Charlie Abed Oral History conducted by Dr. Akram Khater

Charlie discusses how he and members of his family arrived in the United States from Lebanon in the mid-twentieth century. He shares details about his childhood in boarding school in Lebanon, his college and graduate school life in North Carolina, and his career development from operations research for IBM (International Business Machines Corporations) to entrepreneurship. Charlie also shares his feelings on immigration and immigrants in the United States, particularly that they help to make the country good by supporting a melting pot of ideas.

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

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