Articles: Arab Americans Arabic-speaking people began settling in Indianapolis in the late 1800s. Coming mainly from what today are the countries of Syria… Read More »Arab Americans Babe Denny Babe Denny is a near southside community bordered by South Street, Madison Avenue, Morris Street, and West Street. Settlement of… Read More »Babe Denny Feistikji Family In the early 1920s John (ca. 1866-Jan. 25, 1949) and Mary (ca. 1875-Apr. 18, 1948) Feistikji, who were Armenian Roman… Read More »Feistikji Family Muslims The Muslim community of Indianapolis is a small but integral part of the city’s population. Muslim residents may account for… Read More »Muslims Syrian American Brotherhood Hall The Syrian American Brotherhood Hall was one of the city’s several ethnic clubs. It nurtured patrons’ forms of ethnic solidarity… Read More »Syrian American Brotherhood Hall Syrian Ark The Syrian Ark was the only 20th-century Arab American periodical published in Indianapolis. Attorney Ibrahim Farah Zainey founded and edited… Read More »Syrian Ark Syrian Quarter Located in northern section of , the Syrian Quarter, also called the Syrian Colony, was the first Arabic-speaking neighborhood in… Read More »Syrian Quarter Michael Tamer (1904–Nov. 13, 1974). Born in Appalachia, Virginia, Tamer was the son of Syrian-Lebanese immigrants. After moving to Indianapolis in the… Read More »Michael Tamer Ann Kurker Zarick (May 10, 1897-Jan. 27, 1970). Ann Kurker Zarick was a successful and well-known leader within Syrian and Lebanese women’s and… Read More »Ann Kurker Zarick Waheeb Salim Zarick (Mar. 9, 1895-June 28, 1938). Waheeb Salim Zarick was an Indianapolis doctor, medical educator, and Arab American community leader. He… Read More »Waheeb Salim Zarick
Arab Americans Arabic-speaking people began settling in Indianapolis in the late 1800s. Coming mainly from what today are the countries of Syria… Read More »Arab Americans
Babe Denny Babe Denny is a near southside community bordered by South Street, Madison Avenue, Morris Street, and West Street. Settlement of… Read More »Babe Denny
Feistikji Family In the early 1920s John (ca. 1866-Jan. 25, 1949) and Mary (ca. 1875-Apr. 18, 1948) Feistikji, who were Armenian Roman… Read More »Feistikji Family
Muslims The Muslim community of Indianapolis is a small but integral part of the city’s population. Muslim residents may account for… Read More »Muslims
Syrian American Brotherhood Hall The Syrian American Brotherhood Hall was one of the city’s several ethnic clubs. It nurtured patrons’ forms of ethnic solidarity… Read More »Syrian American Brotherhood Hall
Syrian Ark The Syrian Ark was the only 20th-century Arab American periodical published in Indianapolis. Attorney Ibrahim Farah Zainey founded and edited… Read More »Syrian Ark
Syrian Quarter Located in northern section of , the Syrian Quarter, also called the Syrian Colony, was the first Arabic-speaking neighborhood in… Read More »Syrian Quarter
Michael Tamer (1904–Nov. 13, 1974). Born in Appalachia, Virginia, Tamer was the son of Syrian-Lebanese immigrants. After moving to Indianapolis in the… Read More »Michael Tamer
Ann Kurker Zarick (May 10, 1897-Jan. 27, 1970). Ann Kurker Zarick was a successful and well-known leader within Syrian and Lebanese women’s and… Read More »Ann Kurker Zarick
Waheeb Salim Zarick (Mar. 9, 1895-June 28, 1938). Waheeb Salim Zarick was an Indianapolis doctor, medical educator, and Arab American community leader. He… Read More »Waheeb Salim Zarick
