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Title: An AWAIR Pick
Review: In this labor of love, Boosahda, a third-generation Arab American, draws on over two hundred personal interviews with contemporaries of the first generation of Arab Americans (Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians), both Christians and Muslims, who immigrated to the Americas between 1880 and 1915, and their descendants. Focusing on the community in the Worcester/Boston area, the author shows its links to and similarities with Arab-American communities throughout North and South America, particularly Brazil. Here is plenty of evidence of how hard work and creativity enabled Arabs to put down roots in America, to the benefit of the community and the country.Teachers/Librarians: 9th grade to adult - social studies/language arts.
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