Charles Abed Papers

Families

Passports

Biographical/Historical Note

Charles “Charlie” Ibrahim Abed was born in Kano, Nigeria, in 1959, to Lebanese immigrants. The second youngest of five children, Charlie spent his early childhood in Nigeria before his father sent him and his younger sister to Lebanon to attend boarding schools. Due to the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, Charlie completed his high school education in the United States.

Charlie entered university in Detroit, Michigan before deciding to join his brother Samir in North Carolina in 1979. He attended UNC-Charlotte, where he met his future wife, Susan Walsh. They married in 1983 and moved to Pennsylvania to work for IBM. Charlie and Susan returned to North Carolina in 1987 and had four children: Mira, Sasha, Richard, and Erica. Charlie and Susan continued to work for IBM until 1994, when Charlie left to start his own business and Susan began consulting and homeschooling their children. Charlie's businesses included an oil change shop, a UPS store, a car wash, and a donut shop.

Scope/Content Note

This collection consists of photographs and documents related to Charles Abed’s childhood in Nigeria and Lebanon, his immigration to the United States, and his family life.

Charles Abed

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

circa 1960s-2010

Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.

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