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Fighting Injustice: The Story of Herbert Nassour

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Herbert Nassour and his football team.

Apr 21, 2026

The Nassour Family Papers Collection

The Nassour Family Papers Collection (1937-2002) is now online! This collection tells the story of Herbert Nassour, a Texas-born Lebanese American scholar, veteran, and community doctor and surgeon. Herbert R. Nassour, Jr. was born in Lockhart, Texas, in 1917 to Mary Moses and Herbert Nassour, Sr. He attended the University of Texas in 1936. Even…

Apr 21, 2025

Transformative Gift Endows Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Archive

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has received a $2 million gift to endow the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies’ archive, deepening its impact on scholarship and community engagement worldwide.

Mar 25, 2019

Fighting Injustice: The Story of Herbert Nassour

Introduction Far too often, the complex history of Lebanese immigration is reduced to a few “success” stories, measured by the accumulation of fame and fortune. Such tales are certainly real and admirable, but fall short of telling the whole story of immigration. They warp our expectations of what constitutes success by projecting the false impression…