admit the possibility of Gibran coming to such an untimely death. Gibran is to them what he
is to every Lebanese and Syrian, a brother whose passing meant
a deep personal loss. They were all with him to the end.
Chor-Bishop Francis Wakim, pastor of St. Joseph's Maronite
church in New York, had been summoned by the hospital management but found the patient already unconscious.
The tense anxiety of the four American ladies was fast grow-
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trig. Could it be possible that, the light will never again shine in
Gibran's eyes, his voice never again speak to those who held him
so dearly? We spoke to him in his own language, hoping he
might react to memories of his youth, but it was apparent that
the only language Gibran could now understand was that of the
calling angels.
The moment of the great passing was quiet and without pain
or struggle. At his bedside were Barbara Young and Mischa
Naimy, and in an adjoining room, Mrs. Jacobs and Mrs. Melonev
and Miss Watson waited with Mariana and the two cousins, hoping until the final breath was drawn for some miracle which
would restore the vigor and power of this friend and brother.
The metropolitan press the following day published long accounts of Gibran's life, and the news of his death was carried by
Associated Press dispatches to the world.
The scene at Gibran's studio on the following day was heartrending. The pitiful lamentations of Mariana aroused memories
which continually brought tears to the eyes of the many sympathizers who grouped about her. And there were Gibran's books
and drawings, and wood-carvings, and the many altars he had set
about the room, and the tapestries of religious designs he had
hung along the walls, all reminiscent of his work of hand and
pen and brush, and symbolic of the depth of his spiritual feelings and convictions. Papers were piled high on his desk, and
scattered over the tables. Some one picked up the cover of a
cigarette box, and Gibran had written on it in Arabic one of his
typical epigrams: "Weariness might well be the height of ambition
"My brother always enjoined me from throwing away empty
cigarette boxes or paper slips. He used to write on anything that
was handy," explained Mariana between sobs.
Saturday and Sunday the body, banked with wreaths of orchids and lilies, lay at the Universal Funeral Parlors in Lexington Avenue, where hundreds filed by in reverence and grief in a
continual stream. Many of the mourners were personal friends,
but many others were admirers who had never met in person this
gifted son of the East, but came to love and revere him by his
works. They were from all nationalities, because Gibran's fame
was not confined to the people of one language or race. Some of
his books had been translated into as many as twenty languages.
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But all who came represented the finest artistic and literary element in American life.
The names of many of these who came to render their silent
tribute are known both here and abroad. Among these were Mrs.
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson who rose from her own sick bed to
stand beside the bier of this inestimable friend; Leonora Speyer,
Rose O'Neill, Margaret Sanger, Alice Raphael, Natalie Sedgwick
Colby; and through Rose O'Neill came messages of devotion and
sorrow from Witter Bynner, Daniel Long, and Orrick Johns,
fellow poets and friends of long and happy years.
The body was taken to Boston for interment in the family
plot where Gibran's mother rests. Accompanying the bereaved
sister were a number of devoted American friends and members
of Ar-Rabitah, the Arabic literary circle which Gibran had founded and of which he had been president.
During the past winter Gibran had taken a keen pleasure in
translating several of the simple beautiful poems from his Arabic
into English. The last poem, which he dictated to Barbara
Young but a very short time, a fortnight perhaps, before his passing, is this:
Whence, Bride of my dreams?
Go hence slowly, Bride of my deeper Dream;
For I am now weary afoot,
And I cannot follow.
Nay, go fast, faster,
Bride of my dreams,
For the valleys and the higher hills
That I feared but yesterday,
Now I would cross and climb.
Go fast, faster. I follow.
The spirit is ready and I would now run.
Fly, Bride of my dreams,
For there are wings springing upon my shoulders.
The flame that I feared of burning
Now I would embrace;
And now I would bathe only at the high tide of
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It was at the autumn of my years
That I beheld you in the mist,
Bride of my dreams.
Now it is spring.
Run fast. Fly high.
I follow.
We shall pass into the twilight,
Perchance to wake to the dawn of another world.
But love shall stay,
And his finger-marks shall not be erased.
The blessed forge burns,
The sparks rise, and each spark is a sun.
Better it is for us and wiser
To seek a shadowed nook and sleep in our earth
divinity,
And let love, human and frail, command the
coming day.
These words close the last published book of Gibran Kahlil
Gibran.
Gibran s Funeral in Boston
'By BARBARA YOUNG
was love, human and frail, love stricken with a grief entirely
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expression, that met the body of Gibran as it was taken
from the train at South Station at five in the afternoon of Monday, April 13. The platforms and waiting-rooms were overflowing with hundreds of weeping people who had come to receive
this body of the Syrian poet who was their beloved, "habibi."
This was the word on every tongue. Gibran's close personal
friend and the priest of the Church of Our Lady of the Cedars,
Chor-Bishop Stephen El-Douaihy, in his robes, met Mariana
Gibran and her cousins, and the American and Syrian friends who
had accompanied them from New York. A group of notable
Boston men led by Elias F. Shamon, Gibran's friend and legal
counsellor, placed upon the casket the beautiful Lebanese flag,
and it was borne to the home of the Syrian Ladies' Aid Society
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on West Newton street, where, lying in silent state, Gibran received the hundreds of sorrowing hearts that came to look upon
his quiet face, and express with rivers of tears, and with the tenderest and most blessed words, their overwhelming grief.
The writer was moved, beyond any words to tell, by the interminable lines of weeping beings from every walk in life that
passed through the long room, softly lighted, banked with the
loveliest of flowers, tapers burning at the head and foot of the
simple casket, and a guard of honor, young men from the Becharre Society, standing always, day and night, beside their sleeping countryman.
On Tuesday, when the long procession wound through the
city streets, making its way to the Church of Our Lady of the Cedars on Tyler Street, it was accompanied by hundreds of loving
people. And as the cortege passed by many dropped upon their
knees upon the curb to pray; and the scores of traffic officers of
Boston stood at salute as the flag-draped casket went by.
It was impossible for the many hundreds of friends to find
places inside the little church, and they waited in silence on the
sidewalk during the service conducted by the Rt. Reverend Stephen El-Douaihy, with moving and impressive chant and recitative which is a part of the Maronite funeral service. In the
little organ loft a beautiful single voice was suddenly lifted in
a pean of sad beauty. It was the voice of a young Syrian girl,
Nagiebie Mourad, whose singing had enchanted Gibran many
times, and in whose gift he had a faith and confidence.
Beside the candles stood a young altar-boy who had been a
protege of Gibran, and whose dark eyes ran over with tears which
he tried in vain to control.
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The organizations represented at the services included the
Syrian Ladies' Aid Society, Syrian Educational Society, St. George
Society of Antioch, Damascus Church Society, Massachusetts Syrian Association of American Citizens, Mount Lebanon Club of
Boston and Lebanon League of Progress of New York.
At the tomb wherein the mortal garment had been laid,
awaiting a possible removal to the country of the cedars, the
throngs of now utterly silent friends listened to the words of
love and sorrow and farewell voiced by the Monsignor and by
the countrymen of Gibran who had come from New York to pay
the last possible tribute to his visible presence.
Never have I beheld expressions of greater tenderness nor
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of deeper grief. "Much have I loved the world, and the world
has loved me," Gibran has written in his unfinished "Garden of
the Prophet." He knew in his great heart that this was indeed so.
And this profound and deathless love through which he gave
himself in ceaseless measure to the world shall be ever his honor
and his reward.
These words, again from his "Earth Gods," might well be
his epitaph:
"My god-heart within my human ribs
Shouts to my god-heart in mid-air.
The human pit that wearied me calls to divinity.
The beauty that we have sought from the beginning
Calls unto divinity.
I heed and I have measured the call,
And now I yield.
Beauty is a path that leads to self self-slain.
Beat your strings.
I will to walk the path.
It stretches ever to another dawn."
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Americans Pay Tribute to Spirit
of Gibran
Impressive Services Held at the Roerich Museum by
Representative American Intellectuals.
"THOUGH Gibran be dead, his memory will ever live; his influence on the spiritual life of America will gain momentum
with the passing of years; his creations of pen and brush will constitute one of the finest contributions of his race to the youngAmerican nation. Such was the general theme of the many eulogies, in poetry and prose, contributed to the memorial services to
the "Spirit of Gibran," held in the East Hall of the Roerich
Museum, 103rd Street and Riverside Drive in New York on the
afternoon of Wednesday, April 29.
The occasion was marked by the simplicity, dignity, and uplifting influence characteristic of the Spirit of Gibran, which it
was meant to symbolize. The thought of rendering this public
tribute to our departed poet was in the minds of all his many
friends and admirers since he died, but was first given expression
by Dr. Charles Fleischer, well-known author and lecturer, who
was most generous in time and energy in organizing the meeting.
The two-hundred or more in attendance were representative
of the city's best intellectual element. There were authors and
lecturers, artists, educators and men and women of various professions. A number of Syrians were also present, but not in the
proportion to properly indicate Gibran's place in the esteem of
his own people, since it had been announced in the Syrian press
that a special memorial meeting, to be conducted in Arabic, was
to be held in Brooklyn, Sunday evening, May 24.
Throughout the meeting, the chairman, Dr. Fleischer, punctuated the eulogies with the reading of selected passages from
Gibran's works. He opened with the fitting quotation, "Mayhap
a funeral among men is a wedding-feast among the angels."
Prince Hohiudin, scion of the Arab Hashemite family of the
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Prophet, played "Du bist die Ruh" on the 'cello to the piano ac
compamment of Mr. Reitner. The opening remarks of the hair
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A RECLAMATION
Opening Remarks of the Chairman,
DR. FLEISCHER
"The Cosmos sends a creative challenge to her Earth Chil
dren: to escape oblivion-as best we can. Each accordmg to h s
power-in his brief allowance of earthly life-achieves escape
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speech with truth, beauty, wisdom, understanding: like our
friend Kahlil Gibran-uttered himself, as poet, arfist prophet
in spntual terms,-well, his passing from our ^igh and ken s
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Therefore, we mourn not; because we can easily take, as the
keynote for our "Tribute to the Spirit of Kaklil Gibran" his
own words from "Sand and Foam":
"Mayhap a funeral among men is a wedding-feast among
the angles."
GIBRAN LIVES
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The elegiac note is not the proper one for this occasion, as
Doctor Fleischer has well said. When a prophet dies—and no
one is more deserving than Gibran of that title—it is a surcease
from labor and a release from "the narrow prison of the breast."
It was a release also in this case from physical suffering so protracted and intense that no matter how keen our personal loss
we should rejoice today that this Bird of God is free at last.
As prophet, poet, painter, seer, Gibran is well known to you
all; therefore upon these aspects, in the short time at my disposal, I shall not dwell, but attempt rather to tell you something
about him as a man and as a friend. For he was my friend from
far back—I even think in other lives. Our first coming together
was "like kinsmen met a-night," and those thereafter, however
infrequent, were as though we had just parted and would never
part again.
I can testify to the truth of what his fellow-countryman has
just told you: that though dwelling far from home and writing
in an alien language his great love for his birthplace and his
birthright remained unimpaired. Lebanon was to him a sacred
land, a nursery of saints and prophets; and he always insisted
that it was their light which he sent forth rather than anything personal to himself. In this he was doubtless right: his
power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it
could not have been so universal and so potent, but the majesty
and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all
his own.
Robert Edmund Jones once said to me, "Claude, we do not
use the word 'noble' often enough." This is true, but indeed why
should we? —there are so few things and people now-a-days to
which the adjective can be applied. But Gibran was one of these
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people—a noble man, of noble birth, noble rearing, noble presence, character and endowment. If this seems to bear with it any
implication of the aloof and forbidding I hasten to correct the
impression by adding that he was also a man of great charm—
what the Irish would call a "darlin' " man, in the sense of being
very human and lovable. For he loved the world and he loved
people; he was a devoted friend, and was as a father to many
orphans: his benefactions alone would make an amazing story,
but he took pains to see that this story should not be known. To
sum up, Gibran was like that other Great One, Zarathustra, who,
asked if by carrying his fire to the valleys he did not fear the
incendiary's doom, made this answer' "I love men!"
In any company of his intimates he was the center of a
charmed attention—not because he wanted to be, but others, with
the chance of listening to him, did not care to talk. On these occasions he was fond of telling pointed and amusing stories drawn
from the Persian poets and the folk-lore of his people, and he
did this with an impromptu art commensurate with, but different
from, his deeply considered and highly polished written verse.
The last time but one on which I saw him, he told me that
he was working on a trilogy of which "The Prophet" was to constitute only the first part, "The Garden of the Prophet" and
"The Death of the Prophet" being the second and third. The
theme of the first (as we know) is the relation of man to his fellow-men, the theme of the second was to be man's relation to Nature, and of the third, his relation to God. How much of this he
had finished at the time of his death I have no idea, but there are
fragments which in due time will be added to that heritage already
bequeathed and scattered with so loving and so liberal a hand. I
shall not add the conventional tag, "now stilled in death" because
it would express only a falsehood: history proves that great prophets and great poets are never so alive in the consciousness of
men as after they have put off the body. Gibran lives, increasingly and eternally.
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HE BROUGHT BEAUTY AND TRUTH
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THE passing of Kahlil Gibran removes a significant and vital
personality from the international scene. It was a many-sided
personality, touched with genius and characterized by rare charm
and distinction. He was at once a poet, a painter, a thinker, and
a scholar. His achievements in each one of these aspects represented an authentic individuality and a serene and high purpose.
Originality, idealism, and a fastidious craftsmanship characterized his work as poet and painter. As a thinker he had begun
with the precious natural endowment of a mind of great range
and depth, which came to be informed and equipped with the
fruits of a varied culture and a profound scholarship.
It is not my purpose on this occasion to essay an exhaustive
appraisal of the life and achievements of Kahlil Gibran, but
rather to offer a homage of affection to the memory of a friend
and of admiration to a creative artist, prematurely torn from us,
but whose influence and inspiration will continue to be operative
on the minds and hearts of innumerable men and women for a
long time to come.
