Diogo Bercito Collection of Books

Title

Diogo Bercito Collection of Books

Subject

Arabic literature
Arabic poetry
Books
Emigration and immigration
Emigration and immigration in literature
Immigrants' writings, Arabic

Description

Biographical/Historical note

Diogo Bercito is a Brazilian journalist and scholar who specializes in Arab migration to Latin America. As a journalist, he spent ten years living and working in Rabat, Jerusalem, Beirut, and Cairo.

The publications included in this collection are related to his research as a Ph.D candidate at Georgetown University into the mahjar in Brazil.

Scope/Contents note

The Diogo Bercito Collection of Books includes 44 books published in Brazil regarding Syrian and Lebanese immigration. Publication dates for the books range from 1929 to 2020 with the bulk of them written in Portuguese and a few in Arabic.

Note: This collection is not available online, but is available to researchers in limited quantities upon request for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Please see the full inventory of the collection listed below. 

Please email kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu for all research requests or questions concerning this collection.

Creator

Diogo Bercito

Source

Diogo Bercito

Publisher

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Date

1929-2020

Contributor

Processed by Amanda Forbes, Celine Shay, Harrison Camp, and Rachel Beth Acker, 2020 and 2022.
Collection Guide content contributed by Diogo Bercito, 2023 November.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 November.

Rights

The Khayrallah Center claims only physical ownership of the materials. Due to the nature of archival collections, information about copyright and rights ownership in the materials may be difficult to find despite reasonable efforts. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.

