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Hassans story!

part 2 of Max’s interview with Nana for his oral history class project at Duke.

Fadi Aoun is 52 years young. After getting some background information, we discussed failure and what it means to him. Finally, he talked through what he would do in a situation where his biggest failure would be committed.

I, James Kertenian(17), interview my father Peter Kertenian, about his experiences and journey form Lebanon to America.

This interview contains me(Rami Safa: 16 years old) interviewing Hussein Ahmed Safa(My Dad, 49 years old). This interview contains conversation with my Dad(Hussein) and also talks about his childhood, people important to him, lessons important to him, and basically how...

Oldest daughter asks her mother about her Alabama roots, marrying a Lebanese, converting to Orthodox Christianity, knitting, cooking Whole Foods, reading and grandchildren.

Don Abraham (born 1929) talks with his son Joseph about his early childhood in Oklahoma, his move to Lebanon at age 3 with his family, and his return to Oklahoma in the 1950s. He also discusses his family and career...

Thad Interview with dad about career and regrets.

Lorna and Christopher talking about life, faith and lessons learned from the pandemic of 2020 that will stand the test of time

Interviewing my mom’s sister, an aunt of mine that I have always been close with. I found out there is a lot more to her than I thought.

This was an interview between us (Pierre & Mario -son and father, respectively) here in Atlanta, Georgia and Pierre’s great-grandma (Teta Annousse) in Lebanon with Sousou (Mario’s aunt) to assist her. If you weren’t able to figure it out, we...

Jenny Rask: 2020-08-23 19:07:45 Jenny Rask interviews her father Gene Rask in their first chat. How and when his grandparents arrived in the US and a look into where they came from in Lebanon around 1898.

Lebanon (MO) High School Teacher Eric Adams (48) talks with his mother, Deborah Hancik (68), about her experiences during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This experience has been filled with disappointment of missed time togehter, but also gratefulness for being safe.

Eloise Tatum Logsdon + Sylvia Ray Tatum (Grandmere)

We explored the topics of family, religion and love

My grandmother described leaving rural New York for her education and short career in the U.S. Secret Service in Beirut, Lebanon, in the early days of the Cold War, while her sister took a very different path (a convent). There...

What being in the Military is like and what childhood was like

I talk with my mom about some of the decisions she has made in life and the impact they have had.

Her role in the bombing and what she went through. Also we talk about the struggle of being a women in the force.

We talked about how my father lived in Lebanon and how it was hard and his memories from the past.

Fadi was in the Civil War in Lebanon

Talking about my grandma’s move from Lebanon to the United States. Also about how it was to move to a new country back then.

We talk about general memories as father, mother, and son

Zubair Rushk and Etan Shukri, married Syrian refugees, adopted Daniel and Joyce Romm as their American parents after a chance meeting prompted by a newspaper article.

We talked about what it was like to serve in the Navy during the 80s on a daily basis and what was hard/good about it