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Language

• Arabic Alphabet from Syria Online

Research Help

• Lebanon Family Genealogy Forum

Further Reading

• Aswad, Barbara C., ed. Arabic Speaking Communities in American Cities. New York: The Center for Migration Studies and the Association of Arab-American University Graduates, 1975. (No essays on Boston.)
• Hagopian, Eliane and Ann Paden, eds. The Arab-Americans. Wilmette, IL: Medina University Press, 1969.
• Hooglund, Eric, ed. Crossing the Waters: Arabic-Speaking Immigrants to the United States Before 1940. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987.
• Kayal, Philip M. and Joseph M. Kayal. The Syrian-Lebanese in America: A Study in Religion and Assimilation. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1975.
• Mehdi, Beverlee Turner, ed. The Arabs in America, 1492-1977: A Chronology and Fact Book. Dobbs Ferry NY: Oceana Publications, 1978.
• Menconi, Evelyn Abdalah. The Coffeehouse Wayn Ma Kan Collection: Memories of the Syrian-Lebanese Community of Boston. (1996)
• Naff, Alixa. Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985.
• Orfalea, Gregory. Before the Flames: A Quest for the History of Arab Americans. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1988.
• Shakir, Evelyn. Bint Arab: Arab and Arab-American Women in the United States. Prager Books, 1998.
• "Dream of a Good Land." Taking Root Bearing Fruit. Washington DC: ADC Reports, 1984.
• Suleiman, Michael W. and Baha Abu-Laban, eds. Arab-Americans: Continuity and Change. Washington DC: Association of Arab-American University Graduates, 1989.
• Tinory, Eugene P. Journey from Ammeah: The Story of a Lebanese Immigrant. Brattleboro, VT: Amana Books, 1986. (Delia Corey Tinory leaves Lebanon as a fifteen-year old and comes to Boston in 1915.)
• Wakin, Edward. The Lebanese and Syrian in America. Chicago: Claretian Publishers, 1974.
• Younis, Adele L. The Coming of the Arabic-Speaking People to the United States. Edited by Philip M. Kayal. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1995.