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Pierre Shammassian
Pierre Chammassian (born in Bourj Hammoud on 9 March 1949, Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-Armenian comedian, actor and stand-up comic, popular in Lebanon with Arabs and Armenians, as well as in the Armenian Diaspora. Career Chammassian regularly tours wherever Armenian and Lebanese communities exist. Along with André Jadaa, Michel and Jean-Pierre Chikhani, Chammassian was responsible for reviving the Le Théâtre de Dix-Heures in Lebanon. He is a follower of the Armenian Catholic Church, and is an Armenian Revolutionary Federation supporter. Chammassian has had many roles over the course of his career, but is best known for his character Batal Shvaradzian, who has featured in four plays to date: Shad Mi Kharner, Batal Dan Pesa, Portzank Batal, Chellalik Batal, hamartsag hasmige ou batale and yerespokhan batale 2019. Other plays of his include Harses Prnetzi and Lezoon Voskor Chooni. See also * Théâtre de Dix-Heures * Sami Khayat * Mario Bassil Mario Bassil (Arabic: ما ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourj Hammoud
Bourj Hammoud (also spelled Burj Hammud; ar, بُرْجُ حَمُّودٍ; hy, Պուրճ Համուտ) is a town and municipality in Lebanon located north-east of the capital Beirut, in the Matn District, and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is heavily populated by Armenians. Bourj Hammoud is a mixed residential, industrial and commercial area and is one of the most densely populated districts in the Middle East. Bourj Hammoud has a major waterfront (river and sea) at Beirut's north gateway that, however, underwent an anarchic urban development. History Early history Today known as "The City of Life" was exhausted Armenians who had survived the death marches in Deir ez-Zor (Syria) arrived in Beirut after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, they were given the right to construct shacks on the eastern banks of the Beirut River that was at the time swamps and marshy lands. They were then allowed to erect houses and buildings which stand to this day. In 1952, Bourj Hammoud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Khayat
Sami Khayat ( ar, سامي خياط; 2 December 1943 – 26 April 2023) was a Lebanese francophone theatre comic actor, director, and writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of comic theatre in Lebanon. Khayat was born on 2 December 1943. He began his artistic career with a play he presented in 1960, entitled ''Molière Hugo and Sofocole''. His plays were classified as satirical lyric theater, known as the chansonnier. He duetted with Pierre Chamassian from 1973 until 1986, and once again in 2013. In 2020, he was awarded the French Medal of Arts and Literature with the rank of officer, in recognition of his 60 years of theatrical work in the French and Franco-Lebanese languages. which did not stop even in the midst of the Civil war. He was honored on several occasions in Lebanon by ''The Gebran Tueni Gebran Ghassan Tueni ( ar, جبران تويني; 15 September 1957 – 12 December 2005) was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of daily pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Beirut
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Armenian Catholics
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Lebanese Eastern Catholics
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Lebanese People Of Armenian Descent
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Lebanese Comedians
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Mario Bassil
Mario Bassil (Arabic: ماريو باسيل) is a Lebanese comic actor, stand-up comedian, TV presenter, producer and director, best known for his controversial character Marioca and his daring work in the ''Comedy Night'' theatrical series since 2003, that showed nightly in Beirut, which he directed, produced and took part in, that approaches social and political topics of the duration of an hour. He featured for five years in the TV comedy series ''Mouniaa Fi Loubnan (منع في لبنان)''. Mario is well known throughout the Arab world. He was awarded ''Best Comic Actor'' for 2009 at the Lebanese annual Murex D'or Awards. Biography Early life He studied agricultural engineering and then changed his specialization to computer science and he did not like the specialization. He studied the communication at the Lebanese American University and then continued his studies and majored in cinema in France in 2006, where he gained the theatrical experience, as he worked in mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De Dix-Heures
Le Théâtre de Dix-Heures (English: The 10 O’clock Theater) was a Lebanese comic theatrical group which functioned between 1962 and 1978 before being revived in 1986. They specialized in comedy. History in 1962, le Théâtre de Dix-Heures was established by Gaston Chikhani, Pierre Gédéon, Abdallah Nabbout (Dudul), and Edmond Hanania. In 1978, Le Théâtre de Dix-Heures made their final performance at the Casino du Liban. Eight years later, in 1986, Michel Chikahni, Jean-Pierre Chikhani (Sons of Gaston Chikhani), Pierre Chammassian, and André Jadaa revived the group. In 1991, Le Théâtre de Dix-Heures achieved international fame when they performed ten plays in eleven years. After that, Michel Jean-Pierre Chikhani continued Le Théâtre. Jadaa and Chammassian left to form Les Diseurs. Cast 1986: Michel Chikhani, Pierre Chammassian, Jean-Pierre Chikhani, Andre Jadaa, Ramona Cambar 1987 - 1989: Pierre Chammassian, Jean-Pierre Chikhani, Andre Jadaa, Michel Chikhani, Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, and was one of Phoenicia's most prominent city states, making it one of the oldest cities in the world (see Berytus). The first historical mention of Beirut is found in the Amarna letters from the New Kingdom of Egypt, which date to the 14th century BC. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city. Beirut is an important seaport for the country and region, and rated a Beta + World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Beirut was severely damaged by the Lebanese Civil War, the 2006 Lebanon War, and the 2020 massive explosion in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian nationalist and socialist political party founded in 1890 in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian. Today the party operates in Armenia, Artsakh, Lebanon, Iran and in countries where the Armenian diaspora is present. Although it has long been the most influential political party in the Armenian diaspora, it has a comparatively smaller presence in modern-day Armenia. As of October 2021, the party was represented in three national parliaments with ten seats in the National Assembly of Armenia, three seats in the National Assembly of Artsakh and three seats in the Parliament of Lebanon as part of the March 8 Alliance. The ARF has traditionally advocated socialist democracy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Catholic Church
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