Kfeir ( ar, الكفير) is a small village nestled 900 m above
sea level
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, in Hasbaiya District (Qada'a), an administrative division of Nabatiyeh Governorate (Mohafazah) along the steep slopes of the top of the
Jebel Sheikh in
Lebanon
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.
The village enjoys mild summers of an average temperature of 25ºC. However, the winters are much colder and the village receives heavy snow. Kfeir's high altitude allows fog to form above the hills even in summer, giving the village a mystical and spiritual scenery.
The inhabitants of Kfeir are
Christians
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and
Druze
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, and they mainly cultivate olives, pines and other fruit trees.
Notable people
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Emily Nasrallah
Emily Daoud Nasrallah ( ar, إيميلي داود نصر الله) ('' née'' Abi Rached; 6 July 1931 – 13 March 2018) was a Lebanese writer and women's rights activist.
She graduated from the Beirut College for Women (now the Lebanese Ameri ...
, Lebanese novelist
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Fares al-Khoury
Faris al-Khoury ( ar, فارس الخوري, Fāris al-Khūrī) (November 20, 1877 – January 2, 1962) was a Syrian statesman, minister, prime minister, speaker of parliament, and father of modern Syrian politics. Faris Khoury went on to become p ...
, Syrian politician
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Issam Abou Jamra, former Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon
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Fadi Abou Jamra, candidate for the
2018 Lebanese general election
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Assaf Abu Rahhal, Lebanese journalist killed in the
2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash
References
St. George's Youth Organization in Kfeir
External links
* http://www.kfeir.com/
Localiban
{{Hasbaya District
Populated places in Hasbaya District
Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Lebanon