{"id":2926,"date":"2020-02-18T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/arabs-in-california-finding-identity-and-belonging-as-an-arab-american\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T17:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T01:33:51","slug":"california-arab-americans-seek-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/california-arab-americans-seek-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabs in California: Finding identity and belonging as an Arab American"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n The Arbeely\u2019s, pictured here in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1881, were the first Syrian family to immigrate to the United States, having arrived three years prior. By 1890, most had moved to Los Angeles, and two, Najib and Ibrahim, moved to New York and established the first Arabic language newspaper in the U.S., Kawkab Amirka, in 1892. (Photo: Courtesy of Habeeb and Dania Arbeely.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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