What does it mean to belong? For more than a century, Syrian and Lebanese families have made homes across the American South. These communities — often overlooked in broader national narratives — built lives, opened businesses and raised generations in cities and towns from Mississippi to Michigan. Their stories are

My first month or so at the Museum has been spent cataloging donations of player piano rolls, sheet music and records. Almost all the recorded materials we took on were made by and for Arabs in the U.S. and overseas. The sheet music collection, however, hails primarily from America’s Tin