Language

Portuguese
Arabic

Identifier

GR 0013

Table Of Contents

  • Abinader, Luiz. Os Libanêses [The Lebanese]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1951.
    • A study on Lebanese history, politics, and people.
  • Abumrad, Carlos. Gente do Líbano que Faz no Brasil [People of Lebanon who Make it in Brazil]. São Paulo, Brazil. 2007.
    • Short biographical entries on prominent Lebanese migrants and descendants in Brazil.
  • Abumrad, Carlos. Libaneses e Sírios que Fazem o Brasil [Lebanese and Syrians who Make it in Brazil]. São Paulo, Brazil. 2012.
    • Short biographical entries on prominent Lebanese and Syrian migrants and descendants in Brazil.
  • Arimathéa, Amador de. دروب مهاجر من عين عطا إلى برازيليا  / Durub Muhajir: Min ‘Ayn ‘Atta ila Baraziliya [Paths of an Immigrant: From ‘Ayn ‘Atta to Brasília]. Brasília, Brazil. 2009.
    • The story of Mohamed Khodr, a Druze migrant who participated in the construction of Brasilia.
  • Ary, Wilma (ed.). O Diário de Míriam Bo Sauder [The Diary of Míriam Bo Sauder]. São Paulo, Brazil. 2008.
    • The diary of a woman living in Syria during World War I, organized by her granddaughter.
  • Bastani, Tanus Jorge. Memórias de um Mascate [The Memoirs of a Peddler]. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1949.
    • A semi-biographical account of an Arab peddler in Brazil.
  • Challita, Mansour. A Literatura Árabe: Fonte de Beleza e de Sabedoria [Arab Literature: Source of Beauty and Wisdom]. Brazil, 1962.
    • A short history of Arabic literature, written by an Arab descendant in Brazil.
  • Duoun, Taufik. A Emigração Sírio-Libanesa às Terras de Promissão [Syrian-Lebanese Emigration to the Lands of Promise]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1944.
    • A narrative of the author’s migration from Lebanon to Brazil and his life in the diaspora.
  • Farhat, Elias. احلام الراعي / Ahlam al-Ra‘i [Shepherd’s Dreams]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1952.
    • A poem by a Lebanese migrant in Brazil.
  • Farhat, Elias. رباعيات / Ruba‘iyat. São Paulo, Brazil. 1954.
    • A poem by a Lebanese migrant in Brazil.
  • Farhat, Emil. Dinheiro na Estrada: Uma Saga de Imigrantes [Money on the Road: A Saga of Immigrants]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1987.
    • A fictitious account told from the point of view of a mother whose children immigrated from Lebanon to Brazil.
  • Féres, Assis. O Mascate [The Peddler]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1970.
    • A poem about a peddler in Brazil written by a Lebanese descendant.
  • Gabriel, Adélia Salem. Cozinha Árabe [Arab Kitchen]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1959.
    • One of the earliest Arab cookbooks published in Brazil.
  • Ghanem, Sadalla Amin. Impressões de Viagem (Líbano-Brasil) [Impressions of a Journey (Lebanon-Brazil)]. Niterói, Brazil. 1936.
    • A detailed account of the author’s migration from Lebanon to Brazil.
  • Haddad, Jamil Almansur. Primavera na Flandres [Spring in Flandres]. 1947.
    • A collection of poems written by the Lebanese descendant Jamil Almansur Haddad.
  • Hajjar, Claude Fahd. Imigração Árabe: 100 Anos de Reflexão [Arab Immigration: A Hundred Years of Reflection]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1985.
    • One of the first comprehensive works on the history of Arab migration to Brazil.
  • Hauch, Malvina. Delícias da Cozinha Árabe [Delights of the Arab Kitchen]. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1984.
    • An Arab cookbook published in Brazil.
  • Haya, Bruno Bou. Deus Também Descansa [God Also Rests]. São Paulo, Brazil. 2020.
    • A photographical essay done in Lebanon by a Lebanese descendant born in Brazil.
  • Hias, Rachid. الفجر الاول / al-Fajr al-Awwal [The First Dawn]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1957.
    • A bilingual Arabic-Portuguese collection of poems.
  • Jafet, Eduardo Benjamin. Impressões de Viagem à América do Norte [Impressions of a Trip to North America]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1956.
    • The travel account of the author’s 1946 trip to the United States.
  • Jafet, Nami. Ensaios e Discursos [Essays and Speeches]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1947.
    • A collection of Nami Jafet’s speeches, published posthumously.
  • Jorge, Salomão. Álbum da Colônia Sírio-Libanesa no Brasil [An Album of the Syrian-Lebanese Community in Brazil]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1948. 
    • A compilation of several articles written about Syrians and Lebanese in Brazil.
  • Karam, Elias. Um Paranaense nas Trincheiras da Lei [A Paranaense in the Trenches of Law]. Curitiba, Brazil. 1933.
    • An account of the 1932 revolution of São Paulo written by an Arab descendant.
  • Khoury, José. A Arte Culinária Sírio-Libanesa [Syria-Lebanese Culinary Art]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1976.
    • A Syrian-Lebanese cookbook with over two hundred recipes.
