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Robert Rabbat
Robert Rabbat (born 14 February 1960, Beirut) is a Lebanese cleric who is the current Eparchy, eparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney. Biography Rabbat was born in Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon in 1960. He lived in West Beirut up until the Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese civil war, when in 1976 he had to flee with his family to East Beirut. He studied at the Christian Brothers schools and graduated from Ashrafieh High School in Lebanon. In 1979 he came to the United States to study engineering at Ohio State University. In 1982 he graduated from OSU with a B.A. on Engineering and a B.A. in Mathematics. Rabbat's civil career took him to US, Europe and the Middle East as a technical consultant for the Middle East and Africa supervising desalination and water treatment projects with DuPont, Dupont de Nemours International. He was a project manager for the 3rd. International Conference on Road Maintenance in the Middle East under the auspices of the ... [...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] |
