We are very proud to share the newest addition to our special issue on children and migration: "Children in the Archive: Migration and School Life in Turn-of-the-Century Egypt" by Olga Verlato lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mash…

Want to learn more about letters from Colombia the Khayrallah Center recently uploaded the website? Learn more about the collection here: ow.ly/CGYI50SUT15

Announcement🚨 : The Khayrallah Center now has it's blogposts more easily accessible to search for you all. Click Archive > Browse Collection > KCLDS Blog Post Archive. Explore more here: ow.ly/GYW850SUS4i

Another photo from our newly uploaded Colombia letter collection. This letter is from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali, 1965 May 24. In the letter Michel congratulates Georges him on the birth of their granddaughter Georgette. Explore here: ow.ly/2Hvn50SX229

Another 📝 from our new Colombia collection. Michel Saykali writes to his brother Georges Saykali, 1968 August 19. He tells him how happy he is about the family news. He also expresses sadness over the death of their relative, Michel Kaadi. Explore: ow.ly/jg8s50SX4Cw

New article alert! "Children and Youth Coerced Displacement: A History of Power Struggle between State and Provincial A‘yān’s Families" by Reda Rafei looks at "children and youth’s coerced displacement in the context of the Ottoman Middle East." Link: lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mash…

Last week, our archivist Laura Lethers attended the SAA annual meeting in Chicago. Laura connected with fellow archivists while discussing cutting-edge technologies and best practices for digital archives like our own. Thank you, Soc Amer Archivists! #SAA88

Archive Spotlight 🔦: Today we're highlighting the Tanoury Family Papers Collection. Pictured here are Rose Nasby and Ed Tanoury in Utica, New York, in 1952. Visit the online collection to see this photo and others. Link: lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/sh…

Attention scholars and graduate students! Have you published or written about MENA migrations and diasporas in the past year (June 2023–May 2024)? If so, submit your work to be considered for the 2024 Alixa Naff Migration Studies Prize. Link: ow.ly/jzKj50SfF9W

Want to learn more about the Shehdan Family Collection? The collection highlights the life of Beshara Shehdan Hatem, who immigrated with his brother to the US as teenagers in the 1910s. See Shehdan Family photos, documents, and more via the link: lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/sh…

We are pleased to share the latest addition to our special issue on migration and children/youth migrants! Read Julia Clancy-Smith's thought piece, "Households as Historical Ethnography: People in Motion and Roads to School," via the link. lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mash…

Archive Spotlight🚨: the Collection of Reverend Tobia Attallah includes letters mostly written to Reverend Attallah from 1896-1959. It shows one family's struggles as they cope with limited communication to their family and friends back home in Lebanon. lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/collections/sh…

The Triangle Lebanese American Center is hosting a walk for aid relief in Lebanon. All proceeds will be going toward Lebanese Red Cross. The walk will be Saturday, September 14th at 10am at Shelly Lake in Raleigh, NC. Link: ow.ly/tRcf50TfI4m #LebaneseRedCross #Lebanon

Last week the Khayrallah Center was honored to participate in the International Federation for Public History's 7th Annual Conference in Luxembourg. Director of Research, Lindsey Waldenberg, shared a poster on our project "Arab American Labor." View : ow.ly/om9A50Tkxfk

Which US State has the highest concentration of Lebanese Americans? Comment your predictions below. We'll share the answer Thursday, September 12. #LebaneseDiaspora #LebaneseAmerican

The National Council on Public History published an article written by Lindsey (director of research) and Bailey (outreach coordinator) from KCLDS that discusses the digital exhibit on Arab American Labor. Article: ow.ly/5T7L50TmjuG Exhibit: ow.ly/fwpM50TmjuH

The Khayrallah Center will host "Locating Palestine in the Arab Americas" conference. Over the next few days, we will share more about our esteemed presenters. Stay tune as we will be posting updates. Program: lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/news/2024/06/1…

Some if our fantastic presenters today at the Locating Palestine in Arab Americas conference

The answer was Michigan! ✅

🚨CFP!🚨 We're accepting abstract submissions for a new special issue, "Marriage and Migrations: Emerging Perspectives on Conjugal Relationships in the MENA" feat. guest editors Yafa Shanneik and Nadia Sonneveld. Submissions due November 22. Details: lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mash…