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29 unusual facts about Lebanon


Ain Dara

Ain Dara, Lebanon, a town in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon

Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid

While the establishment of the madina ("city") of Anjar ("Ayn al-Jarr") in the Beqaa Valley is normally attributed to al-Walid I, other sources, including the Byzantine Greek chronicler Theophanes the Confessor and contemporary historian Jere L. Bacharach, credit Abbas for the city's founding in the fall of 714.

Al-Ghassaniyah

:For the town in Lebanon, see Ghassanieh, Lebanon

Bassam Al-Soukaria

Bassam Al-Soukaria is considered one of the most powerful army commanders to rule Mount Lebanon army in the seventeenth century.

Bassam Al-Soukaria (May 14, 1580–April 13, 1667) (Arabic: بسام السكرية) was a Lebanese army commander in chief, son of Prince Nazim el Maany from the Maan Druze dynasty.

Battle of Palmyra

It was tasked with advancing northwest to defeat the Vichy French garrison at Palmyra and secure the oil pipeline from Haditha in Iraq to Tripoli on the Lebanon coast.

Bobby Gerhart

Bobby Gerhart (born July 21, 1958, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is a driver on the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.

Connecticut's 8th assembly district

Prior to 2001, the district also contained part of Lebanon but contained only part of Coventry.

Edde

Edde, Lebanon, a village located 45 km north of Beirut, Lebanon

Eesh Safari

It is the orange team in Eesh Safari 1, and was led by the participant Yasmin from Lebanon.

Frank Chelf

He graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee in 1931 and was admitted to the bar in 1931 and commenced practice in Lebanon, Kentucky.

Halim El Roumi

Halim El Roumi (in Arabic حليم الرومي) (c. 1919 – 1983), born Hanna Baradhy (ﺣﻨﺎ ﺑﺭﺍﺩﻋي), was a Lebanese musician, composer, singer and actor.

Hasib Sabbagh

Sabbagh left Palestine in April 1948 and moved to Lebanon.

Hôpital Saint Joseph des Soeurs de la Croix

Hôpital Saint Joseph des Soeurs de la Croix or the Hospital of Saint Joseph of the Sisters of the Holy Cross is a private, non-profit medical institution in Dora, Lebanon.

Julie Glass

Glass took another break from skating in 2002, during which time she and her husband ran a roller rink and drive-through coffee shop in Lebanon, Oregon.

Lebanese general election, 1968 in Tripoli City

Voting to elect five members of the Lebanese parliament took place in Tripoli City in 1968, part of the national general election of that year (the rural areas of Tripoli District had a separate constituency).

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Lebanon was chartered as a town by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, one of 16 along the Connecticut River.

The village of West Lebanon occupies the western part of the city, along the Connecticut River.

Tele Atlas, a leading worldwide developer of mapping databases, has its North American headquarters in Lebanon.

Lebanon, Tennessee

Lebanon is featured in Death Proof, directed by Quentin Tarantino, as the setting for the second half of the film, although none of the scenes were actually filmed in Lebanon.

Pescennius Niger

Some cities previously loyal to him decided that it was time to change their allegiance, in particular Laodicea and Tyre.

Phoenicia under Hellenistic rule

However, when Alexander tried to offer a sacrifice to Melqart, Tyre's god, the city resisted.

Ramlet al-Baida

On April 10, 1973, a seaborne Israeli commando unit that landed in Dora, departed from Ramlet al- Bayda after assassinating PLO officials, Muhammad Al Najjar, Kamal Adwan, and Kamal Nasser.

Salim Ali Salam

and a second time in 1922, when he was sent into exile to the village of Douma in northern Lebanon for 5 months.

Tyrian shekel

Tyrian shekels (Tyrian tetradrachmas) were coins of Tyre, which in the Roman Empire took on an unusual role as the medium of payment for the Temple tax in Jerusalem, and subsequently gained notoriety as a likely mode of payment for Judas Iscariot.

Tyrus

Tyre, Lebanon or Tyrus, the Latin name of the ancient Phoenician city

Western University of Health Sciences

In 2011, Western University of Health Sciences opened a new medical school campus in Lebanon, Oregon called the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest.

William Glenn Terrell

In 1903, when he was about 25, Glenn Terrell earned his law degree, an LL.B., from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.

William McKendree

In 1830, he lent his support to the Lebanon Seminary, Lebanon, Illinois.