It was my privilege to have known Gibran at fairly close
range, both as a friend and as an artist. As one recalls his vivid
and vital personality, the unforgettable memory is one of its
compelling charm. He bore his great learning lightly, and almost to the last his jo'te de vivre and a keen sense of humor were
a dominant part of his personality. Even the great physical pain,
which he so stoically endured during the closing years of his
life, was not able to daunt his god-given capacity for laughter
and his genius for companionship.
According to a classical observation, the difference between
ordinary mortals and an authentic poet is that while we all have
our moods and moments of ecstasy, the poet alone can hold his
ecstasy long enough to make it immortal. Gibran lived in perpetual ecstasy, which in this context connotes an intense sensitiveness both to the laughter and the tears of things. He, truly, and
in authentic poetic tradition, learnt in suffering much that he
taught in song.
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In the poet's soul, indeed, ecstasy and agony must co-exist,
and it is the poet's alchemy that extracts from their inter-mingling the substance of enduring Beauty.
While everyone knows of the distinguished achievements of
Kahlil Gibran as a poet and a painter, perhaps the quality of his
mature and mellow scholarship is not so well or widely known.
This scholarship was a basic element of his rich and cosmopolitan
culture. While he derived from one of the most ancient and authentic of the founts of Christian tradition, he also shared with
the world of Islam the heritage of the classic Arabic language
and literature.
This community of inheritance had enabled him to acquire a
\ ast knowledge of, and deep insight into, the history and psychology of the Islamic peoples. He had an intimate and extensive
knowledge of their philosophy and their poetry. He said to me
more than once that he ranked the Caliph Ali as among the very
greatest figures of history—greater, in his opinion, even than
Mohammed—and that he hoped one day to put together a collec;ion of the Sayings of Ali, which he thought were among the
profoundest and wisest of human utterances.
He knew many of the Sayings of Ali by heart and, as a
master of Arabic himself, could no doubt appreciate them in the
fullness of their classic force and beauty. I know enough about
Ali—the beau ideal of Islamic chivalry—to share Gibran's enthusiasm and admiration for that incomparable Caliph. Had
Gibran lived to bring out his projected compilation, I do not
doubt but that it would have taken its place as a memorable contribution to the lilerature, not alone of the Arabic-speaking peop'es but of the world. A selection of the Sayings of Ali by Kahlil Gibran would have had a savor and a unity all its own!
Gibran thus united in himself two of the historic traditions
of the East—his racial roots were in the sacred soil of Lebanon
and his cultural roots in the language and lore of the larger
entity of all "Jazirat-ul-Arab".
To a cultural personality already so deeply rooted and so
richly blended, he super-added the acquisitions of a modern
Western training. He not only perfected his artistic technique
under the liberating and inspiring influence of la belle France, but
with characteristic intellectual zest he utilized those precious
early years in Paris to contact with the ideals and achievements
of the European tradition in Art. He knew most of the treasures
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of the Louvre in his own field, for instance, with a thoroughness
and intimacy that could have been equaled by only a few others
among his contemporaries.
Gibran thus presented a most rare combination of qualities
and assets, which made him an outstanding and irreplaceable personality. Not the least of his characteristics was that reverent
pride in his art which permitted of no compromise where standards were concerned, and which made him sustain his own role
as an artist with invulnerable dignity. In the midst of rampant
vulgarity and a raucous commercialism he unflinchingly eschewed
alike the tricks and the trophies of the market place.
No one who knew Gibran but will miss him keenly, and even
poignantly. One can only balance the sense of personal loss by
the reflection that if he has passed on in the prime of life it has
also been in the fullness of manifold achievement. And, above
all, perhaps the supreme consolation for his friends will be in
the realization that he was instrumental in bringing, by his life
and his works, a great deal of Beauty and a great deal of Truth
into thousands of other lives. No artist could have done more or
could have wished for more. "May his soul rest in peace!"
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(")NE cannot fail but be moved by the touching tributes now
given in memory of our beloved poet Gibran. Seeing that this
assembly is composed mostly of Americans, men and women admirers of the work of pen and brush of one of our kinsmen, and
that the call to it had first been sounded by non-Syrians, one
readily concedes that Gibran belongs to the larger humanity, that his spirit is universal and transcends racial
and national demarcations. In that he is yours as well as
ours. But being originally of us, he is our messenger to you, the
man who embodies and typifies the richness of that spiritual
heritage which is of the East.
If we may be permitted the pardonable pride of claiming Gibran, it is but to reassert a truth with which he had been continually
identified and which he never made an attempt to conceal. He,
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rather, felt proud in proclaiming it, to the extent that he became
known as the Poet of the Cedars, and that in his literary masterpiece "Jesus the Son of Man" he paid his tribute to the character
of Jesus under the significant title: "A Man from Lebanon Nineteen Centuries Afterwards." Gibran's name was inalienably associated with that of his national extraction, and his life and work
and even his tragic death were as if cast by fate with the source
of his early inspiration. He was born under the shadow of the
Cedars of Lebanon, at Becherri, the highest point of habitation
in the upper reaches of the mountain close to the grove which has
defied the centuries, and still stands as a living relic of a glorious
civilization. Gibran dreamed of going to live some day in the
scenes of his early childhood and youth. News of his intention
had reached his countrymen, and when I was with them only a
short time since, they were most solicitous for his return. They
idolized him; they were proud of his genius; but in order to
insure his well-being and guarantee that solitude which he so
much sought, they had arranged to install him in the very monastery whose location he admired even in his tender age. It was
an old landmark, situated on a ledge of the mountain almost
half-way between his native town and the Cedars. The location
is ideal for Gibran's purpose. From it he could at once command
a view of the lofty cedars to soar to the heights of inspiration,
and of the majestic Wadi Qadisha, or sacred valley, which symbolized the depth of his reasoning and understanding.
But fate has willed otherwise. Born in the East^ he followed
the sun in its prescribed course and set in the West. To the
West he owed much of his technical knowledge and skill which
he aptly used to express his native ability. His medium of expression in his more mature years was principally the English language.
Fate also so willed that even to the end he should be associated with the memory of his beloved homeland. The last rites
over his mortal remains were held in the church of Our Lady of
the Cedars in Boston, chanted in the Syriac language which he
learned as a youth and retained as a man, and by a priest of his
own section of the mother country.
It is in the spirit of his origin and associations that we claim
him. To us he symbolizes a spiritual heritage which, in his own
words, "we can proudly lay as a gift of gratitude upon the lap
of America." His message to the Syrian-American generation
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which he was moved, rather inspired, to write in promotion of
an ideal, breaths the spirit of law-obedience, productive and constructive toil, and the necessity of giving as well as of taking.
His own exalted example was that of giving out of the fullness
of his heart. I shall, with your indulgence, read you his short,
yet prophetic message, which he wrote especially for THE SYRIAN WORLD. (Gibran's message appears elsewhere in this issue.)
True to the spirit of Gibran, we shall give as we take. We
shall contribute to our fullest ability. And now, speaking as a
Syrian from Lebanon, the country of Gibran's birth, and voicing
the sentiment of my people, I may say, "People of America, we
have contributed to you—Gibran."
THE VOICE OF THE HEIGHTS OF LEBANON
"By
REV. ROBERT NORWOOD
We lament and mourn the going of Kahlil Gibran. In an
age of clack and clatter, of noisy superficialness and arrogant imposters, we need prophets and poets like the one who was a little
while in our midst and who has gone forward into the nearer
intimacy of life with God. I doubt if any preacher of this age,
however popular in his vogue, knew God and Christ with the
intimacy and the understanding of Kahlil Gibran. His voice was
the voice of the heights of Lebanon, and his spirit had something
of that grace and winsomeness revealed in One whom Paul described as grace — "The grace of the Lord Jesus."
It is a question, when a great man or a great woman passes,
what a nation accepts as its standard of greatness. Still we estimate the warrior, or the man who is able to control the destinies
of the world because of his skill in bargaining. But surely, as
time goes on, humanity stands with bowed head before the
prophet. America, you are bereft today of one of your greatest
souls, and the universe has been made more beautiful by a memory — the memory of Kahlil Gibran,
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THE PROPHET NEVER DIES
By REV. ABRAHAM M. RIHBANY
Mr. Gibran's death has left vacant an honored place in the
circle of true seekers and exponents of truth, goodness and beauty.
His soul was attuned to the higher and finer harmonies. He
served his generation, in a feverishly restless age, as a steadying
spiritual force. Sweetness and light, power and beauty, flowed
from his brush and pen. The great host of his spiritual beneficiaries will rise with your assembly and call his memory Blessed.
To us Syrians his achievements will ever remain a source of
inspiration and encouragement to seek the heights his brilliant
mind touched. He still lives and will continue to live with us
in his precious works. "The prophet never dies."
A GREAT SYRIAN OF THE AGES
By
REV.
W. A.
MANSUR
The death of the great G. K. Gibran brought great sorrow
to my heart, and tears to my eyes, and the realization of a great
loss. I wrote of Gibran as one of the great Syrian-Americans of
our times. I now write of him as one of the great Syrians of the
Ages. Gibran is forever the glorious heritage of our Lebanese
race, and Syrians of Greater Syria.
It is great men who make a people great, who enrich the
people's heritage, who lead in the vanguard of the race's progress. Gibran enriched our race by his high character, by his noble
achievements, and by his benevolent aspirations. We are a greater
people, we are a richer race, we are a better generation because
Gibran lived, wrought, and achieved.
Gibran lives, although he died, lives in the ennobling inspirations he left us, in the lofty song he bequeathed to us, in the
heavenly truths he gave to us. Gibran ever remains the poet
of our hearts, the singer of our soul, and the inspirer of our
song. He ever lives in our hearts, in our minds, and in our
dreams. Gibran, one of the fairest flowers of Lebanese soil, Gibran one of the illustrious sons of Lebanese heritage, Gibran one
of the greatest of the Lebanese race, will be enshrined forever in
the heart of the Lebanese and Syrian race. Let us catch the inspiration that we may dedicate ourselves to high character, noble
achievement^ unselfish service, and human welfare,
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A SEER DEPARTED
An Editorial of
THE SUN,
Nezo York, April 15, 1931
The death of Kahlil Gibran is a great loss to the Syrians of
New York, numerous enough to form a distinct colony. He is
mourned, moreover, by the Arabic-speaking peoples of the world,
who had pride in him as their chief poet and artist, and by many
Occidental admirers who were familiar with such of his books
in English as "The Madman," "The Forerunner," "The Prophet," "Sand and Foam," "Jesus the Son of Man" and "The
Earth Gods."
In Greenwich Village Gibran's studio was a favorite meetingplace for artists j he will be missed not only as an artist-poet but
as a personality. When at work he wore the robes of his native
land, but when he went on the street he dressed in the clothing
to which New York is accustomed. A keen eye, noting the exquisitely sensitive hands, would have known them as those of
an artist.
Because of his position as the representative poet of a race,
Kahlil Gibran's fame was much wider than many of his American acquaintances imagined. He was a mystic, regarding the exterior world of tables and chairs as a mere veil or appearance.
It was natural that he should have written "The Prophet," for
he was born in Lebanon, known as the birthplace of prophets.
He wrote always as one inspired. "I did not write 'The Prophet'j
'The Prophet' wrote me," he said once to an admirer. He struck
out parables and aphorisms which had appeal for all men irrespective of race; his works have been translated into twelve languages. His early writings in Arabic were the first to depart
from traditional forms and to introduce verse and free prose.
Seldom have twin talents been so evenly united in an individual.
Fortunately before Kahlil Gibran died his pen and pencil had
largely "gleaned his teeming brain."
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VALEDICTORY
'By
BARBARA YOUNG
We say, "The poet sleeps. Let mighty cedars
Guard now the place, and fortify this hill
Against the passing of his lofty name."
We say, "Let roots enfold his gracious dust—
He who has known their darkness and their pain,
And all the secret anguish of the soil,
And the green ways of myrtle and of grass;
He who has heard the pulse of God and man
Beat in the beating rain and falling snow."
We say, "The poet sleeps." He does not sleep.
He is gone out to walk upon the sky,
To run upon the wind. His stringless lyre
Is tuned to spaceless song, his brush of light
Finds now the colors of that other prism
Whereunto all his radiant being yearned.
Call it not dying to espouse the mist.
Call it not death to pass into the sun.
Nay, even now his unencumbered wing
Encounters Beauty in her dwelling-place.
For he has uttered an immortal word
Of life and Love and Death, and flung their face
In clear resplendant majesty and glory
Upon the ivory page. Now he goes forth
To speak in measures with the morning star,
To paint the ether with the suns and moons,
And ride the tempest where he finds his home.
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CONQUEROR OF THE STING
By
LEONORA SPEYER
Does the hill lie down at last:
And the sea sleep on its shore?
You, so generous of words—
Generous no more! —
Is the storm stilled on a leaf,
And the wind bound in a sheaf?
Be still and know that I am God.
(Psalms)
Only the dead are still enough. . .
And you, whom pain loved so,
You, lying there, know well,
Kahlil. . .
Pale poet's mouth
Sealed with the immaculate Hush,
Hand that has dropped the brush,
You of the eagle's wing. . .
Listening, you know,
Triumphant over Victory,
And conqueror of the Sting!
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STARRY SON OF LEBANON
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Can it be that he has gone,
Starry son of Lebanon?
Pen and Brush,—wings for his will,
Yet were warm when he grew still.
To the end, he gave and gave,—
Soul compassionate and brave!
"To the end,"—what have I said?—
Grieving hearts, be comforted,
He but halted on the way
To his spirit's freer day;—
Poet-prophet, pausing here,
As he moved from sphere to sphere.
Song and Silence knew his name,
Both for him were living flame,
Quickening all mystic power,
Bringing Beauty to full flower.
Love and Wisdom, Grief and Joy,
Gold of Life, and Life's Alloy,
Gave their meaning to his care,
To illumine and to share.
From his hands and from his lips,
Came a new apocalypse.
