by Linda K. Jacobs | Nov 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
The New York Syrian colony of the nineteenth century was centered on Washington Street on the lower west side of Manhattan and later in Brooklyn. But in reality, the New York community included a number of satellite towns in which Syrians lived, which were closely...
by Linda K. Jacobs | Aug 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Even today, successful women entrepreneurs are as rare as hen’s teeth. Imagine what it took for a nineteenth century woman from a conservative Arab immigrant community to become one of the premier jewelers in New York. Marie El-Khoury was that woman. The Azeez Family...