1948 Winter Olympics

Chile, Denmark, Iceland, Korea, and Lebanon all made their Winter Olympic debut at these Games.

Alfred Werner Maurer

In 1973, he participated as a researcher at the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken under the direction of Rolf Hachmann in the excavations at Tell Kamid al lawz (or Kamid el-Loz) (Kumidi) in Lebanon part.

Almerigo Grilz

He witnessed all the conflicts from mid 70’s, from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan to the Israeli’s operation in Lebanon; the conflicts between Druses and Christian Maronites; and the Myanmar-Thailand border war between Keren minority and Myanmar regulars.

Armenia Fund

All-Armenian Fund through its 25 affiliate organizations has presence in 22 countries around the world: United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, and Australia.

Bashir Shihab II

Today, the Chehabs are still one of the prominent families in Lebanon and his direct descendants are currently residing in Turkey, France and U.K. known as Paksoy family.

Boo.com

The biggest loser among boo.com's investors was Omnia, a fund backed by members of Lebanon's wealthy Hariri family, which put nearly £20 million into the company.

Bsharri

Bsharri is the town of the only remaining (preserved) Original Cedars of Lebanon (Cedrus libani), and is the birthplace of the famous poet, painter and sculptor Khalil Gibran who now has a museum in the town to honor him.

Catholicate

For example, within the Armenian Apostolic Church there are two catholicosates: the Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin, Etchmiadzin-Armenia, and the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, Antelias-Lebanon.

Chris Walley

He taught at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon from 1980–84, where he met his wife and where his two sons John and Mark were born.

Chyah airstrike

The Chyah Airstrike or the Chyah massacre was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the Shiyyah suburb in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on August 7, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War.

Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries

The Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries (known also as Kreimist or Krayme) was founded at the monastery of Kreim - Ghosta (Mountain of Lebanon), in the year 1865.

Dominic Waghorn

He worked there for almost five years, during which time he covered the wars in Iraq, the aftermath of the War in Lebanon, and the Arab Spring.

Egyptian Islamic Jihad

It is "likely that the notion of suicide bombing" was inspired by Hezbollah as al-Zawahiri had been to Iran to raise money, and had sent his underling Ali Mohamed, "among others, to Lebanon to train with Hezbollah".

Fatah al-Islam

The PLO representative in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki also met with official bodies in Lebanon to officially inform them that the group is made up of "extremists" and is not linked with Palestinian agenda.

Flag of Vatican City

The white has also been reported in relation with the white mountains of Lebanon and of the biblical city of MiehWMieh according to the Lebanese Historian Anis Freiha.

Green Drinks

Started in London in 1989, by Edwin Datschefski, Paul Scott, Ian Grant and Yorick Benjamin, it has spread to 51 cities in the United Kingdom, 400 in the U.S. and many more in Canada, Germany, Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Manila, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Puerto Rico and Lebanon.

Islam in Venezuela

On 20 July 2006, dozens of people marched in Caracas towards the Israeli embassy to protest against the war in Lebanon.

Jouret el ballout

Jouret el ballout is a village located in the Metn area in Lebanon, surrounded by Broumana, Kenabet Broumana, Baabdat and Roumieh, it has a very beautiful overview on Beirut, it can be reached in just 7 minutes through new metn highway.

Kafarakab

From Kfarakab, the Maalouf clan migrated within Lebanon to Zahlé and Niha in the Bekaa Valley where it became one of the most prominent families in these villages.

Karimeh Abbud

It is known that her father died in June 1949 in his father's hometown of Khiam in southern Lebanon.

Lebanese general election, 1968 in Koura District

Voting to elect two members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Koura District (a rural area in northern Lebanon) in 1968, part of the national general election of that year.

Lebanese general election, 1968 in Zgharta District

Voting to elect three members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Zgharta District in northern Lebanon in 1968, part of the national general election of that year.

Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra

The Orchestra played host to well known soloists such as the Polish guitarist Vladimir Gromolak, Dutch violinist Werther Vosn, tenor Plácido Domingo, composer and soprano Hiba Al Kawas, Spanish guitarist José Maria Gallardo del Rey, Lebanese violinist Zareh Tcheroyan, the Polish pianist Radivonovitch and the Japanese pianist Atsuko Seta.

Lebanese Navy

Admiral Émile Lahoud who was elected the President of Lebanon in 1998.

