Pages

• America: As an Arab American Narrator Views it
  Creating an Oral History to Document and Analyse the Cultural Life and Experiences of Jackie Homsy OKeefe
• Concluding Remarks
  Summing up the project
• The Immigrant Journey
  Understanding Jackie and her family's immigration history
• An Introduction to the Project
  Project Overview with Introduction to Subject and Interviewer
• Life in Brooklyn, New York
  Jackie's life and upbringing
• Methodology of Project
  Introduction to team, with the origins and procedures of the project
• Personal Reflection
  Concluding remarks on the project process
• List of Project Resources
  Provides descriptions on all pages and media files
• The Cultural Significance of Food
  The importance of food to Jackie's Arab identity
• The Arabic Language
  Jackie's family relationship with Arabic
• The Relevance of Religion and Politics
  Jackie's experiences with religion and political discourse

Media

• Bay Ridge Brooklyn
  Bay Ridge Brooklyn
• Sunset Park Brooklyn
  1940's Sunset Park Brooklyn
• Interview 1 Clip 1
  Details of maternal family immigration
• Interview 1 Clip 10
  Attempts to learn Arabic
• Interview 1 Clip 2
  Life in 1940's Brooklyn
• Interview 1 Clip 3
  Paternal family immigration
• Interview 1 Clip 4
  Jackie's social and school experiences
• Interview 1 Clip 5
  Differences between male and female education experiences
• Interview 1 Clip 6
  Story about picking Grape leaves
• Interview 1 Clip 7
  Americanisation of Syria/Lebanese through business and education
• Interview 1 Clip 8
  Push to Americanise once Arabs became vilified
• Interview 1 Clip 9
  No Arabic but the Our Father
• Interview 2 Clip 1
  Paternal family in Aleppo
• Interview 2 Clip 2
  Mirror of language and culture - Example of father
• Interview 2 Clip 3
  Memories of affection in Arabic
• Interview 2 Clip 4
  Languages other than Arabic/English
• Interview 2 Clip 5
  French language in Syria - Grandmother
• Interview 2 Clip 6
  Food as the bridge across different ethnic communities
• Interview 3 Clip 1
  Discussion on food and brief connection to holiday festivities
• Interview 3 Clip 2
  Baklava, pronunciation and favourite foods
• Interview 3 Clip 3
  Tannersville with food as the centre
• Interview 3 Clip 4
  Impact of religion on holidays
• Interview 3 Clip 5
  Wedding dabke
• Interview 3 Clip 6
  Male/female dynamic in food
• Interview 3 Clip 7
  George Homsey's import of oriental rugs and the manufacturing of silk embroidered shawls
• Interview 4 Clip 1
  Impact of Religion, Melkite Syrian Church
• Interview 4 Clip 2
  Melkite practices and Roman Catholic differences
• Interview 4 Clip 3
  Political discussions at home
• Interview 4 Clip 4
  Palestine and Zionism
• Interview 4 Clip 5
  Jackie's political activity and the talks she has given on Palestinian conflict
• Interview 4 Clip 6
  Post 9/11 experiences and difference in Arab immigrant groups
• Interview 4 Clip 7
  Key stages of Jackie's life and relationship to Arab identity
• Interview 4 clip 8
  Vietnam War and Family Politics
• Kibbeh
  Kibbeh dish
• Certificate of Naturalisation
  Abouchar Naturalisation
• Chukri
  Grandfather Chukri in Columbia
• Family Picture
  48th Street Brooklyn
• Family Picture
  Family Picture
• Homsy Boat Passage Certificate
  Immigration Document Alexandria to New York
• Silk Scarf
  Picture of Syrian Silk Scarf
• Title picture of Jackie
  Picture of Jackie for title page
• Patterson Museum
  Museum with family silk machines
• Patterson New Jersey
  Silk Mill
• Stuffed Grape Leaves
  Dolmeh
• Sunset Park Brooklyn
  Sunset Park Brooklyn
• Tannersville New York
  Location of Family Summer Holiday