Posts Tagged “Arab American history”
Book Talk: Strangers No More: Syrians in the United States, 1880 – 1900 December December 5, from 6 – 8 PM at the Lebanese American University New York Headquarters and Academic Center, 211 E 42nd St., New York, NY 10017. Launching Linda K. Jacobs’ latest book, “Strangers No More: Syrians in the United States, 1880 – 1900.”…
Longtime Lebanese American activist Jackie Haddad passes Jackie Haddad worked behind-the-scenes on behalf of the influential Lebanese and Arab American communities to raise funds for the needy, helped to lead and organize the annual conferences of the Midwest Federation of American Syrian & Lebanese Clubs, and was active in her local community in Elmhurst where…
Obit: Illinois legislator George Shadid, 1929 – 2018 Lebanese American legislator based in Peoria, Illinois dies, February 3, 2018. George P. Shadid ( born on May 15, 1929) died on Saturday February 3, 2018 according to friends and family. Shadid, 88, was a pioneer in American and Illinois politics, the inspiration of the growing and…
Obit: American Arab journalism, history titan Joseph Haiek dies
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Obit: American Arab journalism, history titan Joseph Haiek dies Joseph Haiek was a journalism and history titan in the American Arab community who spent his life documenting the story of the Arab community in this country. It was a huge task considering that many of the pages were blank and that so few Arabs in…
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