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  • Collection: Collection of Letters from Colombia

Date: 1967 July 17
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He reassures him that the general situation in Lebanon is calm. He also tells him that the family is doing well.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_05_19670717_001.pdf

Date: 1967 June 12
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He reassures him about the family. He tells him that the war between the Arabs and the Jews was shocking and that hostilities were stopped with the help of the United Nations. What matters…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_05_19670612_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali informing him that his son Joe had a second son.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_05_19670310_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He sends greetings for Christmas and the New Year and his hope to meet Michel very soon. He also tells him that Gilbert and his wife Denise had a little girl named Brigitte.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_06_19681222_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He thanks him for the check (25000 USD) he sent and tells him that he has distributed the money as requested by Michel.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_06_19680220_001.pdf

Date: 1968 June 30
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him some of the family news.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_06_19680620_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He sends greetings on the occasion of St. Michael's day.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_06_19681115_001.pdf

Letter from Goerges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about his trip with his wife Salwa in the Mediterranean.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_06_19681010_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about the problem of the existing Fidayeen in South Lebanon and about Israel's airstrikes against them and against the Lebanese population in the south. He also describes the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_07_19690821_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him how the Fidayeen organizations with the help of the Syrian Army have occupied large sections of Lebanon and how these organizations are attacking the Lebanese Army sites. He…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_07_19691107_001.pdf

Date: 1969 April 3
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about the differences between the Palestinian Fedayeen and the people in South Lebanon and many other Lebanese regions. He describes how they do not respect any law or government…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_08_19700515_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He commemorates it being the fiftieth year since Michel travelled to Colombia. He tells him that the situation in Lebanon has calmed after the retreat of the Syrian fighters and the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_07_19700210_001.pdf

Date: 1925 May 28
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He discusses the idea of establishing a new business in Paris where they could gather again. He also sends the greetings of their mother and sisters.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_08_19250528_001.pdf

Date: circa 1967
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He reassures him about the family. He also tells him about the death of their brother-in-law Toufic in October 1967.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_05_00000000_002.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about the family news.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_19_00000000_034.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He expresses his love.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_19_00000000_033.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about the family and his trip to Morocco.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_19_00000000_031.pdf

Date: undated
Letter most likely from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about his trip to Marrakesh.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_19_00000000_012.pdf

Date: undated
Letter most likely from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He shares with him some news about the family.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_19_00000000_011.pdf

Date: undated
Letter most likely from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about their relative Michel Kaadi who drowned in the sea.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_19_00000000_002.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He asks him if returning to his homeland is a possibility.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_040.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about the situation in Palestine and how Zionism displaced the Palestinians.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_036.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him that he gave his consent for Joe to travel to Colombia.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_033.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him how happy they were with his visit to them in Lebanon. He also expresses how much they miss him after his return to Colombia. He tells him also about the Cuban crisis between…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_01_00000000_002.pdf

Date: 1927 Mar 6
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He sends him the greetings of the family and asks him to return to his family soon.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270306_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his nephew Michel Rbeiz and his wife Simone. He sends him new year's greetings
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_02_19660110_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to his son Roger Saykali. He tells him how unhappy he is with Roger's decision to work in England.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_01_19640328_001.pdf

Date: 1961 May 29
Letter from Georges Saykali to Marcel Bridi informing her that he has send some goods.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_38_19610529_001.pdf

Letter from Georges Saykali to Mitri Karam. He tells him about his children and Joe's marriage. He also tells him about Michel's trip from Colombia to Beirut to attend Joe's wedding.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_39_19621130_001.pdf

Date: 1955
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He asks him to return to his homeland.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_19550000_003.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He tells him about his children's studies.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_017.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He reassures him about the family.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_016.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali. He expresses his love to his brother.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_015.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali most likely sent from Beirut. He tells him about the summer vacation.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_013.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali most likely sent from Beirut. He tells him about immigrating to America.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_010.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali most likely sent from Beirut. He tells him about some matters related to the family home in Bhamdoun.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_009.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali most likely sent from Beirut. He tells him about his son's wedding.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_006.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali most likely sent from Beirut. He tells him some news about the family.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_005.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali most likely sent from Beirut. He tells him about the cost of educating his children.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_004.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Georges Saykali to his son Joe. He congratulates him for his perseverance in his studies.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_002.pdf

Date: 1946 Jan 1
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He tells him that he now has a second son. He also tells him that he was hospitalized because of Typhoid. Finally, he confirms receiving $300 and not $500.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_23_19450317_002.pdf

Date: 1927 July 11
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He sends greetings. He tells that he has sent him some handbags.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270711_001.pdf

Date: 1929 Apr 14
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He sends greetings and expresses his conviction about the evolution of the situation in Syria.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_12_19290414_001.pdf

Date: 1939 Feb 15
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He sends greetings and urges him to return to his family, especially with the rumours about a global war. He expresses his conviction that being in Mount-Lebanon is better then staying in Colombia and that…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_21_19390215_001.pdf

Date: 1938 Apr 15
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He expresses his concern that Michel did not write to his family that year.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_20_19380415_001.pdf

Date: 1940 Jan 15
Letter from Goerges to his brother Michel. He expresses his concerns about Michel with the war going on. He tells him that he now has a fourth son and hopes that Michel will be his godfather.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_22_19400115_001.pdf
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