Collection of LGBTQIA+ and the Arab Diaspora Oral History Interview Recordings June-December 2024

Summary
Contents
Names/subjects
Using these materials
Size
12.6374 gigabytes gigabytes (5 mp4 files)
Call number
GR 0018
Access to materials

This collection is made up of digitized materials and is open for research. The digital material in this collection is provided on the Khayrallah Center Archive’s website for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. For any questions regarding the materials, please contact the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu.

Biographical/historical note

This collection contains four oral history interviews conducted between June-December 2024. These oral history interviews were conducted for the LGBTQIA+ and the Arab Diaspora Oral History Project. This project highlights the lived experiences of LGBTQIA+-identifying individuals of Middle Eastern and/or North African descent. The following people were interviewed for this project: Steve Baddour, Mortada Haidar, Karni Keushgerian, and Arielle Sonnenschein.

Scope/content

This collection contains four oral history interviews conducted from June-December 2024 for the LGBTQIA+ and the Arab Diaspora Oral History Project. This collection contains five mp4 video files.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by last name

Use of these materials

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection of LGBTQIA+ and the Arab Diaspora Oral History Interview Recordings, GR 0018, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Source of acquisition

Steve Baddour, Mortada Haidar, Karni Keushgerian, and Arielle Sonnenschein

Processing information

Processed by Khayrallah Center staff, 2024. Finding aid created and updated by Katelyn Cuomo 2025 March.

Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we’re addressing it.
Steve Baddour Oral History conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2024 June 20 (Accession 2025.001)
Size: 3.13 gigabytes (1 mp4 file); 667.4 megabytes (1 mp4 file)

Transcript is available on Google Drive

Baddour, Steve; Arabs -- United States; Emigration and immigration; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States; Oral histories (document genres); Queer community; Video recordings
Mortada Haidar Oral History conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2024 July 31 (Accession 2025.001)
Size: 3.3 gigabytes (1 mp4 file)
Haidar, Mortada; Video recordings; Oral histories; Lebanese -- United States; Lebanese Americans; Arabs -- United States; Queer community; Emigration and immigration
Karni Keushgerian Oral History conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2024 July 29 (Accession 2025.001)
Size: 2.13 gigabytes (1 mp4 file)
Keushgerian, Karni; Video recordings; Queer community; Oral histories; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States; Emigration and immigration
Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we’re addressing it.

Access to the collection

This collection is made up of digitized materials and is open for research. The digital material in this collection is provided on the Khayrallah Center Archive’s website for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. For any questions regarding the materials, please contact the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection of LGBTQIA+ and the Arab Diaspora Oral History Interview Recordings, GR 0018, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Use of these materials

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.