So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico: Middle Eastern Immigrants in Modern Mexico
heresa Alfaro-Velcamp " So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico: Middle Eastern Immigrants in Modern Mexico "
University of Texas Press | Pages: 286 | 2007-07-01 | ISBN- 0292716419 | PDF | 3MB
University of Texas Press | Pages: 286 | 2007-07-01 | ISBN- 0292716419 | PDF | 3MB
Middle Eastern immigration to Mexico is one of the intriguing, untold stories in the history of both regions. In So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico, Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp presents the fascinating findings of her extensive fieldwork in Mexico as well as in Lebanon and Syria, which included comprehensive data collection from more than 8,000 original immigration cards as well as studies of decades of legal publications and the collection of historiographies from descendents of Middle Eastern immigrants living in Mexico today.