ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on and analyzes the nature of Lebanese migration to Mexico, as seen through the book Cuaderno de Chihuahua (2013) by Jeannette Lozano Clariond. This chapter will act as a vindication and reclaiming of a particular historical phenomenon, rarely found in non-fiction books, and one that can be neatly dated between the 19th and 20th centuries. It will also examine how those immigrants were received through their interactions with the local population, as these circumstances created a culture of descendants that has transcended time. Even now, in the 21st century, its members self-identify as Lebanese. The chapter’s goal is to acquaint the reader with the nature of this Levantine migration using the voices of its descendants as its basis, even though this chapter of Mexico’s migration was officially considered over by 1930. My look at that influx of people will be from the same distance as the one between the second and third generations of migrants because this migratory phenomenon was unique in how it produced such lasting consequences.
