This project explores the stories and lives of Syrian-Lebanese immigrants in Texas beginning in the 1870s. Includes interviews, archival images, interactive maps and more.‌

This multi-part project featuring a documentary film and explorative webpage tell the story of N'oula and Hasna Romey, Lebanese immigrants who encountered racial terror in 1920s Florida, leading to their deaths at the hands of police and a lynch mob.‌

This project highlights the stories of Lebanese mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts from 1890 to 1950 uncovering the rich stories of industrial workers in a New England mill town. ‌

This project written by Dr. Linda Jacobs with visualization by the Khayrallah Center, explores the lives of the Arbeely family, who are broadly recognized as the first Syrian family to emigrate to the US. 

The project, led by Dr. Graham Auman Pitts of Georgetown University with visualization by the Khayrallah Center, maps and analyzes remittances sent to relieve suffering in Lebanon during World War I.‌

This project traces New York City’s Syrian/Lebanese immigrants across three decades to examine important historical questions.

Through interactive maps, this first phase of a multi-part project tells the story of early Lebanese-American business owners.

Using death certificates of Lebanese-Americans from 19 states, this project examines how migration impacted the health of immigrants.

Using decennial census records from 1900 to 1940, the center compiled demographic portraits of Lebanese in the United States.

This multi-part project featuring a documentary film and explorative webpage tell the story of N'oula and Hasna Romey, Lebanese immigrants who encountered racial terror in 1920s Florida, leading to their deaths at the hands of police and a lynch mob

The documentary, Cedars in the Pines, narrates the lives of Lebanese immigrants who have journeyed from Lebanon to North Carolina and labored here to build new homes, raise families and enrich the state with their culture and hard work. It tells of a legacy that is as much about great accomplishments as it rests in the quiet and unassuming. A singular doctor in a small mountain town or a car mechanic at a Piedmont crossroads become vital threads in the fabric of this state: Lebanese cedars among the pines of North Carolina

This documentary tells the story of Dr. Herbert Nassour, A Lebanese-American surgeon, Herbert Nassour, tried to provide quality healthcare to the racially and economically marginalized people of Texas, but his heavily discounted procedures threatened the economic foundation of the American Medical Association which tirelessly worked to shut him down.

The survey is meant to gauge the public opinions of nearly 1.3 million Americans of Lebanese descent, and how factors such as age, gender, education and income shape their views. In this inaugural survey, we have found the majority of the Lebanese American community falls well within the center to center-left range of the political spectrum on issues such as abortion, women’s rights, LGBTQA+, climate change, and voting patterns.

The survey is meant to gauge the public opinions of nearly 1.3 million Americans of Lebanese descent, and how factors such as age, gender, education and income shape their views. In this inaugural survey, we have found the majority of the Lebanese American community falls well within the center to center-left range of the political spectrum on issues such as abortion, women’s rights, LGBTQA+, climate change, and voting patterns.