June 14, 2008 Wyndham Hotel, Andover The ALAA celebrated its 25th year of charity and education with a gala event and annual scholarship banquet, awarding $44,500 to 36 local students of Lebanese descent.

Andover: Scholarship recipients included, front, from left, Nicole Mason of Methuen; Patricia Letayf of Salem, N.H.; Mia Berni of Windham, N.H.; Leah Rizkallah of Methuen; Gianna Padavano of Shrewsbury; Laynab Jaber of Hooksett, N.H.; Marianne Bou-Habib of Methuen; and Emily Foley of Lowell.  In the middle row, from left, are Alexandra Hatem of Lowell; Danielle Miles of Wilmington; Smantha Farah of Methuen; Ashley Korbey of Windham, N.H.; Alexandria Rodriguez of Worcester; Ashley Shaheen of Haverhill; Devon Haddad of Shrewsbury; and Hayley O'Riordan of Methuen. In the rear, from left, are Steven Kfoury Jr. of Lawrence; Robert Farah of Methuen; Elias Elachi of Methuen; Phil Fazoli of Salem, N.H.; Bryan Farris of Derry, N.H.; Salim Zerriny of Tyngsboro; Ronny Ead of Methuen; Chris Hashem of Tewksbury; and Matt Wood of Paxton. Absent scholarship winners included Catherine George, Henry Jamijian, Samantha Ota, Christopher Azar, Nicholas Abdelahad, Amanda Britt, Alexander Coury,Laura Beth Solomon, Thomas Somi and Ryan Harb.Frank Leone Jr.

2009 Recipients

2010 Recipients

2011 Recipients

2012 Recipients

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Lebanese American Alixa Naff is a historian who specializes in Arab American culture. Pictured are some of the Arab American artifacts she has been collecting since 1962

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The Lebanese in Lawrence MALawrence residents frequently referred to their Arabic-speaking Middle Eastern community as "Syrian". In fact, most so-called Syrians in Lawrence were from present-day Lebanon, and were largely Maronite Christian. Lebanese immigrants organized St. Anthony’s Maronite Church in 1903 . 

Pictured here is  St. George’s Orthodox Church, the oldest Greek Orthodox-rite Church in the United States.

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http://www.academia.edu/802251/A_Brief_History_of_Arab_Immigrant_Textile_Production_in_the_US

Syrian American children are all from immigrant families that settled in New York's Syrian Quarter

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in the Syrian Quarter in New York City

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http://store.antiochianvillage.org/Emigration-from-Syria-and-the-Syrian-Lebanese-Community-of-Worchester-MA.html

http://www.fdcw.unimaas.nl/staff/files/users/375/JBier_Mapping%20the%20Archive.pdf

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category%3AArabic_machine_manuscript

Nice Arabic manuscripts