Matta Akrawi
By Levi Clancy for Student Reader on
updated
This name kept popping up in my studies on the region, and it spurred an interest in learning about early immigrants to the United States from Iraq.
Was he from Akre? What was his background?
Studies
https://www.nytimes.com/1926/12/20/archives/asks-aid-for-syria-mrs-hs-owen-says-country-has-fallen-among.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1926/04/22/archives/outlook-for-syria-optimistic-views-on-results-of-french-education.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1955/08/03/archives/teachers-status-absorbs-parley-greater-role-in-community-and.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1950/02/12/archives/in-brief-general-books-arab-schooling-doggone-systems-and-suckers.html
Matta Akrawi said to be Iraq's director of education,
https://www.nytimes.com/1947/03/27/archives/near-east-experts-raise-point-on-oil-whether-west-can-exploit-the.html