I dedicate this Website as a Memorial to Mary Macron of Cleveland, Ohio, who died in 1981, an Arab-American so proud of her heritage that she wished others to know about it.

When I was well into this material, I disccovered ONLINE Mary's essay "Contributions of Arab Civilization", preserved by Cleveland State University's Ethnic Heritage Studies Program.

I recognized in Mary a kindred spirit who celebrates creators wherever they appear.

David Hamod, Editor of Mary's essay, makes this comment: "To be Arab, then as now, was not to come from a particular race or lineage. To be Arab, like American, was (and is) a civilization and a cultural trait rather than a racial mark. To be Arab meant to be from the Arabic-speaking world – a world of common traditions, customs and value – shaped by a single and unifying language.

"The Arab civilization brought together Muslims, Christians and Jews. It unified Arabians, Africans, Berbers, Egyptians, and the descendants of the Phoenicians, Canaanites, and many other people. This great 'melting pot' was not without tensions, to be sure, but it was precisely the tension of this mixing and meeting of peoples that produced the vibrant and dynamic new