Strange! I seem to see him—now,
Eyes a-light, light on his browHear the voice, our hearts has stirred,
Chanting almost, word on word:
/ am here, beyond all death,
One with God's immortal breath,
One with Love's infinity,—
/ in you, and you in me.
Hail to you, Kahlil Gibran,
Starry son of Lebanon!
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THE MYSTIC PACT
(TO GIBRAN)
"By
MISCHA NAIMY
I chanced upon my Brother's tryst with Death.
Fast were they locked in each other's embrace,
My Brother saying, "Mother of my breath,
Bid it be still, bid it dissolve in space.
It chokes my nostrils with the heavy smells
Of still-born hopes and putrid days and nights,
And breathless would I dwell upon the heights
And in the depths where breathless Beauty dwells.
"Reach deep, sweet Lover, deep into my breast;
Perchance you'll find a fragment of a heart.
'Tis all I have to offer you; the rest
Is mine no longer: Here and there a part
I laid on canvas, melted into song,
Planted in fields unwedded to the plow,
Forged into tongues for all the mute who long
With tongues their silent longings to endow.
"Now cleanse me, Lover, of the salt and froth
Of earth to sail with you the shoreless sea."
And Death responded to my Brother's plea,
And with the kiss of silence sealed the troth.
As I, a witness to the mystic rites,
Stood dazed, enveloped in a thousand nights,
There spoke a voice exceeding soft and kind:
"What is ahead is already behind."
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TO ONE WHO HAS PASSED
'By
MARY MOORE
FIRST THOUGHT
I saw Death stretch forth his hand
And take my well-beloved
Beyond my reach:
And leave to earth but a garment.
SECOND THOUGHT
Yet, I can hear the silent lips
Telling a deeper longing;
And I can see the eyes of love
Demanding their answer.
THIRD THOUGHT
You have not perished.
For if you were as sod,
I could not call to
Unanswerable clay,
As I call to you now.
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FOURTH THOUGHT
And I know that before
I, too, shall cross Life's bridge,
I shall feel your heart enfold me,
Even as your arms enfolded me
Yesterdav.
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GIBRAN'S MESSAGE
TO YOUNG AMERICANS OF SYRIAN ORIGIN
2?y G. K. GIBRAN
Reprinted from the First Issue of The Syrian World, July, 1926
(Written Especially for The Syrian World)
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I believe in you, and I believe in your destiny.
I believe that you are contributors to this new civilization.
I believe that you have inherited from your forefathers an
ancient dream, a song, a prophecy, which you can proudly lay
as a gift of gratitude upon the lap of America.
I believe you can say to the founders of this-great nation,
"Here I am, a youth, a young tree whose roots were plucked
from the hills of Lebanon, yet I am deeply rooted here, and I
would be fruitful."
And I believe that you can say to Abraham Lincoln, the
blessed, "Jesus of Nazareth touched your lips when you spoke,
and guided your hand when you wrote j and I shall uphold a!ll
that you have said and all that you have written."
I believe that you can say to Emerson and Whitman arid.
James, "In my veins runs the blood of the poets and wise men
of old, and it is my desire to come to you and receive, but I shall
not come with empty hands."
I believe that even as your fathers came to this land to produce riches, you were born here to produce riches by intelligence,
by labor.
And I believe that it is in you to be good citizens.
And what is it to be a good citizen?
It is to acknowledge the other person's rights before asserting your own, but always to be conscious of your own:
It is to be free in thought and deed, but it is also to know
that your freedom is subject to the other person's freedom. .
It is to create the useful and the beautiful with your own
hands, and to admire what others have created in love and with
faith.
It is to produce wealth by labor and only by labor, and to
spend less than you have produced that your children Ttiay not
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be dependent on the state for support when you are no more.
It is to stand before the towers of New York, Washington,
Chicago and San Francisco saying in your heart, "I am the descendant of a people that builded Damascus, and Biblus, and Tyre
and Sidon, and Antioch, and now I am here to build with you,
and with a will."
It is to be proud of being an American, but it is also to be
proud that your fathers and mothers came from a land upon
which God laid His gracious hand and raised His messengers.
Young Americans of Syrian origin, I believe in you.
A PLEDGE
'By CECIL J. BADWAY
A Young Am-erican of Syrian Origin
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In your going, Gibran Kahlil Gibran, you have come.
You have come as the guiding spirit in the fulfillment of our
dreams.
You have come to stay as the beacon of inspiration within
the deepest recesses of our hearts.
You have come to lead us to our destiny in which you believed.
We would be fruitful as young Americans of Syrian origin.
We would be productive by the honest sweat of our brows.
We would be defenders of our rights but remembering the
rights of others in our defence.
We would be courageous and fearless in our righteousness
yet tolerant and merciful to the weak.
You shall go before us, Gibran Kahlil Gibran, as the standard bearer of the Syrian-American awakening.
You shall lead us and generations to come.
We and the mighty and thunderous army of those who come
after shall follow your spirit along the corridors of time. Forward and onward, down through the ages until there shall have
been written the apocalypse of young Americans of Syrian origin.
In your going and in your coming, Gibran Kahlil Gibran,
you will not have gone or come in vain. We are ready.
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TO ONE OF BLESSED MEMORY
"By
THOMAS ASA
Dare we in this Hour lift our saddened voice!
Awake the Heavens from their ceaseless way,
Bemoan that Fate so soon had cast astray
That glorious Name, in whom we all rejoice!
Thou Eastern Star! dim thou thy holy light
True son of thine on earth no longer known ;
Thy once familiar beam no more shall sight,'
Where o'er Lebanon's lovely vales hath shown.
Though Death hath claimed him to its solemn state,
And, earth-bound, we bend our heads in sorrow,
No pow'r divine shall at the heavenly Gate
Grant him what, on earth, he could not borrow.
The splendors of his mind bequeathed to Man,
But where the friendly smile, the knowing heart?
The saintly presence more than perfect art
Hath shown him foremost of that God-like clan.
Ye unseen pow'rs that shape Man's destiny,
Why pluck the precious bud that soon shall bloom?
With lightning's thrust ye fell the stately tree,
And leave what better thou hast claim to doom.
Naught can return to Life the Dead we love,
Nor bring back to mind our lost desires;
We but add substance to Life's ebbing fires,
And striving without Hope to reach' above.
Sound thy last requiem, O tragic Earth!
For One, but now departed, shall ascend
To thy exalted heights of mortal worth,
Triumph and defeat,—life and death attend!
Now must we leave the mortal form to rest,
Within Earth's age-worn folds his final sleep
Though dead, the thought and deed of him shall keep
Before us the consecrated mem'ry blest.
W. Brownsville, Pa,
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TRUTH SEEKER
By
EDNA
K.
SALOOMEY
Truth-seeker, who spoke from your heart to our's;
Whose very desires mirrored all mankind's}
Death has claimed for her pleasure your powers,
And greedily banished hope from our minds.
Your voice, that breathed life into words, is still.
Your heart, which bitter loneliness did grieve,
.No longer vibrates to friendship's touch. The will
To know, to live, to love, to weep; to weave
All earth's joys and sorrows into one brief life,
Has been dissipated by death. Hear now!
Our voices rise above the din of strife
To proclaim your wisdom. Peace is your's. Though
Your body mated with death, your soul's abode
Is with truth, and truth is the realm of God.
Bridgeport, Conn.
POET OF OUR LAND
By
PHILIP
C.
SABBAGHA
Sleep sweetly in your earthly grave,
Sleep poet of our noble land;
Through wind and tempest, banners brave,
Shall wave before our band.
In wreaths of laurel 'pon thy tomb,
The vict'ry of our cause is shown;
And someday, shining like the moon,
The cause in ev'ry home.
My tribute to my countryman,
A leader passed to his beyond;
In peace and to his countryman,
Of whom he was so fond.
Farewell! your brothers dry their tears
^ And sing their praise my fellow man
Thy name in hearts outlives the years,
Farewell my countryman,
Columbia, S. C.
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HE TOUCHED THE STARS
"By
LABEEBEE
A. J.
HANNA
He dwelt in the garden of ethereal dreams
With the sea of Fate close at hand,
And he touched the stars with his pen of gold
To plant them on a desolate land.
And the stars into beautiful flowers grew,
That the souls of the hungry inspired,
Of celestial perfume and rarest hue—
From the heart of the dreamer transpired.
And he took his brush of silver and gold
And reached up to an azure sky
For paints that will be new when old,
For naught else would satisfy.
He dwelt in the garden of ethereal dreams,
Which the hand of the Giver gave,
And he touched the stars with his pen of gold,
And now lies resting in his grave.
And so from the garden of ethereal dreams
The Giver called him home again
The dreamer who dreamed, and in dreaming planned
His dreams to fact, and his life to gain.
Boston, Mass.
Facsimile of Gibran's Arabic Signature
AH drawings and decorations appearing in this section are of
the work of Gibran,
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A Journey Through Jebel Druze
2?y
SALLOUM
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pAKHRY Bey Baroody had a surprise in store for us. He had
used his time in preparing a meal which was the best money
could buy in town. Not that all the people in town subsist on
such fare, for had we chosen to accept the hospitality of the emir
we would have partaken of a meal in the best Arab tradition. But
the meal now provided was the finest an epicure such as Baroody
Bey could choose from available material, and on such short
notice, served in a setting much in keeping with the nature of
the repast itself. We enjoyed the experience while it lasted, but
the after-effect proved not of very pleasant memory.
We met
Baroody Bey in the general store located on the
main street between the public square and the governor's residence. He apologetically explained that this was the only place
he could find where he could order a meal and pay for it. The
store was unique in every particular. The uneven mud floor indicated that no attempt had ever been made to level it since the
walls were raised. In one corner was a pile of grain with only a
wall of sacks to prevent it from spilling all over the floor; while
in the other corner, and in a similar manner, was a pile of fodder.
Along the rear ran a counter behind which rose a row of almost
empty shelves. At one end of the counter was suspended what
was left of a carcass covered with cheese-cloth, and all but inviting as an ingredient in the feast. A table and a few rush-bottom
chairs formed the furnishings of the restaurant.
Like good sports, we sat awaiting the result of the epicurian
ingenuity of our fastidious host whose palace in Damascus is
not infrequently the scene of some of the finest feasts staged in
that city of fabulous Oriental sumptuousness and splendor. He
inquired if the storekeeper had canned goods. Yes, he had sardines and tuna fish. Did he also have wine? Surely, because he
was a Christian and among his customers were men of the French
garrison. "Wine is the best germicide," ironically remarked our
host, and the corks began to pop. I would not object to the reader's inference that we drank more than we ate.
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While still at our meal the official interpreter of the governor
a clean-cut young man in his early twenties, entered and greeted
us with the customary Druze affability. He politely but firmly
refused our insistent invitation to join us. He had already had
his meal he explained with a gesture of finality, and we could
but take him at his word.
Shortly after, the gang foreman, who had remained with us
throughout, discovered that he had important business elsewhere
* earing that we may not meet him again, and appreciating the
oTS he, ^ IT US ^^ US about> l Sok himlide
ostensibly to thank him, and made an effort to slip him a few
TeLf^
ferpreter had >» watching ^ more closely than
I expected, and no sooner did he perceive the gesture than he
thrust the foreman away from me. There was no mistaking the
P
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favors
Flease don t wound us in our sense of hospitality. We still adhere
to the tradition that our guests are our hosts and as such theyy can
be under no obligation to us."
The foreman would not remain to await the result of the
argument which, I w 11 admit, I did not carry far in my realiza!
tion of the susceptibilities of the Druzes in this respect. But I
was tremendously impressed with the attitude of the interpreter
who apparently was not ignorant of modern customs yet clung
he Si °d th:^"1'10118 °fr,hiS ^j^ ,T° ^ -era/inquirie!
Mizvad Fl H V ^A I ?rUZeJ°f Salkhad' hIs name being
Frafch andfTv'
" ^ *? advanCed eduCation in Arabic *»d
^" had been Irving for some time as official interpreter
to the District Governor. He is of the school of thought that
advocates for his people the benefits of modern education*but no
at the expense of their native traditions and virtues.
We yet had to visit the emir of Shahba whom the French Dist0 See
l asked the
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interpreter if he cared
to accompany
on 'this visit and the
excuse he advanced was a revelation. He said he still had to s
go
home for his lunch!
Nor did Baroody care to meet the local emir. His standing
excuse was that he should evade all situations possible ofZ
political interpretation inasmuch as his affiliation with the Syrian
Nationalist Party laid him open to suspicion by the French Be"
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sides, he had a most important business to attend to, that of taking his daily siesta.
This last remark, uttered in the most matter-of-fact manner
aroused my sense of humor despite the depressing effect of the
torrid heat and other contributing circumstances. I felt the need
of a little diversion, and started an argument. "You are shattering a beautiful vision I had formed of you," I remarked to
Baroody Bey. "Suppose you found the vagaries of politics carrying you of a day to an office of responsibility in the Syrian
State, would you then insist on your siesta with the duties of
government weighing heavily upon you?"
But my Nationalist friend felt in no mood to entertain such
pleasantry "In my present frame of mind," he said, "I would
be inclined to let the business of government wait. Allah would
not overtax his servants, nor should the State."
With that, he peremptorily dismissed the subject and departed with the storekeeper who was only too glad to provide
sleeping accommodations to such an exalted personage.
I
The tortuous road to the house of the emir took us past a
sunken Roman amphitheatre recently cleared by excavators revealing the tiers of stone benches and the numerous subterranean
passages in a fine state of preservation. The arena was not exceptionally large, a necessity dictated, perhaps, by the limited
space in a fortress city. But in spite of its limited size, it was
in no other respects lacking in evidences of Roman thoroughness
and decorative lavishness.
