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Herbert Nassour and his football team.

Apr 21, 2026

The Nassour Family Papers Collection

The Nassour Family Papers Collection (1937-2002) is now online! This collection tells the story of Herbert Nassour, a Texas-born Lebanese American scholar, veteran, and community doctor and surgeon. Herbert R. Nassour, Jr. was born in Lockhart, Texas, in 1917 to Mary Moses and Herbert Nassour, Sr. He attended the University of Texas in 1936. Even…
A young Alaa Jaza dressed in a military outfit.

Mar 19, 2026

The Alaa Jaza Photographs Collection

We are excited to announce the publication of a new archival collection: The Alaa Jaza Photographs Collection, 1994-2025. This collection contains 24 photos that document Jaza’s upbringing in Lebanon, his U.S. Army career, and his career as a police officer here in North Carolina. Alaa Jaza was born on July 2, 1991, in Beirut, Lebanon.…
Four old photos of buildings and landscapes pasted to a page.

Nov 24, 2025

Amin Ghorayeb Collection

The Amin Ghorayeb Collection is one of the largest and richest donations ever made to the Khayrallah Center. Spanning almost a century of history, the collection preserves the writings, photographs, letters, and personal papers of Amin Mansur Shahin Ghorayeb (1881–1971) — a Lebanese journalist, poet, and editor whose life and work connected Lebanon, Egypt, New…
A photograph showing Prince Abd El Ilah standing outside the Iraqian Legation in Cairo, Egypt with Nourry El Said Pasha, Daoud El Hidary Pasha, ex-Iraqian Minister to London, Mohamed Yaseen Bey, and Tahseen El Askary, Iraqian Minister to Egypt.

Aug 6, 2025

The Haddad Family Papers Collection

The Haddad Family Papers (1894-1950) collection was recently published in The Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora at the Khayrallah Center in July 2025. This collection contains materials collected by Robert Haddad and his family. Robert Haddad (1930-2024) was passionate about education. He served as the president of…
A person holding Pride Flag looking out at a mountain range.

Jun 24, 2025

LGBTQIA+ and the Arab Diaspora: an Oral History Collection

The Khayrallah Center’s LGBTQIA+ and the Arab Diaspora Oral History Project seeks to record and preserve the lived experiences of LGBTQIA+-identifying individuals of Middle Eastern and/or North African descent. For Pride Month 2025, we want to highlight the first four transcripts from this series, all of which are publicly accessible via the Hoda Z. Nassour…

Sep 7, 2021

The Reverend Tobia Attallah Letter Collection

The Reverend Tobia Attallah Letter Collection is a collection of letters written to Reverend Tobia Attallah, who was located in Beit Chabeb, Lebanon. The letters span from 1896 through 1936, and the bulk of the letters are written by Rev. Attallah’s children who are living and working in various places, including Argentina, Brazil, Guinea, Mali,…

Nov 2, 2020

The Arab American Archive Collaborative: Enriching the Field by Increasing Public Access to Early Arab American Life

In July 2019, archivists, librarians, and researchers from the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, the Arab American National Museum, and the Houston Metropolitan Center partnered for a National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) Planning Grant titled: “The Arab American Archive Collaborative: Enriching the Field by Increasing Public Access to Early Arab…

Aug 17, 2020

Letters from Afar: New collection of letters from West Africa to Lebanon

Introduction In 1936, Nadim Attallah, a Lebanese immigrant living in Conakry, Guinea (West Africa), wrote an exasperated and desperate letter to his father, Maronite Rev. Tobia Attallah of Bayt Shabab village. He chided him: “I am astounded that after the hundreds of letters that I have sent you, I have yet to receive one from…

May 19, 2020

Announcing the Angele Hobeiche Kmeid-Ellis Collection

The Khayrallah Center is excited to announce a three-part project centered on an extraordinary collection of over three hundred letters received by Angele Ellis from friends and family in Lebanon, Cuba, Canada, Chile, and France. They are written in Arabic, English, and French, and many are accompanied by translations. Through extensive research, careful cataloging of…

Jan 10, 2018

Historic Arabic Newspaper Digitization Project

In addition to our family collections, one of the Khayrallah Center Archive’s core collections is our growing trove of historic Arabic newspapers, literary journals, and magazines. Between 1890 and 1950, migrants from Greater Syria established a remarkably active and diverse immigrant press. Khayrallah Center researchers have identified over 140 newspapers, literary journals, and magazines published…