Irene and Michel Farah interview, 12 November 2016

 Download  Print  Copy Citation

Irene and Michel Farah are Palestinian Americans who came to Cleveland, which they love, in 1972 for medical training. Michel is a cardiologist studied at the American University of Beirut and Irene has a Master’s in French literature from Case University. The both from the city of Jerusalem, which, plays a significant role in their life and identity. They have two girls and two boys. Irene and Michel believe it is of great important to preserve their Arabic culture as well as the Palestinian identity. They also are involved in the life of the Arab community in Cleveland.

Participants: Assily, Rania (interviewer) / Tayyara, Abedelraman (interviewer) / Farah, Michael (interviewee) / Farah, Irene (interviewee)
Collection: Arab Community in Cleveland
Institutional Repository: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection

Oh no! This interview has not yet been transcribed.
Transcription is expensive and time-consuming. You can support transcription on clevelandvoices.org by sponsoring an interview. As a sponsor, your name – or the name of your family or organization – will become part of the archival record. Donations to the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities are processed via the CSU Foundation and are tax-deductible.

Sponsor this interview

Arab Community in Cleveland

12 Interviews

These interviews comprise stories from the Arab American community in Cleveland. The educational, political, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds of the interviewees are diverse in scope and shed light into the unique contributions Arabs have made to their local communities since immigrating to Cleveland dating from the 1950s onward. Interviews were conducted by Dr. Abed Tayyara, associate professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies and director of Middle Eastern Studies at CSU and Ms.…

Browse Interviews Details