We continued along a winding passage between walls of
rough-hewn black basalt stone until we reached the outer gate
of the emir's residence. We entered a vast courtyard where some
horses and mules were tethered. Mounting a few steps built of
nnely cut stone, taken apparently from some ruins, we came to
an arcade of beautiful granite columns which offered a sharp
contrast to the rough-and-ready native building rising in the
rear. A native at the door took our message to the emir who
came out in person to greet us. To our surprise, he proved to
uau i',!ean figUre' dreSSed in a simPle robe of white linen,
which, falling to the ground, accentuated his height He ap
peared to be in his early thirties and had all the unaffected charm
of an unspoiled country child. His hair was so sparse as to give
him the appearance of being clean shaven. What is more he
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was of a pronounced blond type, his ruddy complexion standing
out in sharp contrast to the dark-skinned, bushy-haired men who
clustered about him.
Emir Tallal Pasha El 'Amer would receive me in his official
reception hall, which was of recent construction and stood independent of the main building, but I expressed a preferenee for
the old quarters, and affecting the flowery manner of speech of
his people, profusely begged him to first finish the business at
which he had been engaged. It was with some reluctance that he
agreed, and I was made to precede him into the large, dark,
square room which formed the combination court room and plebeian reception quarters. A narrow mastaba ran the whole length
of the four walls, on which squatted or reclined a dozen or so
natives. To the rear was a small iron-grated window which alone
admitted light and air. Thither the emir conducted me and sought
to make me comfortable by spreading a mat for me on the otherwise bare mud and stone mastaba. I did not smoke because no
one else did, but there was ample means of entertainment otherwise in listening to the continuation of a trial wnich my arrival
had apparently interrupted.
Two peasants, it appeared, had come to the emir to settle a
dispute over a donkey. The purchaser had agreed to a price for
the animal which later he refused to pay in full. It was evident
that the emir was reluctant to use his judicial authority and more
anxious to effect an amicable settlement. It was also evident that
the obduracy of the litigants was caused more by the vital amount
involved than by personal ill-feeling. Taking all these matters
into consideration, the emir finally decreed a compromise sum of
eight Syrian pounds, or the equivalent of $6.50.
Having finished with his judicial business, the emir now refused to listen to my entreaties to hold an interview in the old
native reception room whose fascination began to enthrall me
the more I stared into its bareness and pondered the strange circumstances which made of it the throne room of a prince whose
mere word would rally an army and shape the destiny of a whole
people. What a reminiscence of the feudal age from which this
docile yet fierce people have not as yet emerged! And to think
that only a portion of this people, through sheer will and desperation, could wage war against a first-class military power for
two years and gain the upper hand in many an encounter!
But now that local affairs of state had come to an end, I
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could not hold out against the persistence of the emir to receive
me in the manner he thought more compatible with my dignity—
and his. Consequently the modern and more formal reception
room was opened, and only dignitaries and men of rank, so to
speak, followed. Once within, their natural reserve seemed to
become accentuated by the solemnity of the place and the occasion. It was the emir and I who monopolized the conversation.
Since the reception room plays such a part in the visit, I feel
constrained to devote some space to its description. Unlike the
old room, this one had the luxury of windows. Chairs of every
description, from the modest bamboo cane to the velvet upholstered settees in a variety of design and color, lined the walls
in perfect orderliness. In the front center stood an oblong plain
table, spread with an oil-cloth cover whose bold designs and bright
vari-hued colors were strongly reminiscent of the primitive home
furnishings of the rural districts of America. On the table were
a glass pitcher and a dozen or more glasses of different sizes,
colors and shapes. The condition of some of the furnishings
plainly indicated advanced age and liberal use.
The conversation with the emir developed many interesting
points. He is, for instance, an officer of the French Legion of
Honor, and while a Pasha in his own right, had the additional
title of Prince conferred upon him by the French in 1929. It
was an unusual procedure, I thought, for a republican government to be dispensing with princely titles and creating social
ranksj but then the French were dealing with a special situation
in a country where title and rank still counted for more than an
empty honor. And was not Tallal Pasha the chief of a clan which
for many generations has contended with the powerful Atrash
family for the ascendancy of prestige in Jebel Druze? And had
he not, furthermore, remained loyal to the French in the last
revolution of 1925-26? He himself not only admitted the fact
but even seemed proud of it, continually referring to the revolution during the whole course of the conversation as "that deplorable mistake," and coupling every mention of the French
authorities with glowing adjectives of praise. Nor could one
mistake his attitude for one of diplomatic flattery, for there was
evident a ring of sincerity in his speech when over and over
again he spoke of the French as "the benefactors of the country,
whose 'white deeds' are bound to become more fully appreciated
as they come to be more properly understood."
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The Prince seemed especially proud of the role he played
during the revolution as champion and protector of the Christians. "They are our brothers," he declared, "and we owe them
protection as a duty. Not a Christian within my jurisdiction will
I allow to be molested or harmed."
The Prince found a ready and enthusiastic corroborator in
the person of Khalil Bey Haddad, declared to be the leader of
the Christian element in the district of Shahba, who, like the
rest of the company, had maintained respectful silence up to this
point, but now added the weight of his testimony to the statement of the emir. "Allah be my witness," he volunteered. "The
emir was most solicitous of our safety and welfare during those
times of strife, and it is to his protection that we and our families owe our lives."
Before taking leave of the emir I asked him if he would
consent to pose for a photograph. Certainly he would. And
would I want him to appear in formal dress? "Boy, bring my
jacket," he commanded, and an attendant hastened to bring from
the closet a frock coat on which sparkled the decoration of the
French Legion d'honneur, and which the emir slipped over his
native robe and was ready for the camera.
Naturally, the insistent invitation to remain for a few days,
or even for the evening, had to be declined with full appreciation of the courtesy and hospitality of the emir. I had to join
my companions for an early start to insure our arrival in Damascus before dusk, and I made my way back in haste to the combination general store and restaurant. To my surprise, I found
that the climate of Shahba had lulled my companion into a longer
siesta than usual.
Alone and forsaken, and feeling that the torrid heat of a
Jebel Druze sun and the insidious heat of the imported French
wine had formed a powerful coalition to make things utterly
disagreeable for me, I sought what I thought would be the hospitable coolness of our car, parked in the shade of a corner building. But it took me only an instant to discover that if I would
not smother, I should search for relief elsewhere. We had found
the automobile comparatively cool on other occasions, but it could
not be expected to be so accommodating while not moving. I sat
on the running-board. I took off my coat, then my collar, and
was sorely tempted to follow with the shirt, had not a sense of
shame seized me when I perceived the natives apparently cool
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and contented with all their encumbrances of clothes and heavy
headdress.
But where to fly from the stifling heat? Something had to
be done lest the nausea, which I felt creeping on me, overpower
me. In desperation, I rose and walked to a store of inviting appearance across the square where I observed several men seated
in apparent ease. I would talk with them and divert my mind.
As usual, the proverbial Druze hospitality was evident here
as elsewhere. The storekeeper ordered the floor sprinkled afresh
and offered me a comfortable chair. He and his friends were
evidently surprised to discover that I spoke their language, and
further still, that I came from America. The storekeeper immediately placed me under cross-examination as to economic conditions and possibility of admission. Business in this land is stagnant, he explained, and only in America is there a chance for
making a fortune.
Immediately America was mentioned, an old man of about
seventy, squatting cross-legged atop the counter, began to display
marked interest and soon joined in the conversation with gusto.
But he was not interested in prospects of trade as much as in the
physical wonders of the country. What is America like? What
are its reputed wonders? What is there exceptional and distinctive about New York? Etc.
I tried to paint a word picture of New York and started with
what I thought would prove more impressive. We had buildings
more than eighty stories high, through which run elevators that
travel faster than the fleetest horse. We had bridges whose single
span was more than a mile long. We had railroads under ground,
on the ground, above ground, and even running in tunnels under
water. We had instances where six tracks ran one above the other.
We had single buildings containing more people than half the
population of all Jebel Druze!
But to my utter stupefaction, the old gentleman showed not
the least sign of surprise. He only betrayed a faint smile and
remarked indifferently that he had heard about all that before.
I was already dripping with perspiration owing both to the
oppressive heat and to my spirited oratorical effort, and my feeling at the attitude of the old man was bordering on exasperation.
I realized that I had utterly failed in arousing his interest and
was dejected under the sting of defeat. Almost panting, and
with a final desperate effort, I attempted to deflect the course of
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the conversion to a more immediate topic. Glancing at the
cool and collected men about me, I had recourse to the great
American expedient in such desperate straits, and dropped
a reFF
mark about the weather.
fk» lh&A ^ manu n°W evi"Ced a little interest and asked about
the kind of weather we had in America-whether or not we had
such intense heat as now caused me to complain.
W e had, I replied, but only in short spells and never for a
protracted period.
"
The old man seemed mystified. What could cause a break in
he summer's heat, he thought, and after a little hesitation, asked
tne question.
'
"Rain," I replied.
I had inadvertently, it seems, exploded a bomb. The man
now appeared utterly dumbfounded. He remained for a time
oTcreT !> ^ JTi' ^ ^ ^^ in am^ment, his sense
of credulity shocked beyond the power of speech. But when he
finally recovered, it was with what appeared to be a mixture of
mcredulity and accusation. "Rain in summer! La Wallah! ImAllah be praised! I had at last succeeded in conquering the
old man's passiveness. The wonder in America that I had invoked so long in vain proved to be so simple. And what was it?
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tZ men?°f °f k' and PerhaPs the satisfaction of
having triumphed, cooled me. It dawned on me only later that
for a man who had Jived almost four-score years in a country
where the seasons are sharply defined, where it never rains a
drop in summer, because summer here is synonymous with the
dry season such a startling revelation as the possibility of summer rain should be expected to cause a shocking surprise. But
the fact remained that I felt supremely contented.
I left to rejoin my companions, and found them already
waiting and anxious to leave. But what could mean the presence
of a stranger in the front seat by the driver? Were we in need
°lll T ' T TWaS * °nX a Precaution^y measure against possible danger? I inquired by glance but not by articulate words,
and my cousin hastened to explain. The extra fare was a native
of a neighboring town lying about ten kilometers on our way to
Damascus. He had offered to sell my cousin live partridges for
he price of ten Syrian piasters apiece (less than 8 cents) and the
temptation was irresistible. To consummate the deal, the native
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had offered to borrow a horse, precede us to his home town and
have our order, whatever it amounted to, two dozen or even one,
ready for delivery to us whenever we pass. The deal seemed
exceptionally worthwhile to him judging by his anxiety, and so
it seemed also to my cousin who invited him to accompany us
to make sure of his earnestness. He proved true to his word
and produced the goods.
Leaving Shahba around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we took
the north-easterly road to Damascus in the hope of making better
time. We drove for one hour, two hours, past mountain and
plain, amidst a monotonously bare landscape, with not a sign of
a habitation. We had dropped the partridge dealer at his own
village and were now depending on our own reckoning. Then
came a time when we had to make a momentous decision. The
road forked into two branches with no signs to indicate the respective destinations. Naturally all three passengers were strangers to the country and the chauffeur proved equally ignorant.
It was finally decided to take the easterly rode.
The hours that followed proved the most anxious and hazardous of our journey. We soon found ourselves in an open
stretch of the desert, with no mark to guide us except our faith
in Allah's compassion and our vague sense of direction. But the
desert was not of soft sand. It was of the hard clay surface characteristic of the Syrian plain. A few skeletons of camels and other
animals encountered on the way bore an ominous portent. And
what aggravated our plight was the lack of water. We had not
anticipated so long a journey and failed to make provisions. Our
throats were parched and the shimmering reflections of the desert sun made us see fantastic visions.
A low hill finally loomed in the distance. The mere fact
that it was a hill and broke the monotonous evenness of the
landscape gave us a sense of relief and courage, and for no apparent reason we headed towards it. In our anxiety and fear,
the distance appeared to be exceptionally long, and although we
had not the slightest reason to believe that it could mean anything, we made it an object whose attainment became of paramount importance in our confused reasoning. We finally reached
it and our hearts filled with thanks to Allah, to whom all praise
is due.
But after having reached the hill, what! It was bare and
bleak and proved to be nothing better than the desert plain we
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were so anxious to flee. Its smooth, barren slopes gave no indication of ever having been touched by the hand of man.
But now that we had reached it we must pass it. Our first
success goaded us on to seek more, and we began to turn the
northern flank, when fo and behold! the conical white dwellings
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settlement greeted our astonished eyes. It
was with difficulty that we suppressed a cheer, but the happy
looks we exchanged told volumes.
As we drew nearer, the Bey rose in his seat and uttered an
exclamation of unrestrained joy. "By Allah and the Prophet
his village is the property of one of my friends. I recall now
that I visited with him here some time ago," he fairly shouted
And so it proved to be, for when we had stopped before the
owner s house and the servants came out to greet us, Fakhry Bev
recognized many among them and could recall their names
Without ceremony, he ordered water in all haste.
A big earthen bowl was filled from a basin and offered to us
fakhry Bey would not think of drinking first, and I, in order
not to let ceremony prolong the common agony, accepted the
tempting cup. I no sooner raised it to my lips than decided I was
not so thirsty—there was too much animation in the water. And
when Fakhry Bey took the cup and looked into it quizzically, he
spilled the precious contents on the ground and mercilessly berated the servants for their disrespect in offering us polluted water
^ut this is our common drinking water," meekly protested
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one of the servants.
"Never mind the excuses," thundered the irate Bey. "Bring
us of the special water of your master, and tell him upon his
return that I so ordered."
Then it was that we drank of the pure water of Barada, carried especially from Damascus for the use of the master
K>wf lOUlud T aff,°rd 1° tarry lonS- The sun w*s ^st setting
behind the high peaks of Anti-Lebanon silhouetted against the
limpid sky behind the ghouta of Damascus stretching at their
feet. And although the road was rough and the landscape uninviting we were buoyed by the hope of soon reaching the terP adlSC
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Thich S° aPPealed to the imagination of the Prophet Muhammad And when finally we entered the enchanted
domains of the ghouta, and sped smoothly along its level roads,
lined with stately poplars and disclosing a delightful vista of
heavily-laden orchards and verdant fields, intersected at short
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distances with murmuring brooks, we fast forgot the weariness
and anxiety of our desert journey and surrendered to the enchantment of this revelation of a terrestrial paradise. Nor could the
thick dust of the road we encountered on some stretches of the
.Damascus suburbs prove sufficient to dampen the ardor of our
elation and enthusiasm. We were safe. We were cool, and we
felt the assurance of being back in civilization. The beauty and
charm of Damascus linger more vividly in the memory by virtue
of the sharp contrast.
