A community of many worlds : Arab Americans in New York City / Museum of the City of New York ; edited by Kathleen Benson and Philip M. Kayal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benson, Kathleen.

Kayal, Philip M., 1943-

Museum of the City of New York.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

Arab Americans--New York (State)--New York--History--Congresses.

Arab Americans.

Arab Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions--Congresses.

Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--History--Congresses.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions--Congresses.

Ethnic relations.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Social conditions.

Arab countries--Emigration and immigration--History--Congresses.

Arab countries.

New York (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration--History--Congresses.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations--Congresses.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Museum of the City of New York ; [Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press, 2002.

Summary:

The Museum of the City of New York

A timely look at New York City's Arab communities from a variety of topics anti viewpoints.

Contents:

Part 1 Early Arab Immigration to New York

1. New York: The Mother Colony / Alixa Naff 3

2. The Syrian-Lebanese Community of South Ferry from Its Origin to 1977 / Mary Ann Haick DiNapoli 11

3. Impressions of New York City by Early Arab Immigrants / Michael W. Suleiman 28

4. Rare Sights: Images of Early Arab Immigration to New York City / Jonathan Friedlander 46

5. My Mother's Zither / Gregory Orfalea 54

6. Cultural Traditions of Early Arab Immigrants to New York / Stanley Rashid 74

7. Being Arab American in New York: A Personal Story / Peter J. Awn 83

8. So, Who Are We? Who Am I? / Philip M. Kayal 90

Part 2 Arab New Yorkers in the Late Twentieth Century

9. Inventing and Re-inventing the Arab American Identity / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad 109

10. The Changing Arab New York Community / Louis Abdellatif Cristillo, Lorraine C. Minnite 124

11. Arab Families in New York Public Schools / Paula Hajar 140

12. The Syrian Jews of Brooklyn / Walter P. Zenner 156

13. NY-MASJID: The Mosques of New York / Jerrilynn Dodds 170

14. Arab Americans: Their Arts and New York City, 1970-2000 / Inea Bushnaq 178

15. Hollywood's Muslim Arabs / Jack G. Shaheen 191

16. Lebanese Women: The Beirut-New York Connection / Evelyn Shakir 213

17. Being Arab American in New York: A Personal Story / Abdeen Jabara 226.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at a conference initiating the project "A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City" organized by the Museum of the City of New York.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.

ISBN:

0815607393

OCLC:

49415875