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The Syrian World Vol. 02 no. 03
Date: 1927-09
Vol. 2 no. 03 of The Syrian World published September 1927. The issue opens with an article by Prof J. Forrest Crawford on the Agricultural Situation in Syria. It is followed by more translated Syrian folk songs. There is then an article that is…
The Syrian World Vol. 02 no. 06
Date: 1927-12
Vol. 2 no. 06 of The Syrian World published December 1927. The issue opens with an article by Byron Smith an English professor on Arabic words used in English vocabulary. Following it is a song by Ameen Rihani, and an article about the Problems of…
The Syrian World Vol. 02 no. 07
Date: 1928-01
Vol. 2 no. 07 of The Syrian World published January 1928. The issue opens with a piece by Ameen Rihani titled Dreams, which discusses dreams of the past versus the present. The next work is a short story by Kahlil Gibran titled War. Following that is…
The Syrian World Vol. 02 no. 10
Date: 1928-04
Vol.2 no. 10 of The Syrian World published April 1928. The issue opens with an article by Charles V. Vickrey, in his article he discusses the American orphanage and relief world in Syria. This article is followed by a poem translated by J.D. Carlyle…
The Syrian World Vol. 02 no. 12
Date: 1928-06
Vol. 2 no. 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 is a…
The Syrian World Vol. 03 no. 03
Date: 1928-09
Vol 3. no. 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…
The Syrian World Vol. 03 no. 05
Date: 1928-11
Vol. 3 no. 05 of The Syrian World published November 1928. The issue begins with an article Ameen Rihani wrote especially for The Syrian World titled The Leper and the Bride of Galilee, a discussion of the cities Nazareth and Tiberias. Rev. W. A.…
The Syrian World Vol. 03 no. 06
Date: 1928-12
Vol. 3 no. 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 future…
The Syrian World Vol. 03 no. 08
Date: 1929-02
Vol. 3 no. 08 of The Syrian World published February 1929. The issue begins with an article by Joseph W. Ferris titled Restriction of Immigration. This article is specifically related to the National Origins Clause/Act of 1924 a component of the…
The Syrian World Vol. 03 no. 10
Date: 1929-04
Vol. 3 no. 10 of The Syrian World published April 1929 begins with an article by Rev. W. A. Mansur titled Syrians' Loyalty to America and it discusses the nature of their dedication to the United States, the basis of their political allegiance, and…
The Syrian World Vol. 03 no. 12
Date: 1929-06
Vol. 3 no. 12 of The Syrian World published June 1929 begins with an article by Dr. Bayard Dodge titled Education and Catastrophe, which discusses the importance of education as an internal measure at preventing catastrophe in society. Following it…
The Syrian World Vol. 04 no. 02
Date: 1929-10
Vol. 4 no. 02 of The Syrian World published October 1929. The issue begins with Rev. W. A. Mansur's essays on the Syrians' needs in America. There is a main discussion on the necessity of unity for some of the most divided people on earth. Then Ameen…
The Syrian World Vol. 04 no. 05
Date: 1930-01
Vol. 4 no. 05 of The Syrian World published January 1930. The issue begins with a discussion on 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 patriotism and…
Tags: 1930; 1930s; Ameen Rihani; Archbishop Antoun Arida; Aref El-Khoury; Damascus, Syria; Dr. Salim Y. Alkazin; Kahlil Gibran; Labeebee A. J. Hanna; Mischa Naimy; Mokarzel; Nahr Kadisha; New York; New York, New York; Rev. W. A. Mansur; Salloum Antoun Mokarzel; Syrian-American Press; The Syrian World
The Syrian World Vol. 04 no. 08
Date: 1930-04
Vol. 4 no. 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 Discusses the Political Situation. This is…
The Syrian World Vol. 04 no. 10
Date: 1930-06
Vol. 4 no. 10 of The Syrian World published June 1930. The issue begins with Rev W. A. Mansur's engaging question of "Can the Syrian race survive in America?" As is typical with any piece by Mansur he proceeds to give his concise response with sound…
The Syrian World Vol. 05 no. 02
Date: 1930-10
Vol. 5 no. 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…
The Syrian World Vol. 05 no. 04
Date: 1930-12
Vol. 5 no. 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 as a mentor to the younger…
The Syrian World Vol. 05 no. 06
Date: 1931-02
Vol. 5 no. 06 of The Syrian World published February 1931. In Dr. Philip K. Hitti's article titled Are the Lebanese Arabs? he discusses the question that was posed to him by Salloum Mokarzel. In his reply he traces the history of Lebanon in order to…
Tags: 1930s; 1931; Al-Jubbah; Don C. Seitz; Dr. Philip K. Hitti; G.K. Gibran; J.D. Carlyle; Jebel-Druze, Soueida, Jebel-Druze; Joseph J. Raymond; Labeebee A. J. Hanna; Mokarzel; New York; New York, New York; Rev. W. A. Mansur; Salloum Antoun Mokarzel; Syrian-American Press; The Syrian World; Thomas Asa
The Syrian World Vol. 05 no. 09
Date: 1931-05
Vol. 5 no. 09 of The Syrian World published May 1931. Ameen Rihani opens the issue with an article already previously published in Travel Magazine, which discusses his journey from Bagdad to Basrah down the Tigris River. Following it is a poem titled…
The Syrian World Vol. 05 no. 10
Date: 1931-06
Vol. 5 no. 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 specifically…