THE NIGHT AND I
"By
DR. SALIM
Y.
ALKAZIN
We know a certain happy tongue,
The night and I,
For when we fly the listless throng,
And each the other tells his tale,
And each the other sings his song,
Like comrades true, we never fail
Where it belongs the motive place,—
And so we live our lotted space,
The night and I.
We understand each other well,
The night and I!
Nor need we masquerade, nor tell
Our moods, nor shrink to speak our fear,
Nor fence discretely when we spell
The praise of things we hold most dear;
For 'tis our naked hearts that beat,
Whenever face to face we meet,
The night and I.
We list to catch the whispered sighs,
The night and I,
Of space, and in the placid skies,
Pursue the sparkling signs or halt
Enraptured by the mighty cries
And flashing signals in the volt
Of rage. And so, in sympathy,
We live, and feel in harmony
The night and I.
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ALI ZAIBAQ
(Quicksilver)
"THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURES OF THE
CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CALIPH HAROUN
AL-RASHID, OF THE CITY OF BAGHDAD.
Translated from the Original Arabic by
SALLOUM
A.
MOKARZEL
and
CHAPTER
THADDEUS
S.
DAYTON
VIII.
REVENGE.
HTHE damsel, when morning came, assumed the dress and appearance of Quicksilver and lay at the entrance of the baths
as though strangled, so that whoever passed and saw her could
not doubt for an instant that she was Quicksilver.
Now some of the passersby who perceived this body lying
there were of the sympathizers of Quicksilver. These grieved
for him exceedingly. But there were others who were inclined
to favor Salah-Eddin, the Chief of the Secret Police, and these
hastened to inform him of the fate of Quicksilver. Salah-Eddin's
joy was unbounded and he ran with all speed to the baths where
lay the body of Quicksilver. So great was his hatred that he
began kicking the senseless corpse of his enemy, and addressing
it with insults:
"May God not have mercy on you, O you of evil birth!"
shrieked Salah-Eddin. "For in your lifetime you occasioned me
the utmost torment and suffering. Now it is my turn to have
revenge upon you and to quench my heart's hatred with your
mother's tears."
He flung the body on his shoulders and carried it thus to the
door of his own house where he attempted to throw it on the
ground. But to his great amazement and fright he could not rid
himself of his burden, for the body resisted his every effort and
presently its legs extended themselves until they stretched out
and became forty cubits long.
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By this time every muscle in Salah-Eddin's body was quivering with fear. At last, by summoning all his strength for a
superhuman effort, he managed to shake off his terrible load and
began running about and crying as though demented. His wife
appeared and viewed his plight, and let him into the house.
Presently he went forth again to look upon the body of Quicksilver, which, strangely enough, he found to be in its former
normal shape. Again he approached it and made an attempt to
carry it into his house, but no sooner did he lay hands upon it
than the mouth of the body stretched open to such a gigantic size
that it resembled the entrance to some vast and fearful cavern,
while the eyes grew larger and larger and increasingly terrible
until they became like those of a huge and hideous ghoul. And
it said:
"O you vilest and most wicked of men, it is my intention immediately to devour you."
So thoroughly frightened was Salah-Eddin that he begged
for mercy, but the genie's only answer was to seize him suddenly,
tie his body in a knot and fly off with him to the palace of the
King. In the palace gateway there was a great arch, and at its
highest point a ring of iron was fixed. To this the maiden tied
Salah-Eddin, leaving him there in that miserable plight. Thereupon she returned to Quicksilver, to whom she related all that
she had done.
"No doubt the King will perceive Salah-Eddin in this condition and the latter will tell him that it was I who put him there.
Now if the King summons me shall I ask for a ladder by which
to climb and take down Salah-Eddin?"
"No," answered the damsel, "I will accompany you unseen
and when you desire to release Salah-Eddin lift your hands and
I will raise you to the height unperceived by anyone so that you
may readily accomplish your task."
When morning came the King and his lords passed through
the great archway and Salah-Eddin, seeing them, cried out in a
pitiful voice: "() King, have mercy upon me and cover me with
the mantle of your protection."
Upon hearing this the King and his companions were exceedingly amazed and began gazing about to try to discover
whence came the voice; but they saw no one, when Salah-Eddin
cried out again:
"I am suspended here in this high place where I have suf-
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fered tortures such as no one ever experienced before "
Hearing these words, they all looked upward and saw the
torm of a man hanging to the iron ring above the great arch The
King exclaimed and asked who it was, and Salah-Eddin cried
out once more in a voice of agony:
"O my master, it is your servant the Chief of the Secret
Police."
"And who was it that put you where you are?" asked the King
None other than Quicksilver," answered Salah-Eddin in
great pain.
Seeing it was useless to attempt his rescue, the King ordered
that Quicksilver be summoned immediately, and when he came
the King asked:
"Do you know where Salah-Eddin is?"
"Yes," answered Quicksilver, "it is he who is suspended above
the great archway."
"And where did you spend last night " asked the King
In the enchanted baths of Toulon," answered Quicksilver.
And I have punished Salah-Eddin thus because of his great
wickedness. It is also a visitation upon him of the wrath of God
lor his many misdeeds."
"For my sake," said the King, "release him from his plight "
Thereupon Quicksilver lifted his hands toward the sky and
the damsel, unperceived by anyone, bore him upward to the top
01 the arch, where he immediately disengaged Salah-Eddin and
carried him gently to the ground. Everyone who witnessed this
feat marvelled exceedingly at his super-human power, as no one
had deemed it possible to extricate Salah-Eddin from the great
&
height where he hung.
When Salah-Eddin once more stood upon the ground, he
threw himself at the feet of the King and appealed frantically
for protection against the superhuman power of Quicksilver.
Whereupon Quicksilver inquired of him if there were any other
tasks that he wished him to perform so that no doubt would remain as to his fitness to become the chief of the Zohrs
"For the sake of Allah," replied Salah-Eddin in a terrified
voice, there is nothing more that I wish except to be spared further persecution from you."
Thereupon all proceeded to the royal palace where theKing
formally invested Quicksilver with his robe of office as the ruler
of the Zohrs, and the criers were ordered to go about the streets
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of the city announcing his succession to the exalted position. The
inhabitants of the city received the news with much applause and
the officers of the Zohrs gave submission joyfully to Quicksilver.
Thereafter the city of Cairo remained in perfect order and tranquillity for the space of a year.
"But Quicksilver's troubles are not over," said the tale teller.
"They have only just begun. What has already happened is as
nothing—as snow upon the desert sand—to the dangers he must
encounter. Tomorrow you shall hear of the new seas of danger
into which he plunged."
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
DR. PHILIP K. HITTI—Syrian educator, and Orientalist, Professor
at Princeton University.
BARBARA YOUNG,
LEONORA SPEYER,
ESTELLE DUCLO,
MARY MOORE—American poetesses and authors.
CLAUDE BRAGDON—American author and publicist.
SYUD HOSSAIN—Moslem Indian lecturer, editor The New Orient.
DR. CHARLES FLEISCHER—American author and lecturer, former
editor The New York American.
REV. ROBERT NORWOOD—American minister of St. Bartholomew's Church, New York.
REV. ABRAHAM M. RIHBANI—Syrian minister of the Church of the
Disciples in Boston. Author "The Syrian Christ," etc.
REV. W. A. MANSUR—Syrian minister of First Methodist Episcopal church, Winside, Neb.
MISCHA NAIMY—Syrian poet and critic.
CECIL J. BADWAY—American of Syrian descent.
vard Law School.
Graduate Har-
THOMAS ASA, EDNA K. SALOOMEY, PHILIP C. SABBAGHA,
LABEEBEE A. J. HANNA—Americans of Syrian descent.
DR. SALIM Y. ALKAZIN—Syrian dentist of Brooklyn.
Harvard.
Graduate of
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Political Developments in Syria
SYRIAN ELECTIONS
AGAIN DEFERRED
The political problem in Syria
seems to be making little progress
towards a solution. So often has it
been surmised that the popular elections would take place at a certain
date that any further promise along
that line is now apt to be considered
like the cry of "the wolf" in the
fable. By all reasonable expectations, based on earlier predictions,
the elections should have been held
long ago, but they now seem to be
as distant as ever. The Syrian press;
has fallen into the mood of discussing them only in the most casual
manner. There is, on the other hand,
a shifting of interest towards an altogether different development—that
of scrapping the draft constitution
laid down by the Constituent Assembly and establishing in Syria a monarchical instead of a republican
form of government. An international
element has also entered into the
situation which serves to further
complicate matters.
While lacking official confirmation,
the rumor persists that France has
entered into an agreement with former King Ali of Arabia, son of former King Hussein and brother of
King Feisal of Iraq, to establish him
on the Syrian throne which it is
claimed the French have planned to
create in Syria so as to frustrate
the designs of the Nationalists. What
would seem to lend weight to this
supposition is the recent visit of the
British High Commissioner in Iraq
to Damascus and his lengthy consultation with the French High Commissioner in Syria. Of course, there
are those who contend that France
would never commit herself to the
policy of having to consult with
England on a question of internal
administration of her mandated territory—that the purpose behind the
conference was in relation to the
Mosul petroleum question, or some
other question of common interest
between the two powers. Nevertheless, there are those who maintain
that Ali is the brother of Feisal, and
that the two powers have to contend
with an Eastern question much
larger than one confined to any one
country, and that it is to their mutual interest to agree on a policy
that will render the position of
both more secure in the East.
A significant development is that
High Commissioner Ponsot, in opening his new official residence in Damascus, held a formal reception to
which he invited, among other prominent Syrian leaders, many outstanding Nationalist personalities. Ponsot, as usual, would not touch on
the subject of politics, but it was
remarked that he had brilliantly
succeeded in promoting a spirit of
amity and understanding.
On the whole, the Syrian situation
may be said to have made no tangible
progress during the last month.
Some are inclined to believe that
the new French policy is to wear
down the patience of the Syrians into
a condition of submission.
LEBANON IN TURMOIL,
PEOPLE BOYCOTT UTILITIES
The apparently insipient uprising
of the students of Beirut against insufficient reductions in the price of
admission to places of amusement
has given rise to a movement of a
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much more serious nature which has
involved the whole population of the
city. The immediate result was that
the people awakened to the effectiveness of the boycott and applied the
weapon with telling effect on foreigncontrolled public utilities.
Due to the persistent refusal of
the water and electric company to
reduce its high rates in the face of
a proposal of much lower averages
which a native company offered to
give for the same services, the people
of Beirut, driven to desperation by
what they termed the profiteering
practices of foreigners, rose en
masse to protest and demand redress. They declared a boycott
against the traction company, and
for days the street cars sped along
their tracks with only armed guards:
as passengers. The native taxicab
drivers did a thriving business, reducing their rates to even lower than
those charged by the company for
equal distances. And when the government attempted to restrict the
operations of the taxicabs the people
were further enraged and indulged in
public demonstrations against which
police were helpless. Many casualties
occurred in the clashes. Three newspapers publishing what the government termed seditious and inflammatory utterances were suppressed.
The determination of the people manifested itself so strongly that almost every home in the city was
in comparative darkness, only candles and gasoline lamps being used
for lighting purposes.
The contagion spread to Damascus
where also a prominent local naDer
was suppressed for similar reasons
as those of the Beirut journals.
In Tripoli, a demonstration was
staged to protest the maltreatment
by the Italians of the Moslem natives of Tripolitania in Northern
Africa. Several casualties resulted
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when the police attempted to prevent the demonstrators from marching on the Italian consulate.
Already a good deal of campaigning is being done for the coming
Presidential elections which fall in
Lebanon in 1932. The regular Presidential term is three years, and so
far President Charles Dabbas has
been elected for two successive
terms. Little credence is being
placed in the possibility of his reelection for a third term, and the
two most prominent candidates mentioned are Emil Eddy and Bishara
Khouri, both former Premiers.
ARABS OF PALESTINE
TURN DOWN PARLEY
The suggestion of the British High
Commissioner in Palestine that the
Arabs send a delegation to London
to enter into negotiations with the
Colonial Office on the Palestine development scheme, involving a $12,500,000 loan, was reported by press
dispatches from Jerusalem on April
14 to have been turned down by the
Arab Executive. The fear was entertained, according to a statement by
an Arab leader, that the Arabs
might be drawn into a round table
conference with the Jews, a possibility which they would avoid.
Their stand remains one of consistent non-recognition of the Balfour
Declaration, and they would refuse
to be inveigled into a situation which
might be interpreted as an implied
acceptance of that policy. In this instance, they maintain that if the
questions to be discussed relate to
economic and agricultural development, then the logical place for
holding the conference would be
Jerusalem and not London, since the
British conferees would have the
benefit of local experts' advice.
Jerusalem, according to press dis-
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THE SYRIAN WORLD
patches, was also the scene of popular demonstrations on April 23
against the reported atrocities of
the Italian authorities of Cyrenaica
in suppressing Moslem demonstrations. A call was issued by the
Grand Mufti to attend special services in the Mosque of Omar for
the victims, and the office of the
Arab Executive presented to all
foreign consulates, including the
Italian, copies of strongly condemnatory resolutions. The conviction
prevails in some quarters that the
Arabs are pursuing the wrong tactics in thus openly attacking Italy
because they will lose a large amount
of sympathy for their nationalistic
cause which undoubtedly they enjoy
among many elements in Italy.
