About Us
Through research projects, exhibits, documentaries, and more, the Khayrallah Center preserves and shares the stories of Lebanese immigrants in the U.S. and abroad.
Our Mission
The Khayrallah Center fosters new scholarship on historical and contemporary Lebanese immigration in its many dimensions: social, political, economic, and cultural.
Our overarching goal is to document and preserve the history of Lebanese immigrants worldwide and give scholars and members of the Lebanese diaspora access to our research, archives, and resources.
Preserving history, sharing stories
Our History
In 2010, Dr. Moise A. Khayrallah funded a pilot project to research, preserve, and publicize the history of the Lebanese in North Carolina. This initiative led to the production of a PBS documentary, a museum exhibit, and the establishment of an archive.
Building on this foundation, Dr. Khayrallah endowed a center that would extend the same goals to the United States and beyond. Thus, the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies was established in 2014 as a research and outreach center for the production and dissemination of knowledge about Lebanese immigration to the United States and around the world.
