AASA board member Randa Kayyali has recently published an article in the new journal Maydan. Titled “Becoming US Citizens: Muslims and Christians From the Middle East in US Official Records,” it is available for free online: http://www.themaydan.com/2016/11/becoming-us-citizens-muslims-and-christians-from-the-middle-east-in-us-official-records/
AASA member Martina Koegeler has recently published an article in the Journal of Transnational American Studies: “Performing Transnational Arab American Womanhood: Rosemary Hakim, US Orientalism, and Cold War Diplomacy.” The article explores the memoir and life of Rosemary Hakim, Miss Lebanon America 1955, and how she performs Arab American womanhood intersectionally and transnationally. The essay…
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Dear Friends and Colleagues, As you know, the Khayrallah Center is dedicated to documenting and preserving the history of the Lebanese community in the US. Over the past six years we have gathered oral histories and historical material to produce the first documentary about the Lebanese in NC. We were fortunate to have been able…
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AASA member Stacy Fahrenthold has published a new article, “Former Ottomans in the ranks: pro-Entente military recruitment among Syrians in the Americas, 1916–18″ in the current issue of the Journal of Global History. Using the press writings and memoirs of Syrian American recruiters and immigrant enlistees, the article tracks the enlistment process that led an estimate 10,000 Syrian…
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This post introduces readers to the rich resources of the Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center at the Arab American National Museum, a research destination for Arab American scholars. Interested in visiting the collections yourself? Apply for the Museum’s 2016 Evelyn Abdalah Menconi Travel Grant. The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Mich. –…
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Congratulations to AASA member Dr. Sarah Gualtieri of the University of Southern California for winning a research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Gualtieri’s grant is for her project “Syrian Migrants in Southern California, 1880-1945,” which is a book-length study of Syrian migration to Southern California, 1880-1945, based on archival work and…
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AASA member Janice Terry’s newest book William Yale: Witness to Partition in the Middle East WW1–WW2 is out now via Rimalbooks Press. From the Rimalbooks website: Synopsis William Yale was born into the Anglo-American power elite in the late nineteenth century. After graduating from Yale University (founded by one of his forebears), he joined the…
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AASA member Linda Jacobs new book, Strangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York City, 1880-1900, is now available from Kalimah Press. You can purchase a copy either on Amazon and or on the publisher’s website. The author will sign all books ordered directly from the publisher, and if anyone orders five or…
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AASA is thrilled to announce that member Charlotte Karem Albrecht will begin a tenure-track position in Arab and Muslim American Studies in the departments of American Culture and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. While at Michigan, Albrecht will join AASA board member Evelyn Alsultany in supporting the Arab and Muslim American…
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brMSeUhZDgo] On May 5th, 2005, the Arab American National Museum opened its doors for the very first time. Celebrate 10 years with us by becoming a Member today. Student/Senior 59+/Educator $35 Individual Membership $45 Family $75 Museum Supporter $125 Patron $250 Benefactor $500 AANMbassador $1,000 Corporate $2,000 Community Pillar $5,000 Review the detailed descriptions of Membership…
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