There were 72 of us, we went to Beirut where we remained for eight days, living outdoors. . . . Finally, one night the Beirut agents came and said "let's go.” They directed us through a small canyon and we continued walking until we got to the sea. There were three Turkish officers there whom they bribed. Then they put us in an open boat and took us to Cyprus which was under British rule. And they got us tickets for a French ship.
Michael Haddy, interview, 1962.
This is how Michel Haddy described his journey to the United States. After a circuitous voyage through Beirut (where the passengers did not disembark) and Alexandria, the ship deposited the villagers from ‘Ayn ‘Arab in Marseilles. From there they traveled to Le Havre, where they and "about 250 Syrians from Zahlé, from Matn, from everywhere” boarded another steamboat for New York. Eighteen days later they emerged from amidst the "cattle, pigs and other animals and the terrible smell,” terrified that they would be turned back. "But thank God no one from ‘Ayn ‘Arab was rejected.”1 < ... read full excerpt from Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920 ebook
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