Abstract

MOYA-GUERRA, Laura de. A migrant widow from Zahle and her sons: arab migration to Barranquilla, Colombia 1900-1945. Península [online]. 2024, vol.19, n.1, pp.157-178.  Epub June 04, 2024. ISSN 1870-5766.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cephcis.25942743e.2024.19.1.87320.

Amelia Zathar de Traad, a widow and mother of six, left her hometown Zahlé, in Lebanon, to migrate to Barranquilla, Colombia. Soon, her sons formed a commercial company that concentrated on real estate, borrow money, and stock businesses. The study of the case of Amelia and her family allows us to expand the limited profile of Arab immigrants constructed by historiography, described as young single men that where dedicated mainly to the buying and selling of merchandise. This text checks over notarial protocols and demonstrates that not all the Arab immigrants who arrived in Colombia were men, nor they engage in commerce.

Keywords : Arab migration; women; companies; notarial records; Barranquilla.

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