The dentists involved were Syrian immigrants who provided dental services mostly for other immigrants who did not have health insurance.
Lebanese and Syrian immigrants started to settle in large numbers in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Warming to his subject, the character, a colonial official, is asked what the large community of Syrian immigrants do.
Large numbers of Lebanese and Syrian immigrants were attracted by the city's prosperity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
By the 1930s, the school's population also included many Catholic children of Syrian and Italian immigrants.
It has a large Middle Eastern population, made up mostly of Lebanese and Syrian immigrants.
Between 1900 and 1912, there was an estimated 5,389 Syrian immigrants to Canada.
He started his career as a textile peddler and soon became a supplier to other Syrian Jewish immigrants.
The Arab community has existed since the late 19th century when many Lebanese and Syrian immigrants moved in.
Today, the presence of 500 000 Syrian immigrants is a serious obstacle to the restoration of independence to the country.