Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

Arabbing, the centuries-old Baltimore tradition of selling items out of a horse-drawn wagon, persists today despite being on ...

ARAB AMERICANS. Cleveland's Arab population, although among the smaller ethnic groups, has a clear identity and historical development since Arabs began arriving here in the 19th century. In 1995 ...

For example, by the late 19th century, many Palestinians rose up against the Ottoman Empire’s efforts to assimilate its subjects into Turkish identity.

View LIDDED BOX WITH A SEATED ARAB (19th Century) Attributed to Franz Xaver Bergmann; cold-painted, or polychrome painted, bronze sculpture mounted on a metal casket; 3 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 5 3/8 in., (9.2 x ...

Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin’s latest novel, Samahani, takes us to 19th-century Zanzibar, where Omani Arabs ruled the East African archipelago. “I wasn’t planning to write about Zanzibar at all,” the ...

View A late 19th century French patinated and cold painted spelter Orientalist equestrian group of an Arab huntsman, together with a pair of similar attendant figures after Guillemin of an Arab ...

Back in the mid-19th century, the ailing hegemon was the Ottoman Empire, based in Istanbul, also known as Constantinople, and disintegrating under pressure from assertive minorities and their ...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the end of the nineteenth century, primarily as a conflict over territory. Learn about the origins of this conflict and track the latest developments ...

Stories like Haggar’s are integral to the museum’s mission to demonstrate how Arab Americans have been part of the American fabric since the late 19th century.