Syrleb Heritage Celebrating Syrian-Lebanese Culture & Diaspora

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Grandma's Hands Know the Recipe: How Syrian-Lebanese Home Cooks Are Keeping Culture on the Table
Food & Culture

Grandma's Hands Know the Recipe: How Syrian-Lebanese Home Cooks Are Keeping Culture on the Table

Across kitchen tables in cities like Detroit, Dearborn, and Los Angeles, Syrian-Lebanese grandmothers are doing something quietly extraordinary — turning everyday cooking into an act of cultural preservation. We talked to families navigating the delicate, urgent work of capturing recipes before they exist only in memory. Here's what they told us, and how you can start doing the same.

Digging Through Borders: A Practical Guide to Tracing Your Syrian-Lebanese Roots Through DNA and Family Records
Heritage & Identity

Digging Through Borders: A Practical Guide to Tracing Your Syrian-Lebanese Roots Through DNA and Family Records

Whether your family left Beirut in the 1890s or fled Aleppo more recently, piecing together your Syrian-Lebanese ancestry is both more possible and more complicated than ever before. Between modern DNA tools and old-fashioned archival digging, diaspora members across the US are uncovering stories that borders and time tried to bury. Here's where to start.