Berbara, Akkar District
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Berbara (Aakkar) () is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is mostly
Alawite Alawites () are an Arabs, Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism, a sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ''ghulat'' branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate A ...
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In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as ''Burbarah'', located east of esh-Sheikh Mohammed. The inhabitants were
Alawite Alawites () are an Arabs, Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism, a sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ''ghulat'' branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate A ...
s.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
184
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Berbara (Aakkar)
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