Lebanon Airport

Tallman Airport, a private use airport in Lebanon, Oregon, United States (FAA: 88OR)

Lebanon–Syria relations

This led to further isolation of the Mount Lebanon region from Greater Syria and wider Ottoman rule.

Lee Nailon

His international experience includes playing for Adecco Milano in Italy (1999-00), Bnei HaSharon in Israel (2006–07; 2010–present), Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in Russia (2007–08), Al-Riyadi in Lebanon, Leones de Ponce (2009) and Piratas de Quebradillas in Puerto Rico (2010).

Little Syria, Manhattan

The overwhelming majority of the residents were Arabic-speaking Christians, Melkite and Maronite immigrants from present-day Syria and Lebanon who settled in the area in the late 19th century, escaping religious persecution and poverty in their homelands – which were then under control of the Ottoman Empire – and answering the call of American missionaries to escape their difficulties by traveling to New York City.

Maurice Chappaz

Maurice Chappaz carried out still other numerous trips around the world : Laponia (1968), Paris (1968), Nepal and Tibet (1970), Mount Athos (1972), Lebanon (1974), Russia (1974 et 1979), China (1981), Quebec and New York (1990).

Michel Temer

In a TV interview for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (May 8, 2010), Temer indicated that his family originates from the town of Btaaboura in Koura District, neighboring the city of Tripoli in Northern Lebanon.

Middle Eastern Empires

Naram-Sin quickly destroyed and dispersed the Sumerian rebels and also went on a vast campaign of conquest, taking his armies to Lebanon, Syria and Israel, and then to Egypt.

The city's status as residence of the Eastern Roman Emperor made it into the premier city in all of the Eastern Roman colonies in the Balkans, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Cyprus, Egypt, and part of present day Libya.

Miniara

Miniara (Arabic: منياره) (also transliterated Minyara) is a village in the District of Akkar, North Lebanon, 9 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, and 3 kilometers south of Halba.

Mohammad Kassas

He then played for first division teams in Lebanon such as Safa Sporting Club, Shabab Al-Sahel, Hekmeh, Olympic Beirut, and Nejmeh.

Nabil Sayadi

Born in Lebanon, Nabil Sayadi was the director and founder of the European branch of Global Relief Foundation, centred in Belgium.

Qana Massacre

Qana airstrike, also known as the Second Qana massacre, an attack in July 2006 on a civilian building near Qana, Lebanon

Raymond Eddé

Eddé was born in Alexandria, Egypt, where his father, a native of the town of Edde in the Jbeil District and an opponent of Ottoman control of Lebanon, had taken refuge after being sentenced to death for subversion.

Rizk

Georgina Rizk (Arabic: جورجينا رزق), Lebanon's first and so far only Miss Universe

Stuart A. Hancox

Hancox won the University of Arkansas Press Award for his translation of Improvisations on a Missing String by the Lebanese writer Nazik Saba Yared.

Swatara State Park

After a proposal to raze the historic building, Swatara Watershed Association, led by Jo Ellen Litz, a Lebanon County commissioner, took over control of the building, which has been preserved by them including the installation of new roofing materials, but the cabin no longer has utilities or windows.

Tamirace Fakhoury

Tamirace Fakhoury is a Lebanese poet born in Beit Chabab, Mount Lebanon.

The School of Ecclesiastic Music

The School of Ecclesiastic Music (SEM) is a school of Byzantine music in Matn, Lebanon.

Thermobaric weapon

Thermobaric and fuel-air explosives have been used in guerrilla warfare since the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in Lebanon, which used a gas-enhanced explosive mechanism, probably propane, butane or acetylene.

Vahe Vahian

Vahe-Vahian (Armenian: Վահէ-Վահեան), born Sarkis Abdalian (22 December 1908, Gürün Turkey, died in 1998, Beirut, Lebanon), was an Armenian poet, writer, editor, pedagogue and orator.

Wadi al-Qarn – Burqush Important Bird Area

It lies at an altitude of 1,175 – 1,500 m next to the village of Burqush in the Anti-Lebanon mountains, near Mount Hermon and close to the border with Lebanon.

Yuri Illichev

The coach continued to build the national side around his youth team players such as Jalal Abdul Rahman, Rahim Karim, Falah Hassan, and Ali Kadhim, with his influential captain and midfield general Douglas Aziz however after a surprising 1–0 defeat to Lebanon in a 1972 Olympic qualifier in Beirut, the coach's contract with the Iraq FA had finished and he returned to Moscow to work as a lecturer at the Central State Institute of Physical Culture.