Al-Fatat Boston Newspapers, الفتاة بوسطن‎ 1917-1919

Materials in this collection are in Arabic.

Al-Fatat Boston, الفتاة بوسطن [The Young Boston] was a Syrian semi-weekly newspaper. It was published by W.E. Shakir in Boston, Massachusetts and ran from 1914 to 1922.

The newspaper was a local publication that was headquartered at 40 Tyler Street, in Little Syria, Boston’s South End. It was tailored towards its Syrian immigrant audience, published in Arabic, and with specific coverage of the violence and destruction of Syria and the surrounding region.

Al-Fatat Boston Newspapers collection includes issues dating from December 28, 1917 to May 8, 1919.

This collection is arranged chronologically.

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[Identification of item], Al-Fatat Boston Newspapers, الفتاة بوسطن‎, NS 0005, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Materials digitized through a contract between the Khayrallah Center and the Center for Research Libraries, 2017 Oct (Accession No. 2017.006).

Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Marjorie Stevens, 2017-2018. Finding aid written by Laura Lethers and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 August and November.