Collection of Oral Histories, 2025 June-November 2025

Summary
Contents
Names/subjects
Using these materials
Size
50 gigabytes (13 mp4 files and pdf transcripts)
Call number
GR0020
Access to materials

This collection is made up of digitized materials and is open for research. The digital material available 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.

Portions of the digital material in this collection are only provided in limited quantities upon request for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.

Biographical/historical note

This collection contains twelve oral histories conducted in 2025. These oral history interviews offer insight into Lebanese and Arab American immigrant experiences.

Scope/content

This collection contains 13 oral history interviews conducted in 2025.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

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 Oral Histories, 2025, GR0020, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Source of acquisition

Sources include: Alaa Jaza, Michelle Tager, Michelle McDonald, Paul Schervish, Susan Assaf, Rania Masri, Salma Hassanieh, Mirielle Sleiman, Fred Abraham, and Melissa Simms.

Processing information

Transcripts written by Nour Mahklof and finding aid written by Katelyn Cuomo 2026 January

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Fred Abraham Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg Part 1 2025 August 5 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
Abraham, Fred; Oral histories; Video recordings; Lebanese -- United States; Lebanese Americans; Arabs -- United States
Fred Abraham Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg Part 2 2025 September 17 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
Abraham, Fred; Oral histories; Arabs -- United States; Video recordings; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States
Susan Assaf Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2025 June 30 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 50 gigabytes (1 pdf transcript, 1 mp4 file)
Assaf, Susan (Creator); Oral histories; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States; Video recordings; Arabs -- United States
Salma Hassanieh Oral History Conducted by John Horan 2025 November 20 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
Hassanieh, Salma; Oral histories; Video recordings; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States; Arabs -- United States
Alaa Jaza Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2025 July 28 (Accession 2025.019)
Jaza, Alaa
Rania Masri Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2025 August 23 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
Masri, Rania; Oral histories; Lebanese -- United States; Video recordings; Arabs -- United States; Lebanese Americans
Michelle McDonald Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2025 September 24 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
McDonald, Michelle
Paul Schervish Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2025 June 11 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 73 KB kilobytes (1 oral history transcript, 1 mp4 file)
Schervish, Paul; Oral histories; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States; Video recordings; Arabs -- United States
Melissa Simms Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg 2025 July 2 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
Simms, Melissa; Oral histories; Video recordings; Arabs -- United States; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States
Mirielle Sleiman Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg Part 1 2025 October 30 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
Sleiman, Mirielle; Oral histories; Video recordings; Arabs -- United States; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States
Mirielle Sleiman Oral History Interview Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg Part 2 2025 October 30 (Accession 2025.019)
Oral histories; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States; Emigration and immigration; Arabs -- United States
Michelle Tager Oral History Conducted by John Horan and Lindsey Waldenberg Part 1 2025 September 25 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
Tager, Michelle; Oral histories; Video recordings; Arabs -- United States; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States
Michelle Tager Oral History Conducted by John Horan Part 2 2025 October 3 (Accession 2025.019)
Size: 2 files (1 pdf file, 1 mp4 file)
Tager, Michelle; Oral histories; Video recordings; Arabs -- United States; Lebanese Americans; Lebanese -- United States
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 available 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.

Portions of the digital material in this collection are only provided in limited quantities upon request for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection of Oral Histories, 2025, GR0020, 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.