About Syria and Syrians
FURTHER COMPLICATIONS
IN ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE
On the first of May the bishops of
the Syrian Orthodox Church in
America and several newspapers received cable information from Damascus that the three ranking Patriarchs of the Orthodox Church had
finally given recognition to Patriarch Alexander of Damascus, conceding the legality of his election
to the vacant seat of the Patriarchate of Antioch and the whole
East. Closely following this announcement, however, came another
cable dispatch from Patriarch Arsanius, the other church dignitary
elected to the same office, stating
that the situation had not changed
and promising details by mail. In
view of these developments, the
situation, instead of being clarified,
seems to have been further complicated.
The difficulties in the question of
the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate
arose upon the death of the late Patriarch Gregory IV in 1929. For two
years the two principal factions in
the church seemed deadlocked over
the election of a successor, until early
this year a conclave convened in an
attempt to put an end to the indecision. This, unfortunately, proved to
add further to the complications in
that the dissenting faction proceeded
with its own election, giving rise to
the anomalous situation of having
two heads to the one body.
ANGLICAN PRIMATE
VISITS JERUSALEM
Union of Anglican Protestant
Church and Greek Orthodox
Church Openly Discussed.
For the first time in history, a
Primate of England visited Jerusalem while in office. This fact was
stressed by the authorities of the
Greek Orthodox Church in welcoming the Archbishop of Canterbury
upon his visit to the city on April
16. He was welcomed with equal
expressions of high regard by the
authorities of the Armenian Church.
One of the first acts of the Primate was to visit the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre, where he was re-
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ceived at the entrance by the acting
Greek Patriarch, flanked by twelve
archimandrites and twelve bishops
and also the Armenian clergy. In
the Katholicon, which is the Greek
Orthodox section of the church, a
service was held during which the
acting Patriarch prayed for the King
and Queen of the royal family of
England as well as for the army and
navy, after which the choir sang.
During the reception held later at
the Patriarchate, the visiting Primate referred to the possibility of
a union of the Anglican and the
Eastern churches and dwelt on a
statement made by the Ecumenical
Patriarch at Istanbul, (supreme
head of the Greek Orthodox faith),
that brotherly relations existed between the Orthodox and the English
Protestant Churches. An eventual
union would not bring the Churches
under one command but each would
remain independent while maintaining the closest co-operation, he said.
"While in the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre, I prayed to God Almighty
to help us in the work undertaken
in order to accomplish a union and
that the committee which was appointed by the Orthodox Patriarchates of Istanbul, Alexandria and
Jerusalem would be successful in its
efforts to unite Anglican Protestantism and the
Greek
Orthodox
Church," he said.
The Archbishop inspected Greek
and Syriac manuscripts in the
library.
Archimandrite Narcissus, a member of the Greek Holy Synod, said
in an interview that the visit of the
Archbishop afforded the Patriarchate the greatest pleasure. He said
the Greek Orthodox Church deeply
appreciated the Archbishop's work
in behalf of a union of their
Churches and all were hoping that '
it would be accomplished.
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RIHANI SAILS. PRESENTED
WITH LOVING CUP
Ameen Rihani, well known Syrian
traveler, lecturer and author, sailed
for England April 18 on his way to
his native land. He plans to make a
short stop in Paris to visit the
French Colonial Exposition.
On April 16 the ceremony of presenting Mr. Rihani with the loving
cup bought by popular subscription
was held in the auditorium of the
American Syrian Federation building
in Brooklyn. Although invitations
had been issued only to contributors
with the privilege of bringing members of their families and friends,
the hall was filled to overflowing.
Dr. F. I. Shatara, chairman of the
committee, presided. In his introductory remarks he dwelt on the public
services of Mr. Rihani during his
two years' visit in America and expressed particularly the gratitude of
his Palestinian countrymen to Mr.
Rihani for his defense of the Arab
cause.
Dr. Salim Y. Alkazin paid a
touching personal tribute, and Dr.
R. T. Deen, speaking in Arabic, referred to the erudition of Mr. Rihani and his fearlessness in giving
expression to his political convictions.
The presentation of the cup was
assigned to Mr. Salloum A. Mokarzel in 'his capacity of secretary of
the committee. In explaining the motive behind the action, Mr. Mokarzel
said that in offering the stock of
Mr. Rihani's popularity on the market, it had been oversubscribed,
leaving a surplus over the price of
the cup whidh provided a moderate
purse. In responding, Mr. Rihani expressed his thanks and refused the
purse unless it was applied to the
purchase of some of his Arabic
books.
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THE SYRIAN WORLD
Mr. Rihani spoke in both Arabic the author of an epic poem in
and English. He expressed deep ap- French for which he has received
preciation of the feelings of his the blessing of His Holiness the
countrymen in America, declaring Pope.
that he would retain the cup as one
Such zeal as Rev. Eid has disof his most valued possessions as
played
is reminiscent of the efforts
long as he lived, and that upon his
of
the
early
Christian missionaries.
death he would bequeath it to the
He is completely Wedded to his work
National Museum in Beirut for perand is consumed by the desire to
manent preservation. His Arabic
keep alive in this new land the finer
address dealt with his conception of
the broader relations that should traditions which have been our racial
exist among Arabic-speaking peo- heritage for long centuries. The success attending his activities has been
ples.
so marked that it is a pleasure to
Miss Fedora Korban, the gifted
point him out as an example of modSyrian singer, gave several Arabic
ern missionary zeal.
and English selections.
SYRIANS OF FALL RIVER
HAVE FINE NEW CHURCH
PREPARATIONS FOR SECOND
CARNIVAL UNDER WAY
The Syrian Catholics of Fall River,
Mass., can now boast one of the
finest churches of its size in America, erected in record time and after
a long period of dissension, through
the untiring efforts of their new
pastor, Rev. Joseph Eid.
A beautiful little book in Arabic
and English, just published by the
Syrian-American Press of New York,
gives the history of the church and
the multiple trials attending its erection. The account, however, fails to
give full credit to the energy, zeal
and tact of the modest pastor
through whose efforts the work was
made possible.
In less than a year Rev. Eid not
only brought accord and harmony
where dissension had reigned for
over twenty years, but aroused sufficient enthusiasm among the community in the face of the economic
depression to prosecute the work and
bring it to a successful culmination.
Rev. Eid is a graduate of the
Maronite College in Rome and besides being a D. D. and a Ph. D.,
is a master of six languages. He is
The Lebanon League of Progress
of New York has announced that its
second annual festival-outing will
take place this year at Bridgeport,
Conn., the scene of the first and most
successful carnival, but the date will
be July 4 and 5 instead of labor Day.
This latter date has been reserved
for holding a similar carnival in
the vicinity of Detroit, Mich., so as
to afford the populous Syrian centers of the North the opportunity of
sharing in the carnival and patriotic
spirit.
It is hoped that the coming event
will prove even more successful
than the preceding one. Time for
preparation is more ample and almost three thousand participants in
the last carnival are sure to come
and bring many friends, such was the
enthusiasm and satisfaction over the
first affair. It is expected, furthermore, that the young Syrian-American generation will be more liberally represented not only because of
the varied entertainment provided as
much as for the opportunity of living for a day in the charming spirit
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New Syrian Catholic Church of St. Anthony of the Desert in Fall River, Mass.
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THE SYRIAN WORLD
of the tradition of the old country.
Folk dances, sword play, singing and
all the appurtenances of a festival occasion will be in evidence. This annual event promises to become a
fixed racial institution among the
Syrians and Lebanese of the United
States, and what must be generally
admitted is that it affords an exceptional opportunity for the promotion of a spirit of good-fellowship
and general good time.
The admission is $1.00 per person for the two days. Refreshments
and restaurant service will be
available.
SYRAMAR GOLF CLUB
TO HOLD TOURNAMENT
The fourth annual Spring Tournament of the Syramar Golf Club will
be held Saturday and Sunday, May
23 and 24, at the Wolf Hollow
Country Club, Delaware Water Gap,
Pa. Numerous prizes have been assigned to winners of the different
flights, from veterans to beginners.
The word Syramar stands for
Syrian American, and the club has
been in existence for over four
years, meeting with steadily increasing success.
The annual election of officers was
held the latter part of March, those
chosen being George Tadross, President; David Malhami, Vice-President; Joseph Ghassoun, Secretary
and Faris Saydah, Treasurer.
MOSQUE IN BROOKLYN
The Moslems of New York have
formed a society which acquired the
property at 108 Powers St., Brooklyn, and converted it into a mosque.
It is the first regular Moslem place
of worship in the city and was dedicated on April 28.
DR. HITTI SPEAKS
AT BROOKLYN MEETING
Dr. Philip K. Hitti of Princeton
was a guest on April 26 at the International Institute of the Y. W.
C A. of Brooklyn where he delivered an address on the Arabs' contribution to civilization. Dr. Hitti
speaks out of a vast store of knowledge when dealing with historical
topics, and in this instance he was
particularly informative. A large
American audience attended the
lecture.
The meeting was held at St. Ann's
Chapel, Clinton and Livingston Sts.,
Brooklyn, and was in charge of Miss
Bahiya Hajjar, the Syrian associate
of the Institute. The exercises also
comprised Syrian national songs under the direction of Prof. Alexander
Maloof.
Following the meeting, a reception was given in honor of Dr. and
Mrs. Hitti at the home of the Institute, 94 Joralemon St.
ST. NICHOLAS CLUB
HOLDS SPRING DANCE
The St. Nicholas Young Men's
Club of New York held its annual
Spring dance in the grand ballroom
of the Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn on
the evening of April 18. There were
about four hundred in attendance and
they thoroughly enjoyed the speeches
and entertainment. The music was
provided by the Mediterranean Radio
Broadcasters.
Mr. N. S. Sydnawey, the president, While welcoming the guests,
took occasion to point out that the
name of the club was adopted out
of recognition of the charitable
spirit of "Santa Claus," and that
it did not imply any religious, much
less political, affiliation.
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The Syrian World Newspapers
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<h4>Biographical/Historical Note</h4>
<p>Salloum Mokarzel, a Lebanese American intellectual, founded<em> The Syrian World</em> in 1926. Salloum Mokarzel was the younger brother of Naoum Mokarzel, the publisher of the Arabic-language newspaper <em>Al-Hoda. </em>Together, the Mokarzel brothers ran Al-Hoda Publishing, and in 1909, they published <em>The Syrian Business Directory.</em> </p>
<p>Mokarzel created <em>The Syrian World</em> in order to document and celebrate the culture and history of "Syria." At the time, Syria referred to the modern-day countries of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. The publication was primarily aimed towards second-generation children of immigrants, but Mokarzel hoped that it would also appeal to the general American public.</p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p><em>The Syrian World</em> was published between 1926 and 1932 as a journal. In 1932, the format was changed from an academic journal style to a newspaper style, which continued until the periodical's end in 1935. After the death of his brother Naoum, Salloum took over the publication of <em>Al-Hoda.</em></p>
<p>The articles in <em>The Syrian World</em> cover a variety of topics spanning from the practical to the theoretical. Practical subjects include international and domestic travel, historical and contemporary Arabic and Arab-American art and literature, and the mental and physical health and hygiene of immigrants. More theoretical, philosophical, and ideological subjects include ideologies of race, the changing role of women, the formation of Syrian and Lebanese-American societies, and the political and psychological relationships between immigrants and their countries of origin.</p>
<p>All issues of <em>The Syrian World</em> are available, along with full indexes for the first four volumes. For volumes five and six, there are tables of contents at the start of the issues.</p>
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Arabs--United States
Arabic periodicals
Newspapers
Arab American Newspapers
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Salloum A. Mokarzel
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New York Public Library
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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1926-1935
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<em><a href="http://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/show/41" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Syrian Business Directory</a></em>
<a href="http://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/show/44" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mokarzel Family Papers</a>
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175685" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annotated Index to the Syrian World, 1926-1932</a> at the University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center Archives
<a href="https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/show/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Al-Hoda Newspapers</em></a>
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The Syrian World Volume 05, Issue 08
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1931 April
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Volume 5 Issue 08 of The Syrian World published April 1931. The issue is especially long as it was published the same month famed poet and frequent contributor to the Syrian World, Kahlil Gibran, passed away. There are only just a few inclusions in the article that are not related to Gibran's passing. The first is an article discussing the concept of chivalry in Arabia and Islam. This article primarily deals with the origin of chivalry, which seems to point to the crusades, in which Moslem and Christian knights met in combat. Salloum Mokarzel, in addition to his tribute work to Gibran, is featured for the continuation of his travels through Jebel-Druze. There is then the usual installment of "Ali Zaibaq," now a regular series of The Syrian World. The issue closes with political developments in Syria and excerpts from the Arab press. Intermingled with the issue's regular stories are works dedicated to Gibran. There is a discussion of his last days followed by a description of his Boston funeral. The remainder of the pieces are works by other authors normally featured in the Syrian World
the rest pay tribute to one of the most important Lebanese literary figures of all time.
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Arabic literature--History and criticism--Periodicals
Arabs--United States--Periodicals
Lebanese-Americans--United States--Periodicals
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English
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Salloum A. Mokarzel
Syrian-American Press
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New York Public Library
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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Text
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1930s
Funerals
Kahlil Gibran
Labeebee A.J. Hanna
New York
Obituaries
Poetry-English
Religion
Reverend W.A. Mansur
Thomas Asa
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Shadroui Family Papers
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Families
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World War, 1939-1945
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Michael Shadroui
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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circa 1928, undated
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<p>Joseph and Marianna Shadroui had six sons, Richard, Peter, Alfred, Paul, John, and George. The family immigrated to the United States and lived in Barre, Vermont. While son George Shadroui died in 1929, the other five sons all served in the US military during World War II. The family also had three daughters, Hannet, Freda, and Celia. Celia married Tom Shediac, with whom she had at least one child, Cathy. Richard Shadroui attended Juilliard and sang in the New York Opera. Peter Shadroui had at least one son, George, and lived in Salisbury, North Carolina as an adult, where he owned a bowling alley nearby in Statesville. </p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p>The collection contains family photographs, newspaper clippings related to the Shadroui family, and photographs and memorabilia from Peter Shadroui's military service during World War II.</p>
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"Remembering a Father and Man of Many Letters" Peter Shadroui Obituary
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Families
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Obituary of Peter Shadroui written by his son George Shadroui printed in the newspaper.
