BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Linda Jacobs Book Launch for Strangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York City\, 1880-1900Linda\nK. Jacobs is a\nNew York-based s cholar and author. She holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern\nArchaeology/Anthropo logy and spent many years working on archaeological\nexcavations and econo mic development projects in the Middle East. She is the\nauthor of Digging \nIn: An American Archaeologist Uncovers the Real Iran (2012)\nand a serie s of articles about the 19th century Syrian colony in New York. Dr.\nJacob s is committed to promoting Middle Eastern culture and knowledge in the\nU nited States\, founding Kalimah Press in\n2011\, establishing the Violet J abara\nCharitable Trust\, and sitting on the boards of the Near East Found ation and the\nMoise Khayrallah\nCenter for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. She has also served on the board of the\nAmerican University\nof Beirut. All four of her grandparents were members of the New York Syrian\nColony.Stran gers\nin\nthe West is\nthe never-before-told story of the Arab immigrants who settled in New York\nCity\, beginning in 1880. They came primarily fro m what was then known as\n“Greater Syria\,” and settled in tenements on th e lower west side of Manhattan\,\nfounding an Arabic-speaking enclave just south of the future site of the World\nTrade Center. Arriving in the New World with little more than their\nresourcefulness and business acumen\, t hese immigrants quickly built a thriving\n“colony” that was the cultural a nd economic center of the Syrian diaspora in\nAmerica.Dr.\nJacobs paints a vivid portrait of life in this early immigrant community and\nthe people who founded it. They were peddlers and merchants\, midwives and\ndoctors\, priests and journalists\, performers and impresarios. They capitalized\no n the orientalist craze sweeping the United States by opening Turkish smok ing\nparlors\, presenting belly dancers on\nvaudeville \;stages\,\nand performing across the country in native costume. They learned English\,\n built businesses\, and became an important thread in the rich tapestry of the\nimmigrant culture of 19th century New York. \;Open to the PublicS ponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Program at the Moynihan Institute o f Global Affairs DTEND:20151009T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260514T111452Z DTSTART:20151008T220000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:MES presents: Linda Jacobs UID:RFCALITEM639143396924004881 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Linda Jacobs Book Launch for S trangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York City\, 1880-1900

Linda\nK. Jacobs is a\nNew York-based scholar and author. She holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern\nArchaeology/Anthropology and spent many years working on archaeological\nexcavations and economic development pro jects in the Middle East. She is the\nauthor of Digging\nIn: An America n Archaeologist Uncovers the Real Iran (2012)\nand a series of article s about the 19th century Syrian colony in New York. Dr.\nJacobs is committ ed to promoting Middle Eastern culture and knowledge in the\nUnited States \, founding Kalimah Press in\n2011\, establishing the Violet Jabara\nChari table Trust\, and sitting on the boards of the Near East Foundation and th e\nMoise Khayrallah\nCenter for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. She has also se rved on the board of the\nAmerican University\nof Beirut. All four of her grandparents were members of the New York Syrian\nColony.

Strange rs\nin\nthe West is\nthe never-before-told story of the Arab immigrant s who settled in New York\nCity\, beginning in 1880. They came primarily f rom what was then known as\n“Greater Syria\,” and settled in tenements on the lower west side of Manhattan\,\nfounding an Arabic-speaking enclave ju st south of the future site of the World\nTrade Center. Arriving in the Ne w World with little more than their\nresourcefulness and business acumen\, these immigrants quickly built a thriving\n“colony” that was the cultural and economic center of the Syrian diaspora in\nAmerica.

Dr.\nJacobs paints a vivid portrait of life in this early immigrant community and\nth e people who founded it. They were peddlers and merchants\, midwives and\n doctors\, priests and journalists\, performers and impresarios. They capit alized\non the orientalist craze sweeping the United States by opening Tur kish smoking\nparlors\, presenting belly dancers on\nvaudeville \;stag es\,\nand performing across the country in native costume. They learned En glish\,\nbuilt businesses\, and became an important thread in the rich tap estry of the\nimmigrant culture of 19th century New York. \;

Open to the Public

Sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

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