Edmund Ghareeb on the Arab Language Press in US - October 22, 2021

Host Carol Castiel speaks with Middle East historian and scholar, Edmund Ghareeb. about the many contributions of Arab Americans who immigrated to the United States from Syria, Lebanon Palestine and elsewhere in the 19th and early 20th centuries. His current research focuses on the heyday of the Arab language press in America, which not only spawned prominent literary and journalistic figures but also reflected an appreciation of the values of a free and independent media.