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Early Arab American Collections: The Pen League

This guide will help you find information and resources about Arab American history available at The New York Public Library, with a focus on the early Arabic-speaking community in New York City.

Ameen Rihani - Amīn al-Rīḥānī (1876-1940)

Iliya Abu Madi - Īlīyā Abū Māḍī (1890-1957)

Abd al-Masih Haddad - Abd al-Masīḥ Ḥaddād (1890-1963)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

► Works by ʻAbd al-Masīḥ Ḥaddād

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Mikhail Naimy - Mīkhāʼīl Nuʻaymah (1889-1988)

Kahlil Gibran - Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān (1883-1913)

Nasib Arida - Nasīb ʻArīḍah (1887-1946)