  • al-Khuri, Shukri. قصة فنيانوس / Qisat Finiyanus [The History of Finiyanus]. Beirut, Lebanon. 1929.
    • A reprint of a 1902 booklet, one of the first works published in Arabic in Latin America.
  • al-Khuri, Shukri. محادثات تلفونية بين البرازيل ولبنان / Muhadathat Tilifuniyya Bayna al-Brazil wa-Lubnan [Phone conversations between Brazil and Lebanon]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1938. 
    • A booklet written in dialectal Arabic by a prominent Lebanese journalist.
  • Knowlton, Clark S. Sírios e Libaneses [Syrians and Lebanese]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1960.
    • One of the first studies of Arab migration to the Americas, done by an American scholar in the 1950s.
  • Kurban, Taufik. Os Sírios e Libanezes no Brasil [Syrians and Lebanese in Brazil]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1933.
    • One of the first accounts written by a Syrian-Lebanese migrant in Brazil.
  • Lacerda, Carlos. O Brasil e o Mundo Árabe [Brazil and the Arab World]. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1948. 
    • A study on the geopolitics of the Arab World with a few comments on Brazil’s perspective.
  • Maluf, Chafic. Abkar a Cidade dos Gênios [Abkar, the City of Jinn]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1949.
    • A Portuguese translation of one of the most influential poems of the Brazilian mahjar.
  • Osman, Samira Adel. Imigração Árabe no Brasil: Histórias de Vida de Libaneses Muçulmanos e Cristãos [Arab Immigration in Brazil: Life Stories of Lebanese Muslims and Christians]. São Paulo, Brazil. 2011.
    • A work of oral history comparing the experiences of men and women from both the Christian and Muslim communities in Brazil.
  • Ottaiano, Bianca Zanini and Maha Omar Assaf. A Beirute Brasileira: Histórias de Descendentes Libaneses em São Paulo [Brazilian Beirut: Stories of Lebanese Descendants in Sao Paulo]. São Paulo, Brazil. 2015.
    • An undergraduate thesis on Lebanese migration to São Paulo.
  • Pinto, Tão Gomes. Ele: Maluf, Trajetória da Audácia [Himself: Maluf, The Trajectory of Audacity]. São Paulo, Brazil. 2008.
    • A biography of Paulo Maluf, a Lebanese descendant who acted as governor of São Paulo.
  • Safady, Jorge S. A Imigração Árabe no Brasil: Volume 1 [Arab Immigration in Brazil: Volume 1]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1972.
    • The first part of Jorge Safady’s dissertation on the history of Arab migration to Brazil.
  • Safady, Jorge. O Líbano no Brasil [Lebanon in Brazil]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1956.
    • Brief reflections on the intersection of Lebanese and Brazilian history.
  • Safady, Wadih. Cenas e Cenários Dos Caminhos de Minha Vida [Scenes and Landscapes of My Life’s Paths]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1966
    • An account of Safady’s migration from Zahleh to Brazil in the early twentieth century.
  • Saud, Nair. Culinária Árabe: Volume 1 [Arab Cuisine: Volume 1]. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1981.
    • An Arab cookbook published in Brazil.
  • Sharif, Amirah. Os Sete Véus da Cozinha Árabe: 30 Receitas de Sedução [The Seven Veils of Arab Kitchen: 30 Recipes of Seduction]. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2001.
    • An Arab cookbook paired with esoteric lessons.
  • Stahlberg, Altino. Perfis de Imigrantes Libaneses de Limeira [Profiles of Lebanese Immigrants in Limeira]. Limeira, Brazil. 2001.
    • A short biographical dictionary of Lebanese families settled in Limeira, the countryside of São Paulo.
  • Taky El Din, Khaled. Os Muçulmanos no Brasil [Muslims in Brazil]. Istanbul, Turkey. 2014.
    • A study on the nineteenth-century Ottoman traveler Abd al-Rahman al-Baghdadi’s writings.
  • Truzzi, Oswaldo. Patrícios: Sírios e Libaneses em São Paulo [Patricians: Syrians and Lebanese in São Paulo]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1997.
    • One of the most comprehensive scholarly works on Syrian-Lebanese migration to Brazil.
  • Zaydan, Asa‘d. الأزجال اللبنانية في المهجر البرازيلي / al-Azjal al-Lubnaniyya fi al-Mahjar al-Brazili [The Lebanese Zajal in the Brazilian Mahjar].
    • A study on the production of zajal –– a coloquial poetic genre –– by Arabic speakers in Brazil. 
  • Zaydan, Asa‘d. شعراء من المهجر البرازيلي / Shu‘ara’ min al-Mahjar al-Brazili [Poets from the Brazilian Mahjar]. 2005.
    • A study on Arabic poetry in Brazil followed by excerpts of their works.
  • Zaytun, Nazir. يسوع المصلوب / Yasua‘ al-Maslub [Jesus, the Crucified]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1939.
    • A historical novel about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
  • Zeghidour, Slimane. A Poesia Árabe Moderna e o Brasil [Modern Arab Poetry and Brazil]. São Paulo, Brazil. 1982.
    • A booklet authored by an Algerian author including information on Arabic press and literature in Brazil.

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