An article published in The Bladen Journal announcing the retirement of Alma Parker Farris and the closing of the Farris Department Store. The article contains a photograph of Alma and a description of her impact on Elizabethtown, NC.
An article from Raleigh, North Carolina's newspaper, the News and Observer, profiling the sports career of John Allen Farfour of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Farfour was a gifted basketball player who transitioned to tennis in 1940 and founded the…
An article in St. Sharbels Light, newsletter of the St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Mission of Raleigh, North Carolina, about Joseph El-Khouri's reception of the Mother Teresa Memorial Award.
An newspaper article profiling the youngest daughter of Sam and Helen Parker, Magdalen Parker Mileski. At the time of the article, Mileski was an English teacher at Ragsdale Senior High School in High Point, North Carolina. The article details her…
Newspaper article from August 27, 1964, concerning the death and funeral of Shikrallah Farris. Farris died from a sudden heart attack on August 21, 1964. The article provides a photograph of Farris, a brief biography of Farris, an account of his…
An article written by Kail Ellis on Dr. Hadia Harb, the translator of many of the letters to Angele Ellis from the Ellis collection. Dr. Hadia Harb is pictured with Nasser Chour in Qattine, Lebanon, undated.
An article written by Kail Ellis on Mariam Hobeiche and her life at the Mar Elias Convent in Ghazir, Lebanon. The Khayrallah Center does not hold the original copy of this item.
An article written by Kail Ellis on the history of Sami El Solh, Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician and Prime Minister of Lebanon in the 1940s and 1950s.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Article with photos from January 13, 1962, in The Raleigh Times about the trip and itinerary for the European school trip Nell Kahdy would be leading that summer. A small photograph of Nell is in the corner, likely a passport photo.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
A piece of an unknown newspaper stating the good deeds of Shukri Baddour as a person and the President of the Lebanese Syrian American Association in North Carolina. Written by Shukri Beshareh Murad in Wilson, North Carolina.
An article, published in the Smithfield Herald, profiling Robert Rabil. Rabil, a former track star for Smithfield High School, won the 1969 Football Forecast Contest put on by the newspaper, and with it tickets to the Orange Bowl game in Miami,…
An article excerpted from an unknown newspaper titled "Hunt's Pick for Commission Has Helped at Rex 36 Years." The article describes Thelma Knuckley Zaytoun's decades of volunteer work which preceded her appointment to the North Carolina Commission…
An article published in the Wall Street Journal profiling Wael Al-Chakra's position as leader for IBM's Corporate Service Corps, established in 2008 and dedicated to aiding local nonprofits.
An article from the society section of the Bladen Journal detailing the wedding ceremony for the marriage of Alma Parker and Shikrallah Farris. The article describes the decor of the Our Lady of the Snows Church, the ceremony, the members of the…
Article titled "Cruel and Unusual: Negative Images of Arabs in Popular American Culture" in ADC Issues No. 19 from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Split into sections about songs, jokes, television, cartoons, movies, and comics, the…
Article titled "The Influence of the Arab Stereotype on American Children" in ADC Issues No. 2 from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The article discusses multiculturalism in the United States and the difficulties faced by…
Article titled "The Other Anti-Semitism: The Arab as Scapegoat" in ADC Issues No. 3 from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The article discusses the development of anti-Semitism in Germany and compares it to the rise of anti-Arab…
Article titled, "Death Baffles Coroner: Peter Oussani Found on Rockefeller Estate Brother of Tobacconist." Notation on the article states that it is from N.Y. American March 8, 1910. The article describes the discovery of Peter Oussani's body…
A copy of an article in the Florida Times-Union from Jacksonville, Florida titled "Probe Order Issued for Romeo Case: Governor Orders Investigation in Death of Man and Wife at Lake City". The date is 18 May 1929. The article recounts the timeline of…
A group of articles of alHuda newspaper in Arabic. P.1: title 'Reader's Letters',
P.2: titles 'Emile Bustani believes in Arab Union', 'Churchill Birthday'.
Asaf and Adma Kahdy's home in Portland, Oregon. Behind the house stands a large, well kept garden and lawn. Back of the caption reads, "Sawaya-Kahdy sittie and jiddie home and garden in Portland. Early 1950 or late 40s."
Asaf Kahdy stands behind his counter as an unknown man leans against the counter and smokes a cigar. George Kahdy stands with his hands behind his back near another unknown man. The back of the photo reads, "Our store in Macon, Georgia. About the…
Asaf Kahdy holds his young son, George Kahdy, on their trip from Lebanon to the United States. Asaf Kahdy leans over slightly as he and his son sleep. An unknown woman sits next to them. The back of the photo reads, "My grandfather Asaf George Kahdy…
Asaf Kahdy sits with young George Kahdy on his lap and Adma Sawaya Kahdy sits next to them. Caption on the back reads, "Asaf George Kahdy, son George Asaf Kahdy, Adma Sawaya Kahdy."
A handwritten letter in Arabic. Confirms the birthdate of Assaad, son of Sulaiman Ta'my, on October 1, 1894, and their baptism on November 5. Written by Father Khouri Romanos on October 9, 1909.
