by Linda K. Jacobs | Sep 25, 2015
Strangers in the West featured on Arab America Strangers in the West is the never-before-told story of the Arab immigrants who settled in New York City, beginning in 1880. They came primarily from what was then known as “Greater Syria,” and settled in tenements on the...
by Linda K. Jacobs | Sep 25, 2015
Reconstructing New York’s Syrian Colony, Person-by-Person An interview with Linda Jacobs by Todd Fine In recent years, there has been a significant growth of interest in the Syrian Colony of the Lower West Side of Manhattan, frequently also called “Little...
