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The Arab and the Brit : The Last of the Welcome Immigrants /

Born of a Palestinian father and British mother, the author has always been intrigued by the different worlds his parents came from. His father's ancestors were highwaymen on the Arabian Peninsula in the eighteenth century. They sparred unsuccessfully with ruling Ottoman Turks and escaped with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rezak, Bill (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nazareth
  • Bill Curnick and Barnardo's home
  • Habeeb and the Ottoman Turks
  • Canada
  • Radia and Habeeb's heritage
  • Life on the St. Lawrence River
  • America?
  • Bill's family comes to Canada
  • The Rizks' journey to America
  • Florence Elsie Belcher
  • Ellis Island and beyond
  • Florence and Bill
  • Life in Syracuse
  • The Curnicks of America
  • Finally another Rizk
  • Polly and Nick
  • St. Elias Church and the other Rezaks
  • Nick overseas
  • The Yugoslav Rezaks
  • Home to Syracuse.