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Robert Hatem
Robert Hatem (Arabic: روبير حاتم, born ), known by his code name Cobra, (named after his personal pistol), is a Lebanese former bodyguard and head of security of the Lebanese Forces leader Elie Hobeika, and who later moved to France as a political refugee where he published his scandalous book ''From Israel to Damascus''. His book caused so much controversy within the Lebanese political realm to the point it was banned from being published and distributed in Lebanon. The book focuses on Hobeika’s role as a militia leader during the civil war, including corruption and his role in the Sabra and Shatila operation. Biography From an early age, Hatem was involved in military trainings in the Lebanese Front and the Kataeb party. in 1972, he moved to Israel to receive training and later became the personal assistant of Elie Hobeika (HK) for 20 years. Cobra moved to France as an asylee, where he wrote his book ''From Israel to Damascus'', which some believe that he released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arabs, Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as First language, mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melhem Karam
Melhem Karam (1932–2010) was a Lebanese writer and journalist who owned many publications, including ''Al Bayrak'' newspaper and ''Al Hawadeth'' magazine. He was also long-term president of the Lebanese Journalists Union for nearly 50 years in the period 1961–2010. Early life and education Karam was born in Chouf, Deir al Qamar, in 1932. His parents were Karam Melhem Karam, an author, and Emilie Asmar. They were Maronites. He had two sisters and a brother, Issam Karam (died March 2020), who was the head of Beirut Bar Association. Karam graduated from the Sagesse high school and then, studied law at the Saint Joseph University and at the Lebanese University. Career During his studies at the university Karam worked for different Lebanese newspapers and magazines. In 1961 Karam was elected as the head of the Lebanese Journalists Union which he held until his death in 2010. He was also the vice president of the Arab Journalists' Federation and of the International Journalists' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Refugees In France
Seeking asylum in France is a legal right that is admitted by the constitution of France. Meanwhile, the status of recognised asylum seekers is protected by corresponding laws and Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, which France signed on 25 July 1951. France is considered to be one of the main asylum host countries in Europe. In 2017 there were 337,143 refugees registered, and up to the end of 2018, 20,710 new asylum seekers had been given legal status to reside in France. Asylum policies in France are regarded as a concerned topic among the public and politicians, and some controversies also exist in the current system of French asylum policies, such as issues on the assimilation policy, national security problems and living conditions of asylum seekers. Laws and Procedures The status of asylum seekers The legal status of seeking asylum in France is guaranteed under the Asylum and Immigration Law. Generally, two types of asylum protections are classified by the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massoud Achkar
Massoud "Poussy" Achkar ( ar, مسعود "بوسي" الأشقر; 1956 – 11 January 2021) was a Lebanese independent politician. He was close to former president Bashir Gemayel, and later co-founded the Lebanese Forces.L'Orient Le Jour''. Massoud Achkar : L’armée est capable d’assurer la sécurité sur tout le territoire'' Biography During the Lebanese Civil War, Achkar was known as "Poussy" and was in charge of military operations in Achrafieh between 1975 and 1986. Achkar founded "Unity for Lebanon" movement () and was its secretary general. He took part in the 2009 and the 2018 Lebanese general elections to represent the Beirut constituency but without success. Achkar was married to Greta Achkar and has four daughters. He died from COVID-19 in Beirut on 11 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon. See also * Assaad Chaftari * Jocelyne Khoueiry * Joud El Bayeh Joud el Bayeh (also spelled Jud Bayeh or Judd Bayeh, Arabic: جود البايع or جو ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jocelyne Khoueiry
Jocelyne Khoueiry (15 August 1955 – 31 July 2020) was a Lebanese female militant of the Kataeb Party and an activist during the Lebanese Civil War. Biography A Maronite Christian, Khoueiry was active in the Kataeb Party. During the Civil War, the Christian militia fought against the Palestinian fighters of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). On 7 May 1976, she defended a building overlooking Martyr's Square in Beirut alongside six other girls against 300 Palestinian fighters. Khoueiry killed their leader, causing the militia to panic and flee following a six-hour span. An image of Khoueiry received worldwide attention. Khoueiry led up to 1,000 combatants under her orders. The number of women reached 1,500 in 1983. She laid down her arms in 1986. In 1988, Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab made a film about Khoueiry. The film, broadcast on Canal+, was titled ''La Tueuse'' and reports on her passage of faith during the Lebanese Civil War. She founded three associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Atik
