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Date: 1932 June
Volume 6 Issue 09 of The Syrian World published June 1932. The issue opens with an article by Rev. W. A. Mansur discussing the Phoenicians as great pioneers of civilization. This is followed by H.I. Katibah's discussion concerning the romance and…
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Date: 1932 May
Volume 6 Issue 08 of the Syrian World published May 1932. The issue opens with an account of editor Salloum Mokarzel's travel experiences when visiting the Cedars of Lebanon. This article is accompanied by a poem by Thomas Asa titled "Cedar of…
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Date: 1932 April
Volume 6 Issue 07 of the Syrian World published April 1932. The issue opens with an apology for the absence of a March issue, and an explanation that as a result the April issue is longer. The first article featured is by H. I. Katibah in which he…
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Volume 6 Issue 06 of The Syrian World published February 1932. The issue opens with an article by Rev. W. A. Mansur that discusses the racial pride Syrian and Lebanese people should have as a result of the historical accomplishments of their…
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Date: 1932 January
Volume 6 Issue 05 of The Syrian World published January 1932. The issue opens with a travel journal entry from Ameen Rihani detailing his experiences in Aden, which he describes as a “once beautiful and hospitable Arab city.” This piece is followed…
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Volume 6 Issue 03 of The Syrian World published November 1931. The issue begins with an article by Salloum Mokarzel detailing the coming generation of Syrian leaders. Within his article, Mokarzel comprehensively discusses the changes arising in Syria…
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Date: 1931 June
Volume 5 Issue 10 of The Syrian World published June 1931. The final issue of the fifth volume opens with an article by none other than Rev. W. A. Mansur. He begins the issue by talking about the tensions between Christians and Moslems. He…
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Date: 1931 April
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…
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Date: 1931 March
Volume 5 Issue 07 of The Syrian World published March 1931. The issue opens with Ameen Rihani's article titled "The Passion Play of the East," in which he describes his journey to the tomb of Al-Husain during the time of annual pilgrimage. The…
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Volume 5 Issue 06 of The Syrian World published February 1931. In Dr. Philip K. Hitti's article titled "Are the Lebanese Arabs?" he discusses this question that was posed to him by Salloum Mokarzel. In his reply he traces the history of Lebanon in…
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Date: 1931 January
Volume 5 Issue 05 of The Syrian World published January 1931. The issue opens with Salloum Mokarzel's telling of his trip through Jebel-Druze and its capital of Soueida, which lies in the very heart of the country, the scene of the Great Druze Revolt…
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Volume 5 Issue 04 of The Syrian World published December 1930. The issue begins with an article by Rev. W. A. Mansur that features his thoughts on the educational program that the Syrian-American generation follows. Mansur imbues his writing with…
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Volume 5 Issue 03 of The Syrian World published November 1930. The issue starts off with an article by Dr. F. I. Shatara discussing the New British Policy in Palestine. Shatara, a Palestinian Arab, followed the events closely and wrote an article…
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Date: 1930 October
Volume 5 Issue 02 of The Syrian World published October 1930. The issue begins with another piece by Rev. W. A. Mansur in which he discusses the important material and moral accomplishments of his ethnic peers in order to showcase their overall…
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Volume 5 Issue 01 of The Syrian World published September 1930. The issue opens with Ameen Rihani's discussion of Women in the Middle East, specifically that up to this point in history women were forced into submission and seclusion in a male…
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Date: 1930 April
Volume 4 Issue 08 of The Syrian World published April 1930. The issue opens with an interview conducted by Salloum Mokarzel with El-Atassi, a Syrian Nationalist Leader and President of the Constituent assembly. This is followed by a quote by Kahlil…
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Date: 1930 March
Volume 4 Issue 07 of The Syrian World published March 1930. Editor Salloum Mokarzel opens the issue with a special article on his visit to the Maronite Patriarch at his summer residence, discussing his opinions on home politics and the religious…
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Volume 4 Issue 06 of The Syrian World published February 1930. Dr. Fuad Shatara opens the issue with an appreciative account of Arab physician Ar-Razi. This article highlights the achievements of Arabs in medicine. Following a short poem about…
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Date: 1930 January
Volume 4 Issue 05 of The Syrian World published January 1930. The issue begins with a discussion of Syrians' contributions to society introduced by Rev. W. A. Mansur. As is usual with Mansur's writings in the Syrian World, it is imbued with…
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Volume 4 Issue 03 of The Syrian World published November 1929. The issue begins with Salloum A. Mokarzel's continuation of his travels into Syria, where he specifically details interviews with the President and Premier of the Republic of Lebanon, and…
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Date: 1929 October
Volume 4 Issue 02 of The Syrian World published October 1929. The issue begins with Rev. W. A. Mansur's essays on the Syrians' needs in the United States. Ameen Rihani recounts his experiences while in Jeddah, giving a clear account of circulating…
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Volume 4 Issue 01 of The Syrian World published September 1929. The issue begins with a chronological report of editor Salloum Mokarzel's trip abroad. This travel journal details the journey to Syria. Following it is a riddle translated from Arabic…
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Date: 1929 May
Volume 3 Issue 11 of The Syrian World published May 1929. The issue begins with an article by George A. Ferris which discusses future of Syrians in America and the possibility of losing Syrian culture while assimilating into American society. The…
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Date: 1929 April
Volume 3 Issue 10 of The Syrian World published April 1929. The issue begins with an article by Rev. W. A. Mansur titled "Syrians' Loyalty to America" which discusses the nature of Syrians' dedication to the United States, the basis of their…
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Volume 3 Issue 08 of The Syrian World published February 1929. The issue begins with an article by Joseph W. Ferris titled "Restriction of Immigration." This article relates to the National Origins Clause in the Immigration Act of 1924, which…
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Date: 1929 January
Volume 3 Issue 07 of The Syrian World published January 1929. The first issue of the year begins with an article by Ameen Rihani discussing Arabia and its problems-- an informative discussion on the current issues in the Middle East, specifically…
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Volume 3 Issue 06 of The Syrian World published December 1928. The issue begins with an article by Rev. W. A. Mansur titled "A Federation of Syrian Societies." It discusses how Syrian-Americans are organizing these societies in order to secure their…
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Volume 3 Issue 05 of The Syrian World published November 1928. The issue begins with an article Ameen Rihani wrote for The Syrian World titled "The Leper and the Bride of Galilee," a discussion of the cities Nazareth and Tiberias. Rev. W. A. Mansur's…
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Vol 3. Issue 03 of The Syrian World published September 1928. The issue opens with an article by Philip K. Hitti on Usamah an Arab-Syrian warrior of the crusades. Following it is an article by Rev. W. A. Mansur which discusses the greatness of the…
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Date: 1928 June
Volume 2 Issue 12 of The Syrian World published June 1928. The issue opens with an article that discusses the importance of religious tolerance for Syria's progress by Rev. W. A. Mansur. Next there is a poem titled "Love" by G.K. Gibran. Following it…
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Date: 1928 April
Volume 2 Issue 10 of The Syrian World published April 1928. The issue opens with an article by Charles V. Vickrey in which he discusses the American orphanage and relief world in Syria. This article is followed by a poem translated by J.D. Carlyle…
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Date: 1928 March
Volume 2 Issue 09 of The Syrian World published March 1928. The first article presented in this issue, written by Ameen Rihani, discusses the traditions of Arabs and their mythology, specifically Gods and Jinn (nature's tribe of spirits). Next is a…
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Volume 2 Issue 08 of The Syrian World published February 1928. The issue opens with an article about Syrian naturalization in the United States by Joseph W. Ferris (and footnotes by Dr. Philip K. Hitti). The next article discusses the issue of…
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Date: 1927 May
Volume 1 Issue 11 of The Syrian World published May 1927. The issue opens with an article by Salloum Antoun Mokarzel on religious problems in the East. The next two writings focus on Lebanon. One is an article that discusses the beauty of Beirut and…
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Vol . 1 Issue 06 of The Syrian World published December 1926. The issue is focused around Christmas. It opens with an article discussing "The Spirit of Christmas" and is followed by a poem by Kahlil Gibran. Overall, this issue focuses on what…
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Date: 1926 July
Volume 1 Issue 01 of The Syrian World, published July 1926. This first issue begins with a foreword by Salloum Mokarzel and a poem by Kahlil Gibran stating the purpose of the journal to educate both Syrian-Americans and a broader American public…
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Date: 1971
Poem, "The Blind Poet," handwritten by Kahlil Gibran.

