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Oral history with Nabeeha Hajjar. Hajjar immigrated from Lebanon to Buffalo, New York before moving to the South End’s Union Park in 1921. She describes her fondness for the “friendly” neighborhood and her family’s interactions with Syrian-Lebanese, Jewish, Irish, Armenian, Chinese, and Italian neighbors. Najjar was active in community organizations like the Syrian Mother’s Club and the South End House and served as delegate for the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). She describes employment in the Syrian-Lebanese population, including door-to-door peddling, renting out rooms, and managing garment factories. Topics also mentioned include Harrison Avenue, Sharon Street, Shawmut Avenue, Williams Park, Tremont Street, Hudson Street, Tyler Avenue, Beacon Street, Kneeland Street, Beech Street, the New York Streets area, Dover Street, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Parkway, Castle Square, Warren Avenue, Chinatown, Brookline, Brighton, Newton, the North End, the West End, West Canton, East Canton, West Roxbury, New York, Egypt, Ohio, the South End Neighborhood Association, First National Bank, Boston City Hospital, Caffe Peroni, the Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral and its relocation to West Roxbury, the Arthur Murray School, Brighton High School, Boston College, the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, the Great Depression, the Maronites, Judge Buckley, Cardinal Richard James Cushing of the Roman Catholic Church, the McCormack, McLaughlin, Shively, Saber, Williams, and Abdul families, and Angela, Freddie, Eddie, and Jeannette Hajjar. Portions of the interview transcript are missing.