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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 213422, member: 45&quot;]Just a bit of trivia to add to the rug&#039;s story. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Atiyeh brothers, George and Aziz,&nbsp; emigrated from Syria, and started the Atiyeh Bros. in Portland in 1900.&nbsp; In the 1920s, Aziz moved to New York, to be closer to overseeing the production of the <i>Kerman de Lux </i>label rugs in Kerman, Persia, which were imported to the Portland store.</p><p><br /></p><p>George&#039;s son Victor took over the business during WWII, and ran it until he was elected governor of Oregon, (the first Arab-American governor in the nation, better known as Vic Atiyeh.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The company is still in the family, with the fourth generation now operating outlets in Portland, Tigard, and Eugene.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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