Dhour El Choueir
Dhour El Choueir
ضهور الشوير | |
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City | |
 Dhour El Choueir road - 1947 | |
  Dhour El Choueir Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:33°54′43.32″N35°42′32.54″E/ 33.9120333°N 35.7090389°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
| District | Matn District |
| Elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
Dhour El Choueir(Arabic:ضهور الشوير), sometimesDhour Shweir,is a mountain town in Lebanon ('dhour' meaning 'summit, top [of a mountain]') located in theMatn District.It lies slightly north of the mainBeirut-Damascushighway, overlooking the city of Beirut and the Mediterranean sea, some 30 km from Beirut and 42 km fromBeirut International AirportinKhalde.This mountain town is one ofMount Lebanon's favored summer resorts, known for its extraordinary fresh air and is also important for its August yearly carnival, honoring Lebanon's emigrants. It is linked toBeirutvia the Matn Express Highway, also known as the M90 throughBaabdat.
Demographics
[edit]The inhabitants of Dhour El-Choueir are predominantly Christians, with half of the population beingEastern Orthodox,while the other half is mostlyMelkiteandMaronite.
History
[edit]TheGreek CatholicmonkAbdallah Zakherset up anArabic languageprinting pressusingmovable typeat the monastery of Saint John at Choueir, the first homemade press in Lebanon. He personally cut the type molds and did the founding of the elegant typeface. He created the first true Arabic script type in the Middle East. The first book off the Zakhir press was printed in 1734; this press continued to be used until 1899.[1]
The town was on the front line during theLebanese Civil Warfrom 1975 to 1990.
Education
[edit]- Dhour Shweir Public Secondary School
Notable people
[edit]- Antun Saadeh,the founder and historical leader of theSyrian Social Nationalist Party(SSNP)[2]
- Tanios Bou-Nader Khneisser, the father of the Sword & Shield Folkloric Dance.
- Jafet/Yafeth family (Naameh, Chedid, Benjamin Yafeth) family of local aristocracy who immigrated to Brazil towards the end of the 19th century and became business tycoons of that country.
- Abraham Rihbany(1869-1944), a writer on politics and religion.
- Khalil Hawi(1919-1982) was one of the most famous Lebanese poets of the 20th century.
- Asad Rustum(4 June 1897 - 23 June 1965) a Lebanese historian, academic and writer.
- Salwa Nassar(1913 — February 17, 1967) was a Lebanese nuclear physicist and college administrator
- The family ofEdward Said(1935-2003) regularly vacationed in the resort, and Said was married there (1962).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Saudi Aramco World: Arabic and the Art of Printing: A Special Section".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-12-29.Retrieved2007-03-11.
- ^"Naharnet Newsdesk - SSNP Unveils Saadeh's Sculpture 54Years after his Firing Squad Execution".naharnet.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-27.
- ^Brennan, Timothy.Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said(2021).
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