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Michael Shadroui
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Farris and Parker Family Papers
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<p>Dorothy Findlen descends from Samuel [Samir] “Sam” Abdo Parker (1890-1954) and Helen Kelly Parker (1891-1985). Helen immigrated to the United States from Syria in 1901 and Sam in 1905. They married in 1912 and had five children: Alma, Louis, Agnes, Lillian, and Magdalen.</p>
<p>Sam and Helen first worked in the produce industry in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, before moving to ELizabethtown, North Carolina in 1931. In Elizabethtown, the couple opened a department store. Sam and Helen also helped establish the first Catholic Church in Bladen County. For a decade, Sam and Helen hosted Mass, led by Father Henry Vosh of Newton Grove, within their own home. Land for a church was anonymously donated in 1931, and fundraising for its construction lasted for an additional decade. Helen Parker organized a fundraiser to purchase stained-glass windows for the church. The church, called Our Lady of the Snows, was dedicated on November 30, 1941.</p>
<p>Alma Parker attended Sacred Heart College (now part of Belmont Abbey College) in Belmont, North Carolina, where she studied business. Alma was a charter member of the Gray Moss Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association in Elizabethtown. Magdalen Parker attended the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore, Maryland, and became a teacher. Louis Francis Parker helped establish Bladen Community College and served on its Board of Trustees. The college offers three scholarships in the names of Parker family members: the Alma Parker Farris Scholarship for Business, which Alma established to encourage young women to study business; the Louis & Louise Parker Scholarship; and the Sam & Helen Kelly Parker Scholarship, established by Agnes Parker Najam to honor her parents’ love of education.</p>
<p>Alma Parker took over proprietorship of the family department store. She married Shikralla Doumit Farris (1910-1964) in December 1941. Shikralla graduated from the American University of Beirut who immigrated to the United States in 1937. His parents immigrated to Lawrence, Massachusetts. Alma and Shikralla ran the department store together and renamed it the Farris Department Store. Under their ownership, the store shifted away from dry goods to focus on clothing sales. When Shikralla passed away in 1964, Alma continued to run the store until her retirement in January 2007. She died in 2019. Alma and Shikralla had three daughters, Kathryn, Anne, and Dorothy.</p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p>This collection contains official documents, newspaper articles, and photographs related to two generations of the Parker and Farris families. Included are naturalization documents, birth and death certificates, obituaries, family photographs, and articles detailing the accomplishments of family members. The collection reminiscences of Alma written by her grandchildren, which are available only upon request.</p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Family business
Lebanese--United States
Obituaries
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Dorothy Findlen
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1925-2012
Rights
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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.
Contributor
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Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Access Rights
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Language
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English
Identifier
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KC 0024
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Identifier
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kc0024_006
Title
A name given to the resource
Obituary for Magdalen Parker Mileski
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lebanese--United States
Obituaries
Description
An account of the resource
The obituary for Magdalen Parker Mileski, written and published after her death on May 11, 2007.
Source
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Dorothy Findlen
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2007 May
Rights
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Format
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Text/pdf
Language
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English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
2000s
Education
Obituaries
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/ddba9384535866df5b479294149244a5.pdf
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Title
A name given to the resource
Farris and Parker Family Papers
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical Note</h4>
<p>Dorothy Findlen descends from Samuel [Samir] “Sam” Abdo Parker (1890-1954) and Helen Kelly Parker (1891-1985). Helen immigrated to the United States from Syria in 1901 and Sam in 1905. They married in 1912 and had five children: Alma, Louis, Agnes, Lillian, and Magdalen.</p>
<p>Sam and Helen first worked in the produce industry in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, before moving to ELizabethtown, North Carolina in 1931. In Elizabethtown, the couple opened a department store. Sam and Helen also helped establish the first Catholic Church in Bladen County. For a decade, Sam and Helen hosted Mass, led by Father Henry Vosh of Newton Grove, within their own home. Land for a church was anonymously donated in 1931, and fundraising for its construction lasted for an additional decade. Helen Parker organized a fundraiser to purchase stained-glass windows for the church. The church, called Our Lady of the Snows, was dedicated on November 30, 1941.</p>
<p>Alma Parker attended Sacred Heart College (now part of Belmont Abbey College) in Belmont, North Carolina, where she studied business. Alma was a charter member of the Gray Moss Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association in Elizabethtown. Magdalen Parker attended the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore, Maryland, and became a teacher. Louis Francis Parker helped establish Bladen Community College and served on its Board of Trustees. The college offers three scholarships in the names of Parker family members: the Alma Parker Farris Scholarship for Business, which Alma established to encourage young women to study business; the Louis & Louise Parker Scholarship; and the Sam & Helen Kelly Parker Scholarship, established by Agnes Parker Najam to honor her parents’ love of education.</p>
<p>Alma Parker took over proprietorship of the family department store. She married Shikralla Doumit Farris (1910-1964) in December 1941. Shikralla graduated from the American University of Beirut who immigrated to the United States in 1937. His parents immigrated to Lawrence, Massachusetts. Alma and Shikralla ran the department store together and renamed it the Farris Department Store. Under their ownership, the store shifted away from dry goods to focus on clothing sales. When Shikralla passed away in 1964, Alma continued to run the store until her retirement in January 2007. She died in 2019. Alma and Shikralla had three daughters, Kathryn, Anne, and Dorothy.</p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p>This collection contains official documents, newspaper articles, and photographs related to two generations of the Parker and Farris families. Included are naturalization documents, birth and death certificates, obituaries, family photographs, and articles detailing the accomplishments of family members. The collection reminiscences of Alma written by her grandchildren, which are available only upon request.</p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Family business
Lebanese--United States
Obituaries
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Dorothy Findlen
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1925-2012
Rights
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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.
Contributor
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Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
Digital material in this collection is only provided in limited quantities upon request for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. For questions or to access a collection, please contact us at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu. Please give at least 48 hours for responses to any inquiries regarding the materials.
Language
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English
Identifier
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KC 0024
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Identifier
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kc0024_005
Title
A name given to the resource
Obituary for Edward W. Najam
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lebanese--United States
Obituaries
Description
An account of the resource
The obituary for Edward W. Najam, published on May 10, 2005, in the Herland-Times of Bloomington, Indiana. Najam was the husband of Agnes Parker Najam.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The Herald-Times
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Dorothy Findlen
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2005 May 10
Rights
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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.
Format
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Text/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
2000s
Obituaries
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/ff3a25818db18157128d3c0ec7eb40c0.pdf
5cbfa42bbc4d275f7e76911e67a1e071
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Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Rabil Family Papers
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical Note</h4>
<p>Edward George Rabil (1897-1974) was born in 1897 in Hammana, Lebanon. He immigrated to Smithfield, North Carolina from Lebanon in 1909. At least one of Edward’s brothers, Abdallah George Rabil, also immigrated; the brothers lived in Smithfield for most of their lives. In 1921, Edward married Mary Farfour Shelby (1892-1986), who had also been born in Hammana. Edward and Mary owned and operated Ed’s Café in Smithfield for many years; Abdallah opened a department store in Smithfield.</p>
<p>Edward and Mary had two children, Edward George Rabil, Jr. (1923-2007) and Mitchell George Rabil (1924-1987). Edward Rabil Jr. married Cecil Mae Bradley and Mitchell Rabil married Gertrude “Trudy” Marie Carter. Carter and Stephen Rabil were among their children. This generation of Rabils pursued sports at the collegiate level.</p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p>This collection contains official documents, newspaper articles, and photographs related to the Rabil family of Smithfield and their extended family throughout North Carolina. The collection has an emphasis on athletics.</p>
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Mitchell Carter and Stephen Carter Rabil
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
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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.
Relation
A related resource
<a href="http://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/show/39">Safy Family Papers</a>
<a href="https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/show/16">Mansour Family Papers</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Certificates
Correspondence
Obituaries
Philanthropy
Photographs
Sports
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1927-1986, undated
Contributor
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Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Language
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English
Identifier
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KC 0029
Access Rights
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This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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Identifier
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kc0029_005
Title
A name given to the resource
Obituary for Mary Farfour Rabil
Subject
The topic of the resource
Obituaries
Description
An account of the resource
A typewritten obituary for Mary Farfour Rabil, who died in September 1986 at the age of 99.
Source
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Carter Rabil
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1986 Sept
Rights
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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.
Format
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Text/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
1980s
North Carolina
Obituaries
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/781b7215bc60f06bc637608b79f931f0.pdf
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Title
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Safy Family Papers
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical Note</h4>
<p>In 1894, George Joseph Safy immigrated to the United States at 26 years of age; he lived in New York City for nine years, and was naturalized in 1903. In 1907, he returned to Lebanon, before coming back to the US with his wife Susie (Soosan) Safy. The couple arrived in New York on August 21, 1907, on the ship the S.S. Majestic. By 1910, the couple had settled in Mullins, South Carolina, and became successful in the town's business scene. George Joseph Safy was a member of the Macedonian Methodist Church and the local Masonic Lodge. In the 1920s, they moved north to Weldon, North Carolina. The couple had five children: Sophie Mae Safy Rabil (1909-1987), Alice Eugene Safy Lewis (1914-1977), Sue Olga Safy (1916-1937), George Joseph Safy (1921-1944), and George Victor Safy (1924-1977). They also had four children who died in infancy: Alice (1910-1911) Joseph (1912-1912), Kafa (1917-1917), and Eveline (1918-1918).</p>
<p>George Joseph Safy suffered a heart attack and passed away on July, 18, 1924. He was buried in Mullins, South Carolina at his request. In 1926, Susie remarried to Betrus Dahar (B.D.) Rabil. The Safy children appear to have spent time in the Epworth Orphanage in Columbia, South Carolina, where they are listed in the 1930 census. The children rejoined their mother and stepfather in North Carolina by the late 1930s. </p>
<p>In 1937, Sue Olga died from complications with acute appendicitis while she lived in Rocky Mount and worked as a sales associate. Both George Victor and George Joseph served in World War II. George Joseph was killed in action when his plane was shot down over Germany on September 9, 1944. He is buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery in France. <span>Sophie Mae married Albert Rabil, B.D.'s son from his first marriage to Beula Davis Striman, and had two children: Albert Rabil, Jr., and Carolyn Joan Rabil. Alice Eugene attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and taught at the Lincoln School in Kingsport, Tennessee. In 1946, she married Frank Milton Lewis. George Victor married Agnes Harper Ellen in 1951.</span></p>
<p>Susie Safy and B.D. Rabil had two additional children together, Virginia Dell Rabil Mansour (b. 1927) and Betrus Dahar Rabil, Jr (1929-2004). B.D. Rabil, Sr., passed away in 1964; Susie passed away in 1969. Sophie Mae Safy Rabil and Albert Rabil, Sr., brought a lawsuit against Virginia Dell Rabil Mansour and B.D. Rabil, Jr. over which of two wills should be given priority: a joint will created by B.D. Rabil, Sr., and Susie Safy Rabil, or a subsequent will made by Susie Safy Rabil following the death of her second husband. The case was settled in 1970 by the North Carolina Supreme Court, which upheld the bequeathal of B.D. Rabil, Sr.’s real estate and personal property to his two youngest children, Virginia Mansour and B.D. Rabil, Jr.</p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p>This collection contains documents and photographs pertaining to the lives of the Rabil and Safy families, including obituaries, family photographs, and legal documents.</p>
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Trey Matthews
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
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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.
Relation
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<a href="http://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/show/4">Rabil Family Papers</a>
<a href="http://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/show/16">Mansour Family Papers</a>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1904-1951
Contributor
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Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Khayrallah Program staff and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Language
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English
Identifier
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KC 0031
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Subject
The topic of the resource
Death
Emigration and immigration
Families
Military
Portraits
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Identifier
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kc0031_010
Title
A name given to the resource
Joseph Safy's Obituary
Subject
The topic of the resource
Death
Description
An account of the resource
Obituary for George Joseph Safy published in The State on July 23, 1924.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The State
Source
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Trey Matthews
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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1924 July 23
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Format
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Image/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
1920s
Obituaries
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Shehdan Family Collection
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<h4>Biographical/Historical Note</h4>
<p>Beshara Shehdan Hatem was born in Hammana, Lebanon. He and his brother Shikery (Chick) immigrated to the United States as teenagers in the 1910s, first settling in Lawrence, Massachusetts, alongside relatives. In order to distinguish himself from other Hatems living in Lawrence, Beshara dropped his last name and began going by his first and middle names. The new surname "Shehdan" was passed down to his children and grandchildren.</p>
<p>From Massachusetts, Beshara and Shikery moved to North Carolina, where Beshara married Susie Smithie Barnhill. The brothers went into the dry-goods business in Greenville, NC before moving to Henderson, NC in the 1920s, where Beshara entered the restaurant business. Beshara and Susie had five children: two sons, Joseph and Linwood; and three daughters, Hazel, Helen, and Martha. Susie Barnhill Shehdan died in Henderson on November 2, 1920. Following her death, Beshara and Shikrey raised the children while continuing to build their restaurant and dry-goods businesses in Henderson.</p>
<p>Beshara met Serina Hakeem in the mid 1920s through a mutual friend, Mrs. Victoria Baddour of Greensboro, NC. Like Beshara, Serina had been born in Hammana, Lebanon. Following World War I, Serina’s father and two older brothers immigrated to the United States, settled in Princeton, NC, and worked as traveling salesmen. Serina stayed in Lebanon and attended school at a French convent. She taught French and English at the school to cover the cost of her board and education. After graduating, she joined her family in North Carolina. On November 19, 1924, Beshara and Serina married in St. Mary’s Church in Goldsboro, NC. They had five children: two sons, Philip and Frederick; and three daughters, Victoria, Theresa, and Evelyn.</p>
<p>In 1929, the Shehdan family moved to Raleigh, where Beshara owned a corner grocery store, which he and Serina expanded into a restaurant business. The couple also owned a snack bar on South McDowell Street. Throughout this period, the Shehdans maintained close ties with Lebanese Americans throughout North Carolina, especially those from Hammana. They were especially close with the Baddour, Kannan, and Farfour families, and belonged to a social group called the Hammana Club. Also during this period the Shehdans purchased the Monticello Cafe on Fayetteville Street with Edgar Kannan. When Edgar left the business to open the Whispering Pines--one of the first drive-in restaurants in Raleigh--Beshara continued operating the cafe until his retirement in 1948 at age 60. Philip Shehdan declined to carry on the restaurant, and the cafe was sold around 1950. Beshara lived until 1975.</p>
<p>Philip Shehdan graduated from high school in 1945 and joined the Coast Guard on this 18th birthday. After his discharge, Philip studied mechanical engineering at North Carolina State University and obtained a certificate in diesel mechanics. He worked as a mechanic before attending hairdressing school. Through his career, he opened five hairdressing shops called Philip’s Hairstyling. In 1991, at age 65, he retired before going back to work for the State of North Carolina in the division of Services for the Blind. Philip married Alberta “Bertie” Baddour, a third-generation Lebanese American. She was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to parents Alice Hashem and Albert Baddour. Philip and Bertie met in 1958, married in July of 1959, and had two children together: Philip Shehdan, Jr., and David Shehdan.</p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p>This collection contains photographs documenting the lives of Beshara and Serina Baddour and their children, a family tree, and legal documents.</p>
Source
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Philip Shehdan
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1924-1993, undated
Rights
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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.