Hanna Yussuf Atik (born 7 February 1959) is a Lebanese politician, and veteran of the Lebanese Civil War. Early life Hanna Yussuf Atik was born on 7 February 1959 in Al Hedd-Akkar, a village in Northern Lebanon, to a non-political Maronite family who had been farmers for several generations. He was one of eight children. The Lebanese Civil War broke out when Atik was a teenager. His first experience with the war occurred in 1976 when he was around 16 years old; after severe confrontations with the Palestinian-backed forces, the Lebanese Army withdrew from Bayt Mellat. Two soldiers sought refuge in Al Hedd-Akkar, and Atik's grandmother and uncle instructed him to lead the soldiers up the river from Al Hedd to Al Kubayyat, around 16 kilometres away. Displaced by war Further attacks were carried out on Lebanese villages by armed groups from the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), working with allied local Lebanese factions. After massacres in neighboring Christian village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Khoury
Elias Khoury ( ar, إلياس خوري; born 12 July 1948) is a Lebanese novelist, and prominent public intellectual. Accordingly, he has published myriad novels related to literary criticism, which have been translated into several foreign languages, including English. Khoury has also written three plays and two screenplays. Khoury has been an editor of famous Lebanese newspapers. Between 1993 and 2009, he served as an editor of ''Al-Mulhaq'', the weekly cultural supplement of the Lebanese daily newspaper '' Al-Nahar.'' He also taught at universities in some Arab and European countries, and the United States. Biography Early life Elias Khoury was born in 1948 into a Greek Orthodox middle-class family in the predominantly Christian Ashrafiyye district of Beirut. He was a left-handed and never liked being one. At the age of 8, he started enjoying Jurji Zaydan's readings which, later on, taught him more about Islam and his Arabic background. Eventually, Elias stopped reading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boutros Khawand
Boutros Khawand ( ar, بطرس خوند, born 1940 in Kattin) was a member of the political bureau of the Lebanese Kataeb party and one of the cofounders of its military council in 1975. He was kidnapped in front of his house in Horch Tabet on September 15, 1992. Background Boutros Khawand began his political career in the Kataeb party in 1956. He held several key positions within the party in which he was one of the co-founders. In 1976, he became the confident of the elected Lebanese president Bachir Gemayel. In 1982, Khawand was elected to the presidency of the Military Council and the political bureau of the Kataeb party (the largest Christian party in the middle east), He held the latter position until his kidnapping on September 15, 1992. He was known to have a strong and well respected relations with all Lebanese leaders specially with president Amine Gemayel as well as the president of the Lebanese forces (Dr. Samir Geagea). Kidnapping On September 15, 1992, at 9:10 AM, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Bayrak
''Al Bayrak'' (; ''The Flag'') was an Arabic language newspaper published in Beirut, Lebanon. It was one of the leading and oldest Arabic papers in the country. After being published for a century the paper closed in August 2011. History ''Al Bayrak'' was founded in 1911. Its founder was the Lebanese poet Said Akl. The publisher was Dar Alf Leila Wa Leila publishing house which owned a number of daily and weekly publications in Lebanon and in Europe, including ''Al Hawadeth'', '' Monday Morning'' and ''La Revue du Liban''. The company was headed by Melhem Karam. In the 1990s Melhem Karam was the editor and Said Nassereddine the editor-in-chief of the daily. Then Karam who was also the president of Lebanese Journalists Association served as the editor-in-chief. The daily was disestablished in August 2011 due to financial problems. Influence and political orientation In 2009, the IREX, an international research board, cited the daily as one of the major eleven papers published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies to its west across the Mediterranean Sea; its location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has contributed to its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious diversity. It is part of the Levant region of the Middle East. Lebanon is home to roughly six million people and covers an area of , making it the second smallest country in continental Asia. The official language of the state is Arabic, while French is also formally recognized; the Lebanese dialect of Arabic is used alongside Modern Standard Arabic throughout the country. The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back over 7000 years, predating recorded history. Modern-day Lebanon was home to the Phoenicians, a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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