The Blind Poet - Kahlil
I have been blinded by light,
the very sun that gave -- -- day
Gave me my night - how dream
And yet I am a --
While you -- sit Where
life gave you birth
-- dearest…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0057/gibran_folio_poem.pdf

Date: circa 1992
Page of notebook paper featuring a brief poem fragment and other various notations, including an address, Arabic script, and information about an order.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_1_10_006.pdf

Date: undated
A document with a poem titled "Old Friends."
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-1174.pdf

Date: undated
An English poem, titled 'Psalms of New York'. Names mentioned Mario Cuomo.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-833.pdf

A poem translated by Angele and Alfred Ellis. Alfred sent it to the members of the family with this comment: '[Angele's] thoughts had gone beyond sixty-four years into a youthful past, happy and carefree days as a teenager. This proud Mother of ours…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-777.pdf

A poem translated by Angele and Alfred Ellis. Alfred sent it to the members of the family with this comment: '[Angele's] thoughts had gone beyond sixty-four years into a youthful past, happy and carefree days as a teenager. This proud Mother of ours…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-776.pdf

Date: undated
A program book, "When Living Was Simpler," reflecting upon life in 1926.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0060/kc0060_19_5_PortArthurHighSchoolReunion_018.pdf

Date: undated
A short poem entitled Take Time to Be Kind.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0060/kc0060_19_5_PortArthurHighSchoolReunion_015.pdf

Date: undated
A news article, "Around the Corner," from the Houston Chronicle pertaining to the upcoming Port Arthur High School Reunion.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0060/kc0060_19_5_PortArthurHighSchoolReunion_006.pdf

Date: undated
That Old Gang of Mine recitation by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0060/kc0060_12_15_1940s_007.pdf

Date: undated
This manuscript is a discussion of Arabian poetry by Ameen Rihani. Within this careful analysis he discusses different aspects of the poetry and various important authors.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3zspkexgqm5hd1n/AR46 PDF.pdf

Date: circa 1920
This manuscript by Ameen Rihani recalls the historic contributions of Arabia to Civilization and includes some of the poetry of Arabia. He begins with a brief history on Arabia it is also within this portion of the book that he includes poetry from…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bi304hkhcp3fjpp/AR01 PDF.pdf

Date: 1994 July 11
Copies of miscellaneous papers from Alice Mokarzel Jaoudi given to Mary Mokarzel. Included is a letter from historian Alixa Naff concerning her recent findings, two religious poems, and a letter for Mary.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0041/kc0041_02_02_02_08.pdf

Date: undated
A copy of poems written by Aida Marini, given to Mary Mokarzel.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0041/kc0041_01_08_01_50.pdf
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