Boosahda, Elizabeth. Arab American Faces and Voices: the Origins of an Immigrant Community.

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Boosahda, Elizabeth. Arab American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigrant Community. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2003. Paper $24.95.

The book is based on 200 interviews that make up this essentially oral history project to document immigration of Christians and Muslims between 1880-1915 to Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester was the north-east center of Arab immigration. The documentation relies on sound methodology. The work explores the Worcester immigrants' links to and similarities with Arab American communities in North and South America. The book deals with experiences of early immigrants and their present-day descendants that include Arab American...