George Yammine (Arabic: جورج يمين; Ǧōrǧ Yammīn; born in

Zgharta Zgharta ( ar, زغرتا, syc, ܙܓܪܬܐ), also spelled Zghorta, is a city in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 50,000. It is the second biggest city in Northern Lebanon after Tripoli. Zgharta is about 150 metres above sea ...

, Lebanon on April 10, 1955 - died in Lebanon in 2000) was a Lebanese poet, media manager, and literature and arts critic in ''

An-Nahar ''An-Nahar'' ( ar, النهار, lit=The Day or The Morning) is a leading Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Lebanon. In the 1980s, ''An-Nahar'' was described by the ''New York Times'' and ''Time Magazine'' as the newspaper of record f ...

'' daily newspaper. Earning a BA in

Arabic literature Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...

, he became the director of Radio Free and United Lebanon from the years 1984 to 1987. During this last year of 1987, he was appointed as the Director of the National Press in the North of Lebanon. He was also a member of the Association of Writers, Composers and Publishers of Music (SASEM). George Yammine was known for writing lyrics to songs that ranged from a number of different topics, and were sung by a number of famous Lebanese artists. Titles include: * Oumeima El Khalil - Yā Rifāqī l-Abriyāʾ (Oh My Innocent Comrades) * Samira Toufiq - 3a Neba3 Mar Sarkis jinna *Sammy 7awat - 3al Midan Tlaqaina *Joseph Nassif - El Ma3moura bil Koura *Wadi3 el-Safiy - El-youbil *Nour al Malla7 - Baddy B'Ailou *George Wassouf - Dally Tlejy *Ghassan Saliba -

Ehden Ehden ( ar, إِهْدِن, Syriac-Aramaic: ܐܗܕ ܢ ) is a mountainous city in the heart of the northern mountains of Lebanon and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal in the Mount Lebanon Range. Its residents are the people of Zgharta, as ...

3arouss *3azar Habib - Ehden Jammal *Majida El Roumi - Ha Ataiyna *Ragheb Aalameh - Hab Al Hawa *George Wassouf - Jayii Ana Ghanni *Ghassan Shedrawi - Jinna 3al Midan *Samir Yazbek - Kamshet etTrab *Joseph Abou Malheb - Khalf Al *Ragheb Aalameh - Layl W'taljj *Ghassan Shedrawi - Layl Wa Dabab *Asmara - Ya Layl Ehden Ya Hellou *Hayyam Younes and Joseph Abou Mrad *Saba7 - Tal El-rabei3 *Hayyam Younes - Tal El-rabei3 *Yola Bandali - Waraq Al Khariif (Autumn Leaves) *Joseph Abou Melheb - Ya Tiyarra Yammine also wrote a script for a children's movie called ''Amani Under the Rainbow''. The lyrics to the songs in it were also written by him. George Yammine died in the year 2000. He was given the Lebanese Medal of Honor.

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Recordings of Yammine's musicGeorges Yammine on Ehden Family Tree Website
1955 births 2000 deaths Lebanese male poets Lebanese Maronites 20th-century Lebanese poets Lebanese songwriters 20th-century male writers People from Zgharta {{Lebanon-poet-stub