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- Description:
- Letter written by an unknown individual to Aunt Najla
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by Dr. George Ellenbogen
- Date Issued:
- 1955-10-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Evelyn Shakir Collection
- Description:
- Article about Joseph Howar's biography and a dedication ceremony in his honor to be held at Georgetown University
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Letter to Professor Vance Bourjaily at University of Arizona from Evelyn Shakir
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by Dr. George Ellenbogen
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Evelyn Shakir Collection
- Description:
- Copy of article written about Joseph Howar's work on the Islamic Center of Washington DC.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1952-06-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Photograph of Emile Samra
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Emile Abou Samra Collection
- Description:
- Top: Joseph Howar; Center row, left to right: Edmund, Bader, Nancy, Raymond; Front row, left to right: Joyce, Patricia
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Newspaper article about an event hosted by the Howars in honor of visiting royalty from Saudi Arabia.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1943-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Image is from a school built by Joseph Howar in 1956 in the neighborhood of Tur in Jerusalem
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Memories of Joseph Howar's life written down by an old friend, Juad Arida for Raymond Howar.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Engagement announcement for the Howar's youngest daughter, Nancy.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Letter from H. Malek to C.E. Shakir
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by Dr. George Ellenbogen
- Date Issued:
- 1966-03-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Evelyn Shakir Collection
- Description:
- Joseph Howar was instrumental in the construction of the Islamic Center of Washington DC, which was dedicated in 1957.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Marriage certificate for Joseph Howar and Badria (Bader) Haki, signed in 1927 in Jerusalem, Palestine.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Speech given by Evelyn Shakir
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by Dr. George Ellenbogen
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Evelyn Shakir Collection
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1930-10-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Newspaper article about an event given by the Howars in honor of the Lebanese Ambassador.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Photograph of Emile Samra
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Emile Abou Samra Collection
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Part of a series of interviews in the Arab American community completed by Dr. Alixa Naff in 1962., Original tape contained only one interview, with Alexander M. Interview is conducted in English., and Interview was originally completed on a reel-to-reel tape and was digitized in 2016 through a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Arab American National Museum.
- Notes:
- Source: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date Issued:
- 1962-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Oral Histories from the Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection
- Description:
- Letter from Hanna Malik to Sophie Ayoob
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by Dr. George Ellenbogen
- Date Issued:
- 1957-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Evelyn Shakir Collection
- Description:
- Joseph Howar was awarded the Egyptian Order of Merit for his work on the Islamic Center of Washington DC. He is pictured here with his wife, Bader, and son, Edmund
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Joseph Howar's American passport from 1927
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- The Howar household was known for its many parties hosting local and international dignitaries. In 1959 they gave a reception dinner in honor of His Majesty King Hussein I of Jordan, pictured here with the Joseph and Bader's youngest child Nancy.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Transcript of an interview of Joseph Howar by Ismail Razik of Al Majal. Interview discusses the Islamic Center and Howar's life.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Spring vacation in Florida
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Joseph married Bader Hakki in 1927 after promising his mother that he would marry a Palestinian woman. He brought Bader to the United States soon after their wedding.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1927-09-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Howar family with grandchildren on Christmas 1966
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Formal portrait of Joseph Howar
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Letter to Hanna
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by Dr. George Ellenbogen
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Evelyn Shakir Collection
- Description:
- Newspaper article about an event hosted by the Howars for the Lebanese Ambassador.
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1958-03-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Birth certificate created at the time of Bader's marriage to Joseph
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection
- Description:
- Arab-American entertainer Danny Thomas with Joseph Howar at a fundraiser for St. Jude Hospital
- Notes:
- Source: Donated by the Howar Family
- Date Issued:
- 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Joseph Howar Collection