The Khayrallah Center

10/12/2026

📖 350+ pages of the Syrian-Lebanon Directory of Michigan, compiled by George Khori & Shawqi Al-Rayyes and published in 1943, are now live on our archive website!

It lists names, addresses, and phone numbers of Syrian & Lebanese Americans in Michigan, organized by town and presented in English. Donors and advertisers are featured on many pages, alongside writings in both Arabic and English.

Check it out on Omeka: https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/94662 #?c=&m=&s=&cv=

10/06/2026

📢 Why choose between Middle East Studies and Public History when you could do both?

Gain the tools to become an exemplary Middle East historian with individualized courses in Middle East Historiography, Public History in the Middle East, migration and diaspora, Arab American history, and much more.

Apply now: go.ncsu.edu/meph

10/01/2026

The Khayrallah Center and Raleigh Sister Cities hope to see you at our screening of Cedars in the Pines on the night of Thursday, October 8th! 🌲

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cedars-in-the-pines-film-screening-tickets-2002093258832?aff=oddtdtcreator

"Over the past 120 years, the Lebanese have created a rich legacy in North Carolina. They brought innovation, perseverance, and faith along with their dreams and hopes for the future. Their kitchens enthrall our senses with recipes crafted across generations, and their music and dance fill our festivals and neighborhoods with sights and sounds that convey the richness of Lebanese culture. They are Lebanese cedars in the Carolina pines."

09/28/2026

Celebrate with us this year by coming to our screening of Cedars in the Pines, a film dedicated to the Lebanese community in North Carolina! 🌲

09/28/2026

Route 66 is an iconic U.S. highway, but were you aware of the Arab influences along it? 🛣️

Read about Middle Eastern, North African, and Arabic Entrepreneurship on Route 66 in this article from Visit Albuquerque!!

For more than a century, cultures from across the Middle East and North Africa have helped shape New Mexico’s communities, businesses and neighborhoods. Merchants, restauranteurs, architects and community leaders brought traditions from across the Mediterranean and blended them with Hispanic and N...

09/24/2026

Lebanon and North Carolina have been connected by their people for over 120 years. Join Raleigh Sister Cities and The Khayrallah Center in celebrating the bond between Syr, Lebanon and Raleigh, North Carolina with a screening of Cedars in the Pines, our documentary telling the stories of Lebanese immigrants who journeyed from Lebanon to North Carolina and built their homes and families here. 🇱🇧 ❤

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cedars-in-the-pines-film-screening-tickets-2002093258832?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/22/2026

The history of the Middle East is defined by movement. Explore the intersection between migration and public history at NC State. 🐺❤️

The Middle East Public History: Migration and Diaspora program exists to document and explore Middle Eastern history beyond borders. Interested in applying? Head to go.ncsu.edu/meph for more information 🏃‍➡️

The Khayrallah Center is dedicated to research about Lebanese immigrants in the US and throughout the world.

09/17/2026

We are excited to share the addition of a new book to the KCLDS Archive Reference Book Collection! The Arabic-Spanish Vocabulary with Phonetic Pronunciation Book was written by Alejandro Schamun (أليخاندرو شمعون) in 1912 at the workshops of the newspaper As-Salam.

This book contains both Arabic-Spanish conversation, phonetic pronunciation, and word-for-word equivalents in both languages. His work on this book serves as a bridge between both languages by providing a guide for speakers of either Arabic and Spanish to understand each other.

View over 150 pages of the book here: https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/94651 #?c=&m=&s=&cv=

09/15/2026

We're live! Join us now to discuss this project:
https://ncsu.zoom.us/meetings/92271393467/invitations?signature=pVJ1LeiYjL6FA_s3Y-QRD16G64UD8yKUyP2kvWsjo_M

How does migration impact the human body? 💭🩺

Or, more specifically, what was the physical toll of migration on the tens of thousands of Arab immigrants who arrived in the United States between the late 1880s and the mid-1920s?

The Khayrallah Center's latest project answers this question using a dataset of over 6,000 death certificates of first- and second-generation Arab Americans. Explore the lifestyles of Arab Americans after their arrival in the US, read through narratives of their lives in Massachusetts and Kentucky, or view visualizations of the data through our interactive dashboards—altogether, this data and the insights gleaned from it tell a tale of Arab American perseverance in a time of extreme hardship.

Take a look at this new project here:
👉https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/d31552ae99ed4961aac6156df3e35714

Photo Credits: University of Louisville Archives, Library of Congress

09/14/2026

Don't miss out on our Migration and Health Webinar!!

RSVP now: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/YIa7y0c_SkCpDFachFIzZQ

👀 Want to learn more about the Migration and Health project and how it was created? Lindsey Waldenberg and Calley Doyle, two of the lead historians on the project, will be going live on Friday, September 15th at 12 pm EST to discuss details, answer questions, and share insights from the production process!

Join us by RSVPing here: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/YIa7y0c_SkCpDFachFIzZQ

Or, view the project here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/d31552ae99ed4961aac6156df3e35714?item=1

Photo Credit: Boston Public Library