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Feb 11, 2022

2021 Khayrallah Prize

The Khayrallah Center is pleased to announce that the 2021 Khayrallah Prize was awarded to Ahmad Mohsen for his novel al-Sama'a layssat Ma'ana [Heaven is Not on Our Side], and Oualid Mouaness for his film1982. Each will receive a $5000 monetary award, for their groundbreaking work.

Sep 23, 2021

Syrian Families in the Colorado Coal Mining Communities

Colorado Coal  In its mining heyday (1890s–1920s), Colorado was often ranked as the eleventh largest producer of coal in the United States and mined bituminous, sub-bituminous, coking, lignite, and anthracite coal. This coal was intended to feed the western railroads, the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company steel mill in Pueblo, the state’s powerful beet sugar…

Sep 7, 2021

The Reverend Tobia Attallah Letter Collection

The Reverend Tobia Attallah Letter Collection is a collection of letters written to Reverend Tobia Attallah, who was located in Beit Chabeb, Lebanon. The letters span from 1896 through 1936, and the bulk of the letters are written by Rev. Attallah’s children who are living and working in various places, including Argentina, Brazil, Guinea, Mali,…

Jul 27, 2021

My Mother’s 78 RPM Arabic Record Collection

My mother used to love to listen to Arabic music, especially when she was working in the kitchen. At first, her Arabic records were 78 RPMs, and later on, Arabic cassettes. As a ten or twelve-year-old, I recall that our family had a console radio that had a turntable on top that was located in…

Mar 4, 2021

Alan Jabbour, “A Cultured Man”: Foodways, Music, and Syria Dreamin’

As we five folklorists conversed with Alan Jabbour about his family immigration saga over the course of ninety minutes, he guided us from stories of his grandfather’s and then his father’s experiences as adult immigrants to his own life as the first of his family to be born and to spend his childhood in America.…
Alixa Naff working with students

Jan 1, 2021

2021 Alixa Naff Prize in Migration Studies Winners

The Khayrallah Center is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Alixa Naff Prize in Migration Studies.