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Kahlil Gibran Painting
A contributor from KS has an unsigned portrait of his grandfather, Najib Musa Diab. Did the Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran paint it? Host Tukufu Zuberi heads to Georgia and New York to find out. Along the way, the investigation reveals the challenges Arab immigrants faced when balancing their American identities with loyalties to their native lands as World War I changed the Middle East.
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Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
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Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse
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Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell
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China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery
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Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
54:07
Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
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World War II Diary; 1856 Mormon Tale; Annie Oakley Coin
56:01
Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe
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Investigating a projection screen with possible Cuban Missile Crisis connections.