Our latest publication is a book chapter documenting the evolution of this project, a resource for teachers and practitioners: “Syrian Boston from Ottoman Emigration to Urban Renewal: Neighborhood History on Foot, on Display, and Online,” in Arab American Public History, ed. Edward Curtis IV (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2026): 45-71.
Al-Jumhuriya: Boston’s Little Syria: Rise and Fall of a Diasporic Neighborhood
سوريا الصغيرة في بوسطن: قصة حي ‘ولد أبناؤه تجارا’ (الجمهورية)
Harvard Islamica Podcast: Ottoman Boston: Discovering Little Syria
WBUR Boston: What Boston’s former Little Syria neighborhood tells us about immigrant life in the city today
The Boston Globe: Historians tell the story of Boston’s Little Syria, which was home to a thriving Arab American community
Globe Today (video): Boston’s Little Syria: How a forgotten neighborhood lives on
Sampan: Exploring the Lost History of ‘Little Syria’
The initiative has also been covered by ArabAmerica and The Huntington News.
