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Abed [David] Salam Itani was born in Beirut, Lebanon to Khalil and Nadia Itani in 1952 as the first of nine children. At age 21 in 1977, in order to escape the Lebanese Civil War, David moved to Saudi Arabia where he struggled to work as a hairdresser due to prohibitions against men fixing women's hair. He briefly returned to Lebanon in 1978 before moving to Dubai, while his parents and six siblings moved to Australia to also escape the violence of the Lebanese Civil War. In Dubai, David met an American named Faye who moved from North Carolina and in 1984 they were wed and had a daughter named Natalie. The family eventually moved to North Carolina, where David and Faye had a second child named Khalil and in 1987 opened a salon in Raleigh, North Carolina. With their move, the family became involved with the Triangle Lebanese Association.
The Itani Family Photographs and Oral History collection contains photographs of the Itani family in Lebanon and one oral history conducted with David Itani and his family members.
This collection is arranged in the order it was received.
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.
[Identification of item], Itani Family Photographs and Oral History, KC 0007, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Gift of David Salam Itani, 2014 October (Accession No. 2014.0011).
Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Finding aid content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall and Ginni Leeman, 2023 November and 2024 June. Finding aid created by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
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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[Identification of item], Itani Family Photographs and Oral History, KC 0007, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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.