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Objectives:
The project aimed to collect and classify American journalist Lowell Thomas’ images of the Great Arab Revolt currently at the Marist College Archives & Special Collections in the U.S., articles on the revolt published in the American press coverage of the Great Arab Revolt.
Project Description:
Sorting the Marist College archives into the following categories: The Great Arab Revolt’s military forces and operations; the revolt’s leaders and prominent figures; land and people; miscellaneous; and the Lowell Thomas collection. Also included were Arabic and English summaries of the major articles published by the American press about the Great Arab Revolt.
Project Outputs:
- Printing approximately 400 images of various sizes from the Marist College archives and approximately 100 articles published by the American press.
- Displaying the images and articles at “The World Wakes Up to the Great Arab Revolt” exhibition. The exhibition was organized in the capital Amman, Maan and Mafraq.
- Creating and designing the book “The World Wakes Up to the Great Arab Revolt – The Lowell Thomas and American Press Collection” with over 100 of the images displayed at the exhibition and 20 articles from the American press archives.