News

Jan 14, 2016

Lecture on Culture and Lebanese National Identity: Tarek Mitri

Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Relations at the American University of Beirut Tarek Mitri gave the lecture, "Culture and Lebanese National Identity."

Jan 14, 2016

Mirath (Heritage): A Film and Discussion by Director Philippe Aractingi

The Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies hosted a screening of Philippe Aractingi's film, "Mirath."

Jan 14, 2016

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

On Monday, April 11, 2016, Dr. Maha Shuayb, the director of the UK-based Center for Lebanese Studies, delivered a public talk titled Bringing back hope: the status of education of the Syrian Refugee children in Lebanon.

Jan 14, 2016

Scheherazade’s Diary: A Film by Zeina Daccache

Lebanese filmmaker and actress Zeina Daccache will be returning to NC State University to screen her new documentary, "Scheherazade’s Diary."

Jan 7, 2016

How did migration affect the health of the early Lebanese American community?

This post is co-written by Sarah Soleim, a PhD in Public History at NC State University specializing in twentieth-century United States history, and Marjorie Stevens, Senior Researcher for the Center. For more articles on this topic, check out Counting the Lebanese in the US, our 3-part series on language and identity among immigrants, and our…

Jan 7, 2016

Meet the Center’s Interns!

This post is written by Marjorie Stevens, Senior Research at the Khayrallah Center. The Khayrallah […]

Dec 9, 2015

The Noble Sentiments: A Community in Transition

This post is written by Dr. Akram Khater, Director of The Khayrallah Center and Professor of History at NC State University, a University Faculty Scholar, and the editor of the Mashriq and Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies. He has published extensively on Lebanese migration to the U.S..  On Saturday, April…

Dec 8, 2015

Elizabeth Saylor Selected for Post-Doctoral Fellowship

The Khayrallah Center is please to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Saylor has been selected as 2016-2017 Post-Doctoral Fellow.

Nov 25, 2015

New resource in our Archive: The Syrian World

This post is written by Claire Kempa, a first year MA student in the NC State Public History program. She is in charge of managing the Center’s digital archive and has made major headway redesigning the archive’s appearance and enhancing its content. Learn more about the Center’s Interns. The latest addition to the Khayrallah Center’s…

Nov 4, 2015

My Mansour Family History: Stories, Traditions, and Recipes

This essay is written by Kimberly Haynes Robertson, a proud member of the Lebanese-American community. I have vivid memories of Sunday afternoons spent in my grandmother’s general store in McDonough, Georgia. As a small girl perched atop a stool behind the counter, I could observe most things happening in and through the vertical aisles holding…