Tender Age: Syrian Refugees and Immigrant Rights

tender age: The show is on view through Jan. 9 in the building where some 12 million immigrants from around the world first set foot in America, according to Brandon Sun. And it documents the vanished neighbourhood of Little Syria in ways that still resonate, at a time when Syrian refugees and immigrant rights are making headlines. Halal floral artwork, which she brought to America in 1910 at the tender age of 13, now hangs in the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, part of an exhibition called "Little Syria, N.Y.: An Immigrant Community Life and Legacy."Through documents, artifacts and photos, the exhibition tells the story of a Middle Eastern community that once flourished in Lower Manhattan. From the 1880s to the 1940s, Little Syria sprawled from the New York waterfront, where Ellis Island ferries dock today, up to the site where the twin towers were later built. The neighbourhood served as an incubator for other Arab enclaves, as residents moved on to build communities in Brooklyn, Detroit, Cleveland, Los Angeles and elsewhere. It was a slum and a promised land, way station and destination. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.