8vo. 96 pp., Arabic text, frontispiece portrait of the author, modern hard back binding, paper slightly browned, title page soiled, occasional foxing, otherwise copy in good condition, al-Matba’a al-Sharqiya, al-Hadath, Lebanon, 1906.

Synopsis

A rare account of a journey by a Lebanese writer, from Beirut to Brazil via Haifa, Akka, Jaffa, Port Said, Alexandria, Messina, Napoli, Genoa, through the Atlantic ocean to Brazil. In Brazil the author gives a detailed account on the circumstances of Syrian immigrants in that country, especially in Rio de Janeiro. A special chapter deals with the situation of the Arabic press in Brazil.