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List Of Lebanese People In Spain
This is a list of notable individuals born in Spain of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Spanish dual nationality who live or lived in Spain. Musicians * Chenoa, singer with Lebanese maternal grandmother Politicians * José María Benegas, Lebanese-Jewish politician Sports * Noel Jammal, European F3 Open Championship driver * Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer with dual Spanish citizenship is of Lebanese descent * Roberto Merhi, Spanish racing driver of Lebanese-Brazilian origin Translators * Miguel Casiri, Arabic–Latin translator and Arabic–Spanish translator Visual Artists * Douglas Abdell, Sculptor See also *Lebanese people in Spain *List of Lebanese people * List of Lebanese people (Diaspora) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lebanese people in Spain Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chenoa
María Laura Corradini Falomir (born June 25, 1975, in Mar del Plata, Argentina) popularly known as Chenoa, is an Argentine-Spanish music artist who rose to fame as a contestant on reality television singing competition ''Operación Triunfo''. Her music style could be described as pop. Most of her music is in Spanish, although a few tracks on some albums were recorded in English. Although her albums are not readily available in the U.S. record shelves as they are in Spain and Latin America, they can be found on the Internet. She has sold more than 1,000,000 records since 2002. Early life Chenoa was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina on June 25, 1975, although her family moved to Mallorca, Spain, when she was eight. She grew up in a musical family; both parents were musicians who used to sing in hotels at live music shows. At the age of 16, Chenoa began to sing professionally, taking part in her parents' show. When her mother fell ill, Chenoa had to stand in for her. Her fathers fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Benegas
José María "Txiki" Benegas Haddad (25 July 1948 – 25 August 2015) was a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). His nickname "Txiki" is Basque for "small". Early life Benegas was born in Caracas, Venezleua. His father, José María Benegas Echeverría, was an exiled Basque Nationalist politician, who fled Spain in 1939 following the victory of Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. While his mother, Doris Haddad, was a Lebanese Jew who immigrated from Lebanon to Venezuela. Benegas moved to Spain in 1955 and studied in the Jesuit College before qualifying as a lawyer at the University of Valladolid in 1971. He then briefly moved to London to study English and Economics. Entering politics On his return, he joined the PSOE and the affiliated Trade Union, the Unión General de Trabajadores. In 1974 he was elected Secretary of the PSOE's youth wing and also became Vice-Secretary of the International Socialist Youth movement. In 1977 he entered nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Jammal
Noel Jammal Fernández, better known as Noel Jammal (in Arabic language, Arabic نويل جمّال, born 3 March 1990 in Madrid) is a Lebanon, Lebanese-Spain, Spanish Formula 3 driver who is in :es:Cedars Motorsport, Cedars Motorsport group founded by his father Youssef Jammal and he regularly represents in international competition. Noel Jammal was a karting enthusiast at an early age. On his 18th birthday, he asked his parents to give him a test drive on a racing car as a gift. He did very well, after which his family financed his endeavour in professional car racing. At nineteen, he became champion for Madrid City and then made his participation in an official circuit racing championship in 2009. His first win and gold trophy was at the Jerez circuit of the European Formula 3 Open Championship in Spain in 2011. In 2011, he was picked as ambassador for Lebanese public awareness campaign ''Kunhadi'' (Be calm), promoting safe driving among Lebanese youth. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Layún
Miguel Arturo Layún Prado (born 25 June 1988) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club América. Layún began his career in 2006 with Veracruz, and in 2009 signed for Italian club Atalanta, becoming the first Mexican player to play in the Serie A, where he only made two substitute appearances. He returned to Mexico in 2010 with Club América, winning two league titles before joining Spanish club Granada at the end of December 2014 and shortly after, English club Watford in January 2015. He joined Portuguese club Porto on loan, and the club made the deal permanent the following season. In 2018, he joined Spanish club Sevilla on loan. An international since 2013, Layún represented Mexico at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, and two CONCACAF Gold Cups, winning the 2015 edition. Club career Veracruz Born in Córdoba, Veracruz, Layún began his professional career with C.D. Veracruz, in his home state, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Merhi
Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991), is a Spanish racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Manor Marussia F1 Team during the 2015 season. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racing, and won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship, while driving for Prema Powerteam. In 2018, he drove for MP Motorsport and Campos Vexatec Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. Since 2019, he has competed in sportscar racing, including finishing third in the 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series. Career Merhi was born in Castellón de la Plana, Spain to Brazilian parents of Lebanese descent. Formula Renault In 2007, Merhi mainly competed in Italian Formula Renault and the Formula Renault Eurocup, finishing 4th and 18th respectively. In 2008 he competed in the West European Series, where he was runner-up, and he finished 4th in the Eurocup. He also did five races in the Spanish Formula Three Championship. Formula Three Merhi made the full-time step-u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Casiri
Miguel Casiri ( ar, الاب مخايل الغزيري; Mikhael Ghaziri) (1710–1791) was a learned Maronite and Orientalist. He was born in Tripoli, Lebanon (formerly in Ottoman Syria). He studied at Rome, where he lectured on Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, philosophy and theology. In 1748 he went to Spain and was employed in the royal library at Madrid. He was successively appointed a member of the Royal Academy of History, interpreter of oriental languages to the king, and joint-librarian at the Escorial. In 1763 he became principal librarian, a post which he appears to have held till his death in 1791. Casiri published a work entitled '' Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana Escurialensis'' (2 vols., Madrid, 1760–1770). It is a catalogue of more than 1800 Arabic manuscripts, which he found in the library of the Escorial; it also contains a number of quotations from Arabic works on history. The manuscripts are classified according to subjects. The second volume gives an account of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Abdell
Douglas Abdell (born 1947) is an American sculptor, living and working in Málaga, Spain. Early life and education Abdell was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1947, to parents of Lebanese and Italian origin. In 1970 he graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture. Career Abdell is predominately a sculptor and has worked with cast and welded bronze, welded steel, and carved stone. In the early eighties he had a period of painting with oil, acrylics and mixed media collage works. In the last 30 years his work has been devoted to political and social themes related to the Mediterranean Countries and their history more specifically Phoenician and Arabic with their specific symbols and languages. The materials of these works are cast bronze, carved stone and etchings. He is currently living in Málaga, Spain. Selected exhibitions Individual Exhibitions * 1971 – Graham Gallery, New York City. * 1972 – Graham Gallery, New York City. * 1977 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese People In Spain
Lebanese people in Spain ( es, Libaneses en España) are people from Lebanon or those of Lebanese descent, who live in the country of Spain. Most of the Lebanese people in Spain are expatriates from Lebanon but also there is a sizable group of people with Lebanese descent from Latin American countries with sizable Lebanese diasporas like Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay and Brazil. Notable people * Miguel Casiri * Yamila Diaz * Noel Jammal * José María Benegas * Roberto Merhi * Shakira * Chenoa See also * Lebanon–Spain relations * List of Lebanese people in Spain * Arabs in Spain * Arabs in Europe * Lebanese diaspora References {{Spain topics Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ... Spanish people of Lebanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lebanese People
This is a list of notable individuals born and residing mainly in Lebanon. Lebanese expatriates residing overseas and possessing Lebanese citizenship are also included. Activists *Lydia Canaan – activist, advocate, public speaker, and United Nations delegate *Jill Kelley – advocate, socialite, and former diplomat * Sandra Melhem – LGBT rights activist * Aya Mouallem (born 1998) zi– electrical engineer, and gender equality activist Arts and entertainment Beauty pageant winners * Dina Azar – Miss Lebanon 1995 * Joëlle Behlock – Miss Lebanon 1997 * Valerie Abou Chacra – Miss Lebanon 2015 *Jihane Almira Chedid – Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2020, Miss Supranational Asia 2021 *Rina Chibany – Miss Lebanon 2012 *Rima Fakih – Miss USA 2010 *Sonia Fares – Miss Lebanon 1969 * Lamitta Frangieh – Miss World Lebanon 2004 *Karen Ghrawi – Miss Lebanon 2013 *Saly Greige – Miss Lebanon 2014 * Perla Helou – Miss Lebanon 2017 *Annabella Hilal – Miss World Leba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lebanese People (Diaspora)
This is a list of notable Lebanese individuals born in the Lebanese diaspora of Lebanese ancestry or people of dual Lebanese and foreign nationality who live in the diaspora. Country listings: Africa *Main listing: List of Lebanese people in Africa **List of Lebanese people in Ghana ** List of Lebanese people in Ivory Coast ** List of Lebanese people in Senegal ** List of Lebanese people in Sierra Leone ** List of Lebanese people in South Africa Americas *List of Lebanese people in Argentina *List of Lebanese people in Brazil *List of Lebanese people in Canada *List of Lebanese people in the Caribbean ** List of Lebanese people in Curaçao ** List of Lebanese people in Dominican Republic ** List of Lebanese people in Haiti ** List of Lebanese people in Jamaica ** List of Lebanese people in Puerto Rico *List of Lebanese people in Chile * List of Lebanese people in Cuba *List of Lebanese people in Colombia *List of Lebanese people in Ecuador *List of Lebanese people in Guatemala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of People Of Lebanese Descent
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
