A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York CityNew York City's main Arab communities exemplify the continuity and change that has taken place throughout the city's rich history. The Museum of the City of New York, in partnership with the Middle East Institute at Columbia University and a group of local Arab and non-Arab scholars, activists and educators, undertook a long overdue exploration of New York's Arab populations. The result is a revealing collection of writings and photographs that document and tell the stories of these communities. |
Contents
The Mother Colony | 3 |
Palestinian American girl rollerblading Frontispiece | 8 |
The SyrianLebanese Community of South Ferry | 11 |
Advertisement for Atlantic Avenue businesses | 21 |
Impressions of New York City by Early Arab Immigrants | 28 |
Members of alRabita Pen League | 36 |
Images of Early Arab Immigration to New York City | 46 |
Arab women | 49 |
Inventing and Reinventing the Arab American Identity | 109 |
Banquet for heads of Arab States | 115 |
The Changing Arab New York Community | 124 |
Brooklyn Arab Muslim sites | 129 |
Arab Families in New York Public Schools | 140 |
The Syrian Jews of Brooklyn | 156 |
The Mosques of New York | 170 |
Their Arts and New York City 19702000 | 178 |
My Mothers Zither | 54 |
Cultural Traditions of Early Arab Immigrants to New York | 74 |
Construction old and new | 76 |
A Personal Story | 83 |
So Who Are We? Who Am | 90 |
Arab American woman and children | 96 |
Hollywoods Muslim Arabs | 191 |
The BeirutNew York Connection | 213 |
A Personal Story | 226 |
Notes | 243 |
Glossary | 257 |
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References to this book
Youthscapes: The Popular, the National, the Global Sunaina Maira,Elisabeth Soep No preview available - 2005 |