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The Karami family is a Sunni political family in the city of Tripoli in Northern Lebanon. Members of his family traditionally held the position of mufti of Tripoli. The family is also known to adhere a strong Arab nationalist ideology as it runs the Arab Liberation Party, now known as the Dignity Movement. [28] Notable members:
A double-edged khanda (sword) is placed at the top of a Nishan Sahib flag as an ornament or finial. In recent years, the Khanda has been used to show solidarity within the Sikh community after high-profile shootings in the United States. [5] Another symbol that may be confused with the Khanda is the aad chand (lit.
The family ruled two sheikhdoms in Northern Lebanon, Aqoura from 1211 to 1633 and the Zawyia region of Zgharta from 1641 to 1747. [4] Its lineage traces from King Abu Chemