May 10, 2017

Complicating the Lebanese Peddler Myth

This article is co-authored by Dr. Akram Khater, Director of the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies and Khayrallah Distinguished Professor of Lebanese Diaspora Studies, and Professor of History at NC […]

Jan 28, 2015

Lebanese in the Brazilian National Market

This article is written by John Tofik Karam  is a core faculty member in the Latin American and Latino Studies program at DePaul University in Chicago.  His research and teaching interests are […]

Oct 1, 2012

“The stand” in 1895-1896 Wilmington

Newspapers in Wilmington, NC featured regular updates on the Syrian (Lebanese) immigrant community in the small town. The “stand” referred to in both articles is a peddler’s stand where foodstuffs, […]

Aug 13, 2012

Peddler’s license

An 1897 article in a Wilmington newspaper titled “The Peddlers License: A Word or Two About How To Many Peddlers Fake It” details the perception of Assyrian peddlers. Today, many […]