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Demography and Ethnicity

Demography and Ethnicity > Middle Eastern Community
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Arab Americans
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

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 
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
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

St. George Syrian Orthodox Church
St. George Syrian Orthodox Church

The first known Arabic-speaking Orthodox Christians came to central Indiana from Lebanon in 1890. Other Christians from the Middle East… Read More »St. George Syrian Orthodox Church

Syrian Ark
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
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
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

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