The Making of Arab Americans: From Syrian Nationalism to U.S. Citizenship

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The Making of Arab Americans Banquet honoring delegations of Arab states to the United Nations, November 1946. Courtesy of the Immigration History Research Project, University of Minnesota. From Syrian Nationalism to U.S. Citizenship The Making of Arab Americans Hani J. Bawardi University of Texas Press Austin Copyright © 2014 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2014 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/rp-form The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Pulication Data Bawardi, Hani J. The making of Arab Americans : from Syrian nationalism to U.S. citizenship / Hani J. Bawardi. — First edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-75748-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Arab Americans—Politics and government—20th century. 2. Arab Americans—Societies, etc.—History—20th century. 3. Arab Americans—History—20th century. 4. Arab Americans—Ethnic identity. 5. Arab nationalism—History—20th century. 6. Syria— Emigration and immigration. I. Title. E184.A65B38 2014 305.892′7073—dc23 2013039741 For Rushd (Roy) Farah, the son of Ameen Saleh Yaqoub Farah. Rushd was born December 16, 1922, and died June 21, 2013. You say what, then, can the Syrian do if you rob him of his hope of a reformed future in the lands of his birth and childhood? . . . The Syrian only has self-reliance and utilizing his talents, intelligence, and excellence to rely on. . . . Every word a pupil learns in the American schools is a word learned by all Syrians. . . . Free your children from the slavery of stagnant traditions and old customs, and they will remain free even in chains and jails. Gibran Khalil Gibran,  ...