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May 7, 2015

Akram Khater @ Radio SAWA

Last week, Dr. Akram Khater, Professor of Middle East Studies at NC State University and the Center’s Director, spoke with Raina Abou Hassan of Radio SAWA based in Virginia. Launched in 2002, Radio SAWA is an Arabic-language radio network that broadcasts news 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with more than 370 newscasts per week.…

May 6, 2015

Lebanese in Australia and the politics of whiteness

This article is written by Anne Monsour. She has a PhD in history from the University of Queensland. View her full bio after the article. This article is the second in a three part series. Read the first installment: Uninvited and unwelcome: a brief introduction to early Lebanese migration to Australia. Perhaps because I had accepted the stereotype…

Apr 28, 2015

InfoGraphic: Lebanese Americans

No matter who you are or where you come from, it is difficult to quantify a lifetime of experiences and choices. How do we put numbers against all the decisions we make in our lives? Part of the mission of the Center is to be able to tell the stories of the Lebanese-Arab diaspora, so…

Apr 27, 2015

Reprint // Michigan in Color: Go Home

This article is reprinted with permission from The Michigan Daily, edited and managed by the students of University of Michigan. You can read the original article here written by Rachelle Mehdi. Last week, amid the campus-wide “American Sniper” outrage, I was told to go back to my country, twice. These comments came from online strangers. Strangers who…

Apr 22, 2015

From Pageant Queen to U.N. Worker: The Rosemary Hakim Collection

This article is written by Matthew Jaber Stiffler and Elyssa Bisoski of the Arab American National Museum, first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history and culture. AANM is located in Dearborn, Michigan.  The Arab American National Museum (AANM) was built to share the stories of our community. Our walls are lined with family photos and…

Apr 15, 2015

Review of Rawi Hage’s Novel, Cockroach

This article is written by Joseph Geha, professor emeritus at Iowa State University and author of two books; Through and Through: Toledo Stories and Lebanese Blonde. In October 2014, the Center invited Geha to lecture entitled “Is there an Us?” centering on immigration, ethnicity and identity. You can view his lecture here. Geha last reviewed Rabih Alameddine’s An…

Apr 8, 2015

Meryl Murman: Identity tied to Geography

This is the second in a two-part series focused on Meryl’s interdisciplinary work. You can read Part I here. This article is written by Meryl Murman, a Lebanese-American interdisciplinary artist. Her newest work is a choreographic residency called The Lipstick. You can learn more about Meryl and her work here. When I read Mai Ghoussoub’s short story…

Apr 3, 2015

17th Year of Lebanese Festival, Saturday April 4

This article is written by Bearta Al-Chacar, Lebanese Festival Director. For more information, check out Triangle Lebanese Association. The Lebanese festival is like “Christmas or Eid” to the Lebanese in North Carolina. It’s not only a way to share our culture but to celebrate our love to an imperfectly beautiful country we had to leave…

Apr 1, 2015

‘Bodies in Motion’ Conference Recap

This article is written by John T. Karam, Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Sponsored by the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University, the conference, “Bodies in Motion: Middle East Migrations,” revealed not only a ship, but rather an entire caravan with ever-expanding…

Mar 25, 2015

Uninvited and unwelcome: a brief introduction to early Lebanese migration to Australia

This article is written by Anne Monsour. She has a PhD in history from the University of Queensland. View her full bio after the article. Despite the long and dangerous journey, nineteenth century immigration from Lebanon to Australia mirrored that from Lebanon to the Americas but only until 1901 when the newly formed Commonwealth of…