The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “From Babylon to Babylon: Immigration from the Middle East,” pp. 385–408 by Robert F. Zeidner Syria has always been an inhospitable place to live in and a splendid place to leave. …Philip K. Hitti INTRODUCTION The Middle Eastern peoples who settled in Utah–and in the entire nation–represent a congeries of …