Contributor
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Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Catholic Church
Lebanese--United States
Photographs
Language
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English
Identifier
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KC 0033
Access Rights
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kc0033_029
Title
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Beshara Shehdan's Obituary
Subject
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Photographs
Lebanese--United States
Catholic Church
Description
An account of the resource
Beshara Shehdan's obituary, written following his 1975 death and published in the "Cross Cedar," the publication of the Maronite Community of the Carolinas.
Creator
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Maronite Community of the Carolinas
Source
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Philip Shehdan
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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1975 May
Rights
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Image/pdf
Language
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English
Type
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Image
1970s
Maronite Church
Obituaries
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/64ab268d3a01970a8826691ccfafba30.pdf
0277dd1e7db2343eeaf06953dcaac668
PDF Text
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Josephine L. Nesser Joseph,
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University Hospital in New
Brunswick.
Born in New Brunswick, she
lived there before moving to
South River 40 years ago. Mrs.
Joseph was a communicant of
St. Stephen Protomartyr R.C.
Church in South River.
Surviving are her husband,
Joe N. Joseph; a son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Carolyn
Joseph of Tucson, Ariz.; her
mother, Josephine Najem Nesser of New Brunswick; four sisters, Helen Abadella of North
Brunswick, Agnes Balitsky of
South River, Evelyn Dickinson
of Bonita Springs, Fla., and
Mary Soos of Somerset; a
brother, Fred Nesser of New
Brunswick, and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at 8:15 a.m. Saturday at Selover
Funeral Home, 555 Georges
Road, North Brunswick, followed by a 9 a.m. Mass at Sacred Heart R.C. Church in New
Brunswick. Burial will follow at
Van Liew Cemetery in North
Brunswick. Friends and relatives may call 2 p.m.-4 p.m. and
7 p.m.-9 p.m. tomorrow at the
funeral home. In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made to
the American Cancer Society,
846 Main St., Fords, NJ 08863 or
to St. Jude Children's Hospital,
501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN
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Title
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Joseph Family Papers
Subject
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Belly dance
Lebanese Americans
Marines
Photographs
World War II
Creator
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Genevieve Rose Joseph
Source
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Genevieve Rose Joseph
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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1931-2015
Contributor
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Inventoried by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2022 May. Processed by Allison Hall and Rachel Beth Acker, 2023 April-August. Collection Guide created by Allison Hall, 2023 September.
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English
Arabic
French
Identifier
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KC 0062
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An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical Note</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Genevieve R. Joseph, also referred to in the collection as Genny, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on February 6th, 1963. Genevieve R. Joseph has three siblings, including an older sister Beatrice Ann Joseph (1947-2008) and two older brothers, one of which is Michael James Joseph (born October 16th, 1954). She earned an Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts Honors and Communications and Media Arts in 1983, a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from SUNY Albany in 1985, and a Master’s degree in Sociology with a concentration in Race and Ethnicity, also from SUNY Albany, in 1988. She then <span>worked as a social science researcher for the State of New York. </span>Genevieve R. Joseph took up Middle Eastern belly dancing as a hobby and was a member of the </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Yallah Dance Ensemble based in Albany, New York in the early 1990s. In 1996 she moved to North Carolina and became involved with the Triangle Lebanese Association; she coordinated the first Lebanese Festival at the North Carolina state fairgrounds in 1999. In North Carolina, she <span>worked as a nonprofit program manager for global education and cultural exchange, and fundraiser for visual arts and conservation of nature. </span>Genevieve R. Joseph married Philip White in 200</span><span style="font-weight:400;">6.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Genevieve Norman Joseph (1924-2011), Genevieve R. Joseph’s mother, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Sam Norman (1883-1972) and Rose Nader Norman (1889-1955). Rose Nader Norman ran a neighborhood grocery store and the couple managed their home as a boarding house. Genevieve Norman Joseph, also known as Gen, married Charles Michael Joseph (1918-2002) of Wendell, North Carolina on March 2, 1946. Genevieve Norman Joseph was a member of the Lebanese American Daughters, an organization closely related to the </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Lebanon-American Club of Poughkeepsie. She also </span><span style="font-weight:400;">worked as a Nursing Aide. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Charles “Charlie” Michael Joseph, Genevieve R. Joseph’s father, was born in Connecticut to parents Namy </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Yusef Becharra</span><span style="font-weight:400;"> and Julia Asmer in 1918 and was raised in Wendell, North Carolina from the age of eight months. He had nine siblings: Lucy, Eddie (Naim), Mamie (Thmam), Charlie (Khalil), George (A'Eid, Geryus), Evelyn (Jamila), Helen (Thatla), Abe (Ibrahim), Joe (Yusef), and Dolores (Julia).</span><span style="font-weight:400;"> His father, Namy Joseph, ran a store on Main Street and another one beside the family home. </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Charlie Joseph served in the US Marines during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1945 as a corporal. He was stationed in Recife, Brazil and Guam during the war. In Poughkeepsie, Charlie Joseph ran a luncheonette and was active in the Lebanon-American Club, serving as its president from 1962 to 1966. Upon their daughter Genevieve R. Joseph’s graduation from SUNY Albany in 1985, Genevieve and Charlie moved from Poughkeepsie to Wendell, North Carolina, Charlie’s hometown.</span></p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Joseph Family papers contain materials related to three generations of the Joseph family as well as families related to them. The collection focuses on the lives of Genevieve Norman Joseph, her husband Charles Joseph, and their daughter Genevieve R. Joseph. The collection also includes materials related to Genevieve R. Joseph’s grandparents and their extended family, both in Lebanon and in the United States. </span><span style="font-weight:400;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Much of the collection consists of photographs from the early twentieth century to the twenty-first century. The photographs primarily include family photographs and portraits, as well as photographs from Charles Joseph’s deployment during World War II in Brazil and Guam. Also included in the collection are materials related to Genevieve R. Joseph’s dance career, newspaper clippings, articles from the </span><span style="font-weight:400;">American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, materials related to Charles Joseph’s time in the Marines, event pamphlets and flyers, prayer cards, obituaries, academic materials, correspondence, and some physical objects.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"></span></p>
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Title
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Josephine Joseph Notes
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lebanese Americans
Description
An account of the resource
Series of notes and cards related to Josephine Joseph's connection to the Joseph family. Includes a prayer card and obituary.
Source
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Genevieve Rose Joseph
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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undated
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Text/pdf
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English
Type
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Text
Identifier
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kc0062_1_11_018
Families
Genealogy
Marriages
Obituaries
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/9fe60fa1dd451258b2764f6ee6ba0918.pdf
52a381542f0d2912c59ab58f988e0e75
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Text
GEORGE JOSEPH
WENDELL - George Joseph , 65,
of 117 Dogwood Trail, died Saturday ,
July 4, 1992, at his home. Mr. Joseph
had retired with 25 years of service
with the Merchant Ma rin es as a chi ef
engineer.
Surviving : w ife, Ma rietta Wh itl ey
Joseph ; ch ild ren, Wa llace Paul
White and Ph ill ip A ll en Wh ite, both
of Wendell , Wi ll ard Reid White of
Cha pel Hi ll , Jean nette White Poole
of Cary; sisters, Lucy A bbood of
Wendell , Dolores Joseph of Zebul on ;
brothers, Charles Joseph of Wendel I,
Abra ham Joseph of Zebulon, Joe
Jose ph of South River, N. J. ; several
nieces and nephews; ni ne gr andchi ldren.
The Joseph f am ily w il l remain at
the home on Dogwood Tran and
receive fri ends t here .
The family has requested that flowers be omitted and m emorial contr ibutions be made to Wendell Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 84, Wendell , N.C.
27591 .
Arrangements by L. Harold Pool e
Funeral Service, Knightdal e.
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Title
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Joseph Family Papers
Subject
The topic of the resource
Belly dance
Lebanese Americans
Marines
Photographs
World War II
Creator
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Genevieve Rose Joseph
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Genevieve Rose Joseph
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1931-2015
Contributor
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Inventoried by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2022 May. Processed by Allison Hall and Rachel Beth Acker, 2023 April-August. Collection Guide created by Allison Hall, 2023 September.
Rights
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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.
Language
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English
Arabic
French
Identifier
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KC 0062
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
Digital material in this collection is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Physical material in this collection is also available to researchers. For questions or to access a collection, please contact us at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu. Please give at least 48 hours for responses to any inquiries regarding the materials.
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical Note</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Genevieve R. Joseph, also referred to in the collection as Genny, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on February 6th, 1963. Genevieve R. Joseph has three siblings, including an older sister Beatrice Ann Joseph (1947-2008) and two older brothers, one of which is Michael James Joseph (born October 16th, 1954). She earned an Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts Honors and Communications and Media Arts in 1983, a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from SUNY Albany in 1985, and a Master’s degree in Sociology with a concentration in Race and Ethnicity, also from SUNY Albany, in 1988. She then <span>worked as a social science researcher for the State of New York. </span>Genevieve R. Joseph took up Middle Eastern belly dancing as a hobby and was a member of the </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Yallah Dance Ensemble based in Albany, New York in the early 1990s. In 1996 she moved to North Carolina and became involved with the Triangle Lebanese Association; she coordinated the first Lebanese Festival at the North Carolina state fairgrounds in 1999. In North Carolina, she <span>worked as a nonprofit program manager for global education and cultural exchange, and fundraiser for visual arts and conservation of nature. </span>Genevieve R. Joseph married Philip White in 200</span><span style="font-weight:400;">6.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Genevieve Norman Joseph (1924-2011), Genevieve R. Joseph’s mother, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Sam Norman (1883-1972) and Rose Nader Norman (1889-1955). Rose Nader Norman ran a neighborhood grocery store and the couple managed their home as a boarding house. Genevieve Norman Joseph, also known as Gen, married Charles Michael Joseph (1918-2002) of Wendell, North Carolina on March 2, 1946. Genevieve Norman Joseph was a member of the Lebanese American Daughters, an organization closely related to the </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Lebanon-American Club of Poughkeepsie. She also </span><span style="font-weight:400;">worked as a Nursing Aide. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Charles “Charlie” Michael Joseph, Genevieve R. Joseph’s father, was born in Connecticut to parents Namy </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Yusef Becharra</span><span style="font-weight:400;"> and Julia Asmer in 1918 and was raised in Wendell, North Carolina from the age of eight months. He had nine siblings: Lucy, Eddie (Naim), Mamie (Thmam), Charlie (Khalil), George (A'Eid, Geryus), Evelyn (Jamila), Helen (Thatla), Abe (Ibrahim), Joe (Yusef), and Dolores (Julia).</span><span style="font-weight:400;"> His father, Namy Joseph, ran a store on Main Street and another one beside the family home. </span><span style="font-weight:400;">Charlie Joseph served in the US Marines during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1945 as a corporal. He was stationed in Recife, Brazil and Guam during the war. In Poughkeepsie, Charlie Joseph ran a luncheonette and was active in the Lebanon-American Club, serving as its president from 1962 to 1966. Upon their daughter Genevieve R. Joseph’s graduation from SUNY Albany in 1985, Genevieve and Charlie moved from Poughkeepsie to Wendell, North Carolina, Charlie’s hometown.</span></p>
<h4>Scope/Content Note</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Joseph Family papers contain materials related to three generations of the Joseph family as well as families related to them. The collection focuses on the lives of Genevieve Norman Joseph, her husband Charles Joseph, and their daughter Genevieve R. Joseph. The collection also includes materials related to Genevieve R. Joseph’s grandparents and their extended family, both in Lebanon and in the United States. </span><span style="font-weight:400;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Much of the collection consists of photographs from the early twentieth century to the twenty-first century. The photographs primarily include family photographs and portraits, as well as photographs from Charles Joseph’s deployment during World War II in Brazil and Guam. Also included in the collection are materials related to Genevieve R. Joseph’s dance career, newspaper clippings, articles from the </span><span style="font-weight:400;">American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, materials related to Charles Joseph’s time in the Marines, event pamphlets and flyers, prayer cards, obituaries, academic materials, correspondence, and some physical objects.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"></span></p>
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Title
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George Joseph Obituary
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lebanese Americans
Description
An account of the resource
Obituary of George Joseph of Wendell, North Carolina, in the newspaper.
Source
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Genevieve Rose Joseph
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1992 July
Rights
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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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Text/pdf
Language
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English
Type
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Text
Identifier
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kc0062_1_11_021
North Carolina
Obituaries