Arabic Speaking Communities in American Cities
Author | : Barbara C. Aswad |
Publisher | : Staten Island, N.Y.] : Center for Migration Studies of New York |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Barbara C. Aswad |
Publisher | : Staten Island, N.Y.] : Center for Migration Studies of New York |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : The Museum of the City of New York |
Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2002-06-01 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780815607397 |
New 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.
Author | : Barbara C. Aswad |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9781566394437 |
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Muslims have been immigrating to the United States from nations such as Lebanon, Yemen, Palestine, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Previously underrepresented in ethnic studies literature, these nearly four million descendants of previous immigrants and the new arrivals have settled in large numbers in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Detroit, and other North American cities.From the social and historical conditions of the Muslim migration to a range of issues affecting Muslim American life, the contributors provide new and valuable information on topics like intergenerational conflict about identity and values, intermarriage, religious and community involvement, gender and family structure, education, the needs of the elderly, and physical and mental health problems, including AIDS. In the final section, some of these issues are given a personal dimension through the life stories of several immigrants who relate their own experiences of adjusting to life in America. Author note: Barbara C. Aswad is Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University and the author of Arabic Speaking Communities in American Cities. >P>Barbara Bilge is Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology at Eastern Michigan University and author of several articles on Turks and other Muslims in the Americas.
Author | : Adele L. Younis |
Publisher | : Center for Migration Studies of New York |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mohammed Sawaie |
Publisher | : Lexington, KY : Mazdâ Publishers |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sameer Y. Abraham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Arab Americans |
ISBN | : |
Social research on Arab minority groups and acculturation patterns in the USA - discusses historical background; examines the occupational structure and educational level of immigrants; considers the role of religious practice, linguistic heritage, and Arab associations in maintaining cultural identity; presents case studies of 5 Arab-American communitys in Detroit. Bibliography and maps.
Author | : United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit. Research Department |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Arab Americans |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1994-08-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1438405359 |
This book provides the first in-depth look at Muslim life and institutions forming in North America. It considers the range of Islamic life in North America with its different racial-ethnic and cultural identities, customs, and religious orientations. Issues of acculturation, ethnicity, orthodoxy, and the changing roles of women are brought into focus. The authors provide insight into the lives of recent immigrants who are asking what is Islamically appropriate in a non-Muslim environment. Contrasts are drawn between Sunni and Shi'i groups, and attention is given to the activities of some Sufi organizations. The growing Islamic community among African-American Muslims is examined, including the followers of Warith Deen Muhammad and the sectarians identified with black power, such as the Nation of Islam, Darul Islam, and the Five Percenters. The authors document the challenge and issues which American Muslims face, such as pressure from overseas Muslims; dress and education; the influence of Islamic revivalism on the development of the community in this country; and the maintenance of Muslim identity amidst the pressures for assimilation.
Author | : Elizabeth Boosahda |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0292783132 |
As Arab Americans seek to claim their communal identity and rightful place in American society at a time of heightened tension between the United States and the Middle East, an understanding look back at more than one hundred years of the Arab-American community is especially timely. In this book, Elizabeth Boosahda, a third-generation Arab American, draws on over two hundred personal interviews, as well as photographs and historical documents that are contemporaneous with the first generation of Arab Americans (Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians), both Christians and Muslims, who immigrated to the Americas between 1880 and 1915, and their descendants. Boosahda focuses on the Arab-American community in Worcester, Massachusetts, a major northeastern center for Arab immigration, and Worcester's links to and similarities with Arab-American communities throughout North and South America. Using the voices of Arab immigrants and their families, she explores their entire experience, from emigration at the turn of the twentieth century to the present-day lives of their descendants. This rich documentation sheds light on many aspects of Arab-American life, including the Arab entrepreneurial motivation and success, family life, education, religious and community organizations, and the role of women in initiating immigration and the economic success they achieved.