2014

May 30, 2014

May/June Newsletter is Here!

A note from our fearless leader, Dr. Akram Khater… Dear friends, I hope that your summer is off to a good start and that you are all enjoying some relaxation and rest! After the highly successful opening of the exhibit we continue to receive emails and letters about its positive impact on school children and…

May 27, 2014

El-Khouri’s in Wilkes-Barre

This is a guest post by Assistant Director, Margie Merod. Many Lebanese in North Carolina have connections to other American towns. The El-Khouri family with deep roots in Andrews, North Carolina has ties to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The family’s heirlooms include this funeral photograph taken at St. Anthony’s Maronite Catholic Parish in Wilkes-Barre. It is a…

May 20, 2014

The Lebanese of Utah (1909-1921)

This Project’s focus is robust Lebanese-American community living in North Carolina, that’s no surprise! But, we always enjoy learning about the Lebanese communities that settled in other areas of the country. Our recent post featuring the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) alerted me to one such community: the Lebanese of Utah. These photos are courtesy of the…

May 14, 2014

DPLA brings light to Lebanese around the world

Part of the Project’s mission is to create an accessible and searchable archive of materials that illustrate the history of the Lebanese-American experience in North Carolina. For almost 4 years, we’ve worked with the community to populate the archive in the face of NC-based cultural institutions like libraries and museums that never collected these materials.…

May 12, 2014

History Weekend a great success

Thank you all who joined us last weekend for NC State University Department of History’s annual History Weekend, where a theme is chosen and a movie and speaker are invited to speak on that theme. This year’s theme, “The Future of the Middle East: The Historical Context” brought Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab…

May 2, 2014

This weekend!

History Weekend starts TODAY! We’ll begin with a screening of 2007 Lebanese film Caramel on Friday, May 2 at 7pm in Withers Hall at NC State University campus. On Saturday, May 3 at 10am, Professor Rashid Khalidi will be speaking on the future of the Middle East in Withers Hall, Room 232 at NC State University campus.

Apr 30, 2014

Event: History Weekend

This weekend, May 2-3, marks the rescheduled History Weekend! We hope you can join us! Here’s Akram’s note below: On behalf the Khayrallah Program for Lebanese-American Studies, I would like to invite you and your guests to join us for an event featuring Professor Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University’s Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies,…

Apr 17, 2014

Upcoming Event: History Weekend!

As you may recall, in February the inclement weather forced us to cancel our History Weekend event which featured Professor Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University, Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies) speaking on the future of the Middle East. We have re-scheduled this event for May 2-3. Schedule Friday, May 2 we will screen the Lebanese…

Apr 15, 2014

165 people turnout to hear Music of the Carolinas!

This past Sunday, North Carolina Museum of History, Khayrallah Program for Lebanese-American Studies at NC State University, CHASS at NC State University, North Carolina Humanities Council, and the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music co-hosted an event featuring musical talents that highlighted Lebanese culture in North Carolina. Lebanese musicians Naji Hilal, Christopher Saleh, and Huda Asfour made…

Apr 12, 2014

EVENT TOMORROW: Music of the Carolinas, Cedars in the Pines

Music of the Carolinas: Cedars in the Pines The Piedmont Council of Traditional Music Sunday, April 13, 3pm-4pm Featuring Naji Hilal and Christopher Saleh North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East Edenton St., Raleigh FREE admission, open to all, bring your lunch! Event sponsored by: North Carolina Museum of History, Khayrallah Program for Lebanese-American Studies at…