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Nov 12, 2014

About town: Lebanese in Los Angeles

This weekend was a great time to be part of the Lebanese community in Los Angeles, CA. Two great events punctuated the weekend: L.A. Beirut Sister Cities Committee annual Gala held on Friday, November 7, and the Arab Film Festival, which held screening all weekend before heading to San Diego to close out the festivities.…

Nov 5, 2014

Tragedy strikes a Lebanese Community, 1918

This post is written by Margie Stevens. Her research focuses on death certificates of Lebanese in the United States. Her regular contributions will feature stories of Lebanese in different states across the U.S. This month, her focus is on Kentucky. On the windy evening of Saturday, March 9, 1918, hundreds, including Rosa Azar and Tommy…

Oct 30, 2014

Celebrating the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

NC State recently celebrated an exceptionally generous $8.1 million gift to endow the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Representing the largest single gift in the history of the college, the Khayrallahs are creating the first privately endowed center at NC State, and the world’s first center on Lebanese culture and history outside of Lebanon. Enjoy pictures from the event where the gift was announced.

Oct 29, 2014

An App that Connects Lebanese Everywhere

What’s wonderful about the Lebanese diaspora is that anywhere in the world you travel, you’re likely to meet a Lebanese-descended person. For such a small country, the community living outside of Lebanon is massive. As diasporic communities go–and there are many examples in history–keeping in touch with one another and to their homeland of origin…

Oct 15, 2014

Historic moment for Lebanese diaspora

Yesterday was a historic moment for the Lebanese diaspora community and for NC State University in Raleigh.   Crowded into the Park Alumni Center, NC State’s Chancellor announced the launch of the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. This is the only center-outside of Lebanon-dedicated to research about the Lebanese Diaspora in the US…

Oct 14, 2014

What death certificates tell us about the lives of Lebanese

The goal of the Khayrallah Center is to shed light on the important contribution of Lebanese-Americans. Beginning with a focus on North Carolina, we’ve accomplished that by conducting interviews, archiving family photos and movies, and creating cultural projects like a documentary and museum exhibit to showcase all that the community has done over the last century.…

Oct 12, 2014

New Archival Acquisition

On April 7, 1923, the intellectual and business elites of the Lebanese-American community in New York City met for a banquet. The first of its kind to gather so many of the scions of the community, the banquet was organized to celebrate the silver jubilee (25 years) of the publication of Al-Huda, one of the…

Sep 15, 2014

THJH article is here

Thanks to the Tarheel Junior Historian Association and NC Museum of History‘s magazine department for allowing us to collaborate on the latest issue of The Tarheel Junior Historian (THJH). The article “Lebanon, North Carolina, and Food!: One Family’ Story of Immigration and Success” follows the George family beginning with Moses George’s immigration to the United States and…

Sep 12, 2014

Tonight: Tryon Palace opening reception

Happening tonight. Don’t miss out on a celebration of our museum exhibit’s second location! Opening Reception, Cedars in the Pines exhibit Friday, September 12, 5:30 – 7:00 pm NC History Center, Duffy Exhibit Gallery 529 South Front St., New Bern, NC

Sep 11, 2014

Tomorrow: Opening Reception, Tryon Palace

If you had a chance to RSVP, then we will see you tomorrow at Tryon Palace in New Bern to celebrate the second North Carolina location of Cedars in the Pines museum exhibition.