Little Syria.

02/11/2017

https://www.6sqft.com/the-history-of-little-syria-and-an-immigrant-communitys-lasting-legacy/

In the light of Donald Trump's ban on Syrian refugees, 6sqft decided to take a look back at Little Syria.

10/31/2016

The Sacred is a documentary video about Little Syria, a neighborhood which is located at the foot of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, and the transformations…

10/31/2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Visiting what remains of New York City's original "Little Syria" neighborhood is a short tour that's long on fascinating, largely forgotten history.

08/05/2016

http://gothamist.com/2016/08/05/little_syria_nyc.php

"The story of Arabs in America, and their role in New York City specifically, has been sorely overlooked."

05/11/2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16936966

New Yorkers work to save all that remains from an early centre of Arab-American life.

05/10/2012

Help us to preserve the first Arab-American neighborhood in US: Little Syria. At 105-107 Washington street in lower Manhattan, NY . Sign the petition so we can save our heritage. Read this page and always remember to pass by Little Syria when you visit Manhattan.

05/09/2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Pen_League

Al-Rābiṭah al-Qalamiyah (also spelled al-Qalamiyya) (English: The Pen League), also known as al-Mahjar ("emigrant"), was the first[1]Arab-American literary society, formed initially by Nasib Arida and Abdul Massih Haddad[2] in 1915[3] or 1916,[4] and subsequently re-formed in 1920 by a group of Arab...

05/09/2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Khalid

The Book of Khalid (1911) is a novel by Arab-American writer Ameen Rihani. Composed during a sojourn in the mountains of Lebanon, it is considered to be the first novel by an Arab-American writer in English. His contemporary, Khalil Gibran, illustrated the work, and the story is often seen as an inf...

05/08/2012

This is an useful link: http://savewashingtonstreet.org/2012/04/18/new-galleries-added-of-little-syria-and-its-artifacts/

Save Washington Street has finally added new galleries to the “Photographs” section of this website.The more photographs that are added, the better we can understand Little Syria through personal visualizations and interpretations of what the neighborhood looked like, and how it was like to be there...