FWD: “Inventing Home: The Making of Lebanon and the Lebanese Diaspora” - Akram F. Khater

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In this afikra FWD, Gustavo Racy forwards a book on the Lebanese diaspora by Akram F. Khater, Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920. Inventing Home delves into the stories of these travels, shedding much-needed light on the impact of emigration and immigration on the development of modernity.

Sources and Further References

• Afropop Worldwide | A.J. Racy: The Lebanese Diaspora in Brazil and the U.S.

• The Discovery of America by the Turks By Jorge Amado

• The Diasporic Condition: Ethnographic Explorations of the Lebanese in the World By Ghassan Hage

• Brazilian Arabesques | Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East & North African Migration Studies

• The Lebanese in the world : a century of emigration

• The Book of Khalid By Ameen Rihani

• Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

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