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Dear Brother: It is an enchanting evening. The wind has been blowing steadily the whole day. It suddenly dropped at nightfall. All is still. There is no stir in the air. The world seems fast asleep. I…

Contributor:

Sasson Shalom Dallal

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1949

Subjects:

Family, Zionism, Politics, Death, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
The Journey of the Holy Man Abou Naddara Zarqa from Cairo the Victorious to Paris the Glorious
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A Conversation between Abou Khalil and Abou Naddara Zarqa at Café Riche, Boulevard des Italiens, on the Night of the 14th of July 1878, Paris[ . . . ] Abou Khalil:Good Lord, I’ve missed your banter…

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James Sanua

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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1878

Subjects:

Scholarship, Travel, Mizrahi, Community, Arabic, Journalism

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
Is It Befitting of Women to Demand Rights of Men?
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I read the serial article included in your esteemed periodical . . . signed by Dr. Amin Effendi al-Khuri; on finishing it, I realized that it had been written in response to an earlier article on the…

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Esther Azhari Moyal

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Ottoman Empire (Syria, Syria)

Date:

1894

Subjects:

Women, Feminism, Human rights, Modernity, Gender, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
Letter from an Egyptian Jewish Deist on Why He Will Not Convert to Islam
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You said, in the beginning of the second page, “The young man then adopted the Muslim religion.” Please omit this because I did not change the faith of my parents, although I respect the three…

Contributor:

Ya‘qub Sannu‘

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Paris, France

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Muslim-Jewish relations, Islam, Family, Philosophy, Monotheism, Journalism, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Journalism, Letters