Feature: Were There Arab Passengers on The Titanic?

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Mysa investigates the story of the Arabs on the Titanic and the history of Arab immigration to the US in the early 20th Century.

Sources & Future References:

• Explore the Archive · Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive

• Library of Congress

• Washington Street Historical Society

• Collections & Research – Arab American National Museum

• NYPL Digital Collections

• RMS Titanic : Syrian Titanic Passengers and Crew

• Turath - Exhibition of early Arab American Culture | Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Studies

• “Alien Passengers: Syrians Aboard the Titanic” by Leila Salloum Elias

• M.S. Hawie: An Arab American Poet and Orator Makes a Prohibition Record in 1920

• America Ya Hilwa by profbro

• Vice article on Hammad Hassab - تفاصيل رحلتي بحثًا عن العربي الغامض الناجي من تيتانيك

• The Arabs on board the Titanic have a story waiting to be told – Middle East Monitor

• The Lost Syrian Neighborhood In Boston, Part 1 - YouTube

Note: All community presentations are prepared & presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in that subject.

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Bas Sou'al

afikra is all about asking questions and exploring something new. This series takes some of the questions about the histories and cultures of the Arab world asked and explored in one of our community presentations, and broadens it into a podcast episode hosted by Mysa Kafil-Hussain and Yasmin Khawaja with community members from our global chapters.