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Louay Khraish
Louay Khraish is a Lebanese-American screenwriter, producer, and film educator, He is known for the feature film, ''Arzé''. Early life Louay Khraish was born in Ain Ebel, Lebanon. Education He earned his doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2009. Career Louay Khraish began his career in television, producing the Saudi weekly television magazine, ''Bayn El Wilayat'', which was filmed in nine states, focusing on America's cultural heritage. He also developed content for the digital platforms at Baynounah Media Group in Abu Dhabi before moving back to New York City. In 2018, he produced for Film Independent the film education webseries, ''Film Arabi''. In 2019, he optioned Lolly Winston, Lolly Winston's ''Good Grief (novel), Good Grief'' with Faissal Sam Shaib, and the script they wrote based on the novel was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival Script Competition. He is known for ''Arzé'' the Lebanese feature film that he co-wrote and produced wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain Ebel
ʿAin Ebel ( ar, عين إبل; Syriac: ), the ancient 'En Bol, is a village located in the Lebanese Upper Galilee in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon. Etymology Historian Taissier Khalaf writes that the name of the town means "Spring of the Monk" because in Aramaic ''Ain'' means spring and ''Ebel'' means the hermit, who wears a monk's garb. While Anis Freiha and Friar Youakim Moubarak believe that ''Ebel'' is a corruption of the word Baal, in reference to the Semitic god associated with storms and thus irrigation, and combined with ''Ain'' then the name may mean the "Spring of Irrigation". Edward Henry Palmer, in 1881, wrote that it meant "The Spring of Camels" taking a literal translation for the name from classical Arabic. Variation of Spelling Due to the different standards in the Romanization of Arabic, the spelling of the name of the village has sometimes varied, such as Ainebel, Aïn Ebel, Ain Ebl, Ain Ibl, ‘Ayn Ibil, ‘Ain Ibil, Aïn I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
