Michel Bistany Passport

An immigration passport, produced by the Department of Public Security, Ministry of the Interior, in Egypt on July 2, 1921. The document allows Michel Bistany to travel from Cairo, where he had been living, to the United States via Italy and France. In addition to a written description of 16-year-old Bistany, the document includes a photograph of him wearing a fez and a suit and tie. The interior of the passport contains stamps from all of the ports that Michel passed through on his journey.

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Cairo Passport Office

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Cairo, Egypt