Mohammed Sawaie Collection 1979-1999

Summary
Contents
Names/subjects
Using these materials
This collection is found in the Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora.
Size
0.5 linear feet (one half box, half of a flat box)
Call number
KC0072
Access to materials

This collection is open for research. Physical access to materials requires 48 hours advance notice. “For more information contact us via mail, phone, or our web form.”

Language

Materials in this collection include English and Arabic interspersed with one another.

Biographical/historical note

Professor Mohammed Sawaie (1941-) is a Professor of Arabic in the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Virginia. He earned his PH.D. in Linguistics at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He has authored several books and articles in both Arabic and English on aspects of the Arabic language. Some of his most famous publications include the Fundamentals of Arabic Grammar and The Tent Generations, Palestinian Poems.

Scope/content

This collection contains twelve newspapers and two books collected by Mohammed Sawaie. The materials are from 1979-1993. This collection is made up of three newspapers: the American Arab Message, Arrayh, and Ar-Rabita. The two books in the collection are: Taking Root Bearing Fruit: The Arab American Experience and Arab Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland and these books desribe the Arab American experience.

Arrangement

This collection contains two series: Books and Newspapers.

Use of these materials

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Mohammed Sawaie Collection, KC0072, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Source of acquisition

Donated by Mohammed Sawaie 2026 February

Processing information

Processed by Katelyn Cuomo 2026 April

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The collection is organized into two principal series:

Books 1979-1984 (Accession 2026.001)
Taking Root Bearing Fruit: The Arab American Experience 1984 (Accession 2026.001)
Half box 1, Folder 1
Arab Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland 1979 (Accession 2026.001)
Half box 1, Folder 2
Newspapers 1981-1993 (Accession 2026.001)
Ar-Rabita Newspaper Vol. 1 no. 7-15 October 1993 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 1
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 34, No.1419 September 1981 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 2
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 34, No.1422 January 1982 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 3
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 35, No.2428 July 1982 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 4
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 34, No.1420 October 1981 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 5
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 34, No.1421 December 1981 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 6
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 34, No.1423 February 1982 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 7
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 35, No.2434 1983 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 8
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 36, No.2437 August 1983 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 9
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 34, No.1424 February 24, 1982 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 10
American Arab Message Newspaper Vol. 36, No.2436 July 1983 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 11
Arrayh Newspaper October 1982 (Accession 2026.001)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Script: Arabic)
Flat box 1, Folder 12
Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we’re addressing it.
Names
Subjects
Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we’re addressing it.

Access to the collection

This collection is open for research. Physical access to materials requires 48 hours advance notice. “For more information contact us via mail, phone, or our web form.”

For more information contact us via mail, phone, or our web form.

Mailing address:
Special Collections Research Center
Box 7111
Raleigh, NC, 27695-7111

Phone: (919) 515-2273

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Mohammed Sawaie Collection, KC0072, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Use of these materials

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.