19 Facts About Syrian American

The first major wave of Syrian American immigrants arrived in the United States from Ottoman Syria in the period between 1889 and 1914.

When "Syrian American" became available as a designation at the turn of the 20th century.

Many recent Syrian American immigrants are medical doctors who studied at Damascus and Aleppo Universities and pursued their residencies and fellowships in the United States.

In 1890 the writer Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives, a book focused on Syrian American children, representing the children as pitiful but dangerous.

The first Syrian American church was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1895 by Saint Raphael of Brooklyn.

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The majority of the early Syrian American immigrants arrived in the United States seeking better jobs; they usually engaged in basic commerce, especially peddling.

Syrian American peddlers found their jobs comfortable since peddling required little training and mediocre vocabulary.

Syrian American peddlers served as the distribution medium for the products of small manufacturers.

Later Syrian American emigrants served in fields like banking, medicine, and computer science.

Syrian American families had a higher median income than all families and lower poverty rates than those of the general population.

Unlike many Western foods, Syrian American foods take more time to cook, are less expensive and usually more healthy.

The Syrian American cuisine includes other dishes like stuffed zucchini, dolma, kebab, kibbeh, kibbeh nayyeh, mujaddara, shawarma, and shanklish.

Syrian American music includes several genres and styles of music ranging from Arab classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music.

Syrian American music is characterized by an emphasis on melody and rhythm, as opposed to harmony.

Syrian American music is characterized by the predominance of vocal music.

Some Muslim Syrian American women wear a hijab, which is a headscarf worn by Muslim and orthodox Christian women to cover their hair.

Syrian American Jews celebrate the Jewish holidays, such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Purim, Passover and Shavuot.

Generally, Syrian American partners tend to have more children than average American partners; Syrian American partners tend to have children at early stages of their marriages.

Many old Syrian American families have lost their linguistic traditions because many parents do not teach their children Arabic.