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#                 Arab American Heritage Month      

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In 2022, President Biden became the first U.S. president to declare April as Arab American Heritage Month, in recognition of the contributions of Arab Americans to the nation's history. Americans of Arab heritage have advanced the nation’s achievements in diplomacy, science, technology, as well as in art and culture. 

In 1962, Dr. Alixa Naff set out to tell the story of Arab American immigrants from Syria and Lebanon. In addition to investigating an area that had received little scholarly attention, her use of oral history as the basis of the research was innovative. In 1984, Naff donated her collection including the oral histories, archival materials, and artifacts to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. You can read about her in "Voices from the past: Arab American Oral Histories" and explore items from her collection and others related to Arab American history and culture from across the Smithsonian. 
  -  Three children in a wicker baby carriage with an American flag : black and white photoprint 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Michael DeBakey 
-  Three Lebanese female cousins: black & white photoprint 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Portrait of Kahlil Gibran 
-          National Postal Museum        Forever Danny Thomas single 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Helen Thomas 
-  Widad Naff Frenn in her father's grocery store: black-and-white photoprint 
-  Mike Azkoul and bride; Faris Ziton and Rose Beshara: black & white photoprint 
-  Dohes Elias Haney's naturalization certificate: document 
-          National Museum of American History        Westbury Music Fair: Paul Anka 
-  Faris and Marina Ayout Naff and Siman and Anise Ayout Ayout: black & white photoprint 
-  Young Lebanese Couple: document 
-  Faris Naff and his sister: black & white photoprint 
-          National Museum of American History        Gibran's Message to Young Americans of Syrian Origin 
-  Selma (sister of Faris Ghanlous), Alexa, Michael, Deanna Ghanlous (Faris's children): black & white photoprint 
-          National Museum of American History        Candace Lightner's Jefferson Award 
-  Peddlers Aosey & Allbones - Ready to Wear - Quality Merchandise truck: b&w photoprint postcard 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Najeeb E. Halaby 
-  Peddlers Aosey & Allbones - Quality Merchandise truck: b&w photoprint 
-  Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs, bulletin page 
-  Louis Lutfe and family: black & white photoprint 
-  Room of women at sewing machines: b&w photoprint 
-  Industrial School Band: b&w photoprint 
-  Amelia Beshara: black & white photoprint 
-  Cast of "Hamlet": b&w photoprint 
-  Olga Kahramann, singer: color photoprint 
-  Fares Brothers market in Birmingham, Alabama: black & white photoprint. 
-  Charles Joseph Doumar : glass plate black-and-white negative 
-  Exterior of Doumar's drive in restaurant: b&w photoprint 
-  Girl holding a tall decorated candle on Palm Sunday: b&w photoprint. 
-  Cory family portrait: b&w photoprint 
-  Church exterior with small groups of people and cars in front: b&w photoprint 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Ralph Nader 
-  Junior Chapter of the Syrian Ladies' Aid Society: booklet 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Michael DeBakey 
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