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Jun 5, 2013

2013 Summer Institute for Educators

As you may know, the Lebanese in North Carolina Project has been working with state-based educators in a collaboration designed to increase awareness of global influences in the state, foster a deeper knowledge of the role of Lebanese-Americans on the state’s history, culture, politics, religion and civic life, and to facilitate a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary…

May 1, 2013

Anatomy of an artifact

“Feeding silk-worms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Mt. Lebanon, Syria” This photograph from Underwood and Underwood publishers is actually a stereograph, what some consider the original 3-D image. This stereograph depicts a silk worm farmer and his assistant feeding silk worms mulberry leaves before their harvest. Silk worm harvesting and textile production represented strong industry…

Apr 29, 2013

Lebanese in Kansas, oh my!

When I started working on this project, among the first questions that people asked me included: Wait, there are Lebanese people in North Carolina? And when I answered affirmatively, they followed up with, Are there a lot of them? Questions like these, which I still receive, continue to teach me 2 lessons: First, we have…

Apr 24, 2013

Map of Ottoman Empire

“Turkey in Asia” map from the New Encyclopedia Atlas and Gazetteer is a great find that may have a place in the museum exhibit in 2014!

Apr 22, 2013

We were at NCPH this year!

The National Council on Public History and the International Federation of Public History held its annual conference from April 17-20 in Ottawa, Ontario. This year’s theme, “Knowing your Public(s)-The Significance of Audiences in Public History” brought an interdisciplinary group to Canada’s capital to discuss questions of participatory projects, digital history, and shaping our work to reach a…

Apr 10, 2013

Using the archives for history of Maronites in NC

Natasha Beathe, a fellow community member living in Charlotte, is a council member of the Maronite Mission of Charlotte and the head of communications. For the most recent edition of the Council’s newspaper, Natasha wrote about Lebanese Maronites living in North Carolina. As she wrote in her email to the Project, she used our materials…

Apr 9, 2013

We want your input!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Khayrallah Program for Lebanese Studies Booth this past Saturday! We happily debuted information about the upcoming museum exhibit opening in February 2014 at the North Carolina State Museum of History in downtown Raleigh. The most exciting part of the festival? Besides the delicious food, skilled dancers, and friendly faces,…

Apr 2, 2013

Why celebrate the Lebanese festival?

This weekend marks the 15th annual Lebanese festival held in downtown Raleigh. The Triangle Lebanese Association has done a wonderful job promoting this event, so check out their website for details. The Khayrallah Program for Lebanese Studies will also have a table! Stop by and say hello! Beginning in 1998, the Festival seeks to celebrate…

Mar 13, 2013

Kathryn Findelin sings her heart out (at Meredith College!)

The Lebanese community has made generous contributions to North Carolina from business to politics; from culinary endeavors to science and technology. Kathryn Findlen, daughter of Dorothy Findlen and granddaughter to Alma Farris (the youngest 96-year-old we know!) is making her contribution on the stage. A Mezzo Soprano who grew up in North Carolina, Kathryn is…

Mar 8, 2013

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Today, at the Library of Congress, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, delivered an exhilarating talk called  “The Loss and Rebirth of the Library of Alexandria.” His talk began with a discussion of the ancient library in Alexandria including some of its earliest advocates to today’s modern library complete with digital materials. Over…