July
I am Lebanese: Mover & Shaker
Director of the Khayrallah Program, Dr. Akram Khater was recently named a “Mover and Shaker” by I Am Lebanese, a “non profit initiative created to increase the number of Lebanese citizens, regardless of age, political or religious affiliation. Our global […]
Helen Thomas, 1920-2013
He left his home in Tripoli, Syrian now Tripoli, Lebanon, in the 1890s as a teenager. He had only a few cents in his pocket and a talisman containing the traveler’s prayer around his neck. This month, longtime White House […]
Moussa Domit collection
Hello faithful readers! Happy summer! We know that the Lebanese community here in North Carolina schedules a lot of travel over the summer season to Lebanon and other areas to visit family, friends, or explore new places. So, if you […]
120 years in North Carolina
For a quick primer on the history of the Lebanese community in North Carolina, check out this video below. It’s also available on our YouTube Channel. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUjvx9qB-JU&w=420&h=315] Thank you to Danica Cullinan for the video contribution.
Wine and Olive Diet
In 1896, the Fayetteville Observer noted (about halfway through the article) that “a number of Syrians” received a case of wine and olives from Damascus.” “To the unitiated,” they reported, the olives were “not so nice tasting.” Of course, North Carolina […]
America Ya Hilwa
On July 14, 1916, Lebanese-American composer and pianist Alexander Maalouf wrote Letter to the Editor of The New York Times, announcing a new national anthem that he composed called “For Thee, America.” You can listen to more of his songs on our […]
Calling on FDR
In September 1928, Mr. Michael Norman Mansour of Goldsboro, North Carolina, the owner Mansour’s Department Store (later called Hub Department Store) received two letters while in New York City on business from Franklin Delano Roosevelt urging him to support New […]
Cedars in the Pines: The Lebanese in North Carolina
Thank you all for your support during the premiere our full-length documentary, Cedars in the Pines: The Lebanese in North Carolina at the North Carolina Museum of History. Directed by Danica Cullinan and co-produced by Cullinan and Neal Hutcheson of the North […]
Project Update
We are full swing into our summer schedule. We are working on our new website set to be released by September 2012. This site will act as a digital library containing all the photographs, documents, documentary clips and oral histories […]