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Summary:

Lebanese-born immigrants to Fort Worth, Texas. Life in Lebanon; Lebanese Civil War; move to Paraguay en route to the U.S.; reasons for moving to Texas; children and grandchildren; connections to Lebanon; making the decision to leave Lebanon during the Civil War; comparison of growing up in Lebanon and the U.S.; family pride in Lebanese heritage; expectations about the U.S.; first impressions of America; cultural traditions brought to the U.S.; cuisine.

Author/Creator:

Mourad, Assaad Mourad, 1946-

Contributors:

Bundschuh, Molly Ellen , interviewer

DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Assaad Mourad, 2012 December 8 [by Mourad, A.M.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Subjects:

Immigrants — Texas — Fort Worth — Interviews

Lebanese Americans — Social conditions — Oral history

Lebanese Americans — Economic conditions — Oral history

Lebanese Americans — Education — Oral history

Lebanese Americans — Employment — Oral history

Businesspeople — Texas — Oral history

Lebanese American families — Oral history

Lebanese Americans — Family relationships — Oral history

Lebanese Americans — Social life and customs — Oral history

Child rearing — United States — Oral history

Americanization — Oral history

United States — Emigration and immigration — History — Oral history

Fort Worth (Tex.) — History — Oral history

Lebanon — Economic conditions — Oral history

Lebanon — Social conditions — Oral history

Mourad, Assaad Mourad, 1946-

Lebanon — History — Civil War, 1975-1990 — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 2012 for the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project, University of North Texas Oral History Collection. Interviewer: Molly Bundschuh.

Physical Description:

57 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1752

OCLC Numbers:

871201652