Manifold Destiny Arabs at an American Crossroads of Exceptional Rule

• Main Author: Karam, John Tofik (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Vanderbilt University Press 2021
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Migration, immigration & emigration; Urban communities; Anthropology; Sociology; Urban Studies
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At the border where Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina meet under the scrutiny of the US and Mercosur (the large South American trade bloc), Arabs have long fulfilled what author John Tofik Karam calls a "manifold destiny." Karam casts Lebanese, Palestinians, and Syrians at this American bord...