Cultural Studies
Lebanese immigrants are often lauded (rightly or stereotypically) for their financial acumen and success. However, what is at least equally impressive is their cultural entrepreneurism and prodigious productions. From globally recognized intellectuals like Gibran Khalil Gibran to locally based performers, Lebanese immigrants have used language, theater, food, art, dance, cinema, music, handicrafts, and other cultural forms to explore and mold new and existing ways of being. We highlight some of these instances in the essays below.
- Meryl Murman: Lebanese-American Artist “addicted to questions without answers” (Meryl Murman – February 11, 2015)
- Meryl Murman: Identity tied to Geography (Meryl Murman – April 8, 2015)
- What does it mean to be Lebanese in America? (Amanda Eads – June 17, 2015)
- Being Lebanese = Speaking Arabic (Amanda Eads – July 1, 2015)
- Lebanese Men, Lebanese Women…Is there a difference in how they identify themselves? (Amanda Eads – July 17, 2015)
- Two Poems from Jacobo the Turko, a work-in-progress (Phillip Bannowsky – January 19, 2016)
- Rahme Haidar — The Performer (Amanda Eads – March 17, 2016)
- Rahme Haidar — The Writer (Amanda Eads – March 30, 2016)
- Getting to Know Sheikh Youssef Stephen (Dr. Marie Karner — September 21, 2018)
- A Tour of the Ameen Rihani Museum in Freike, Lebanon (Hannah Chaya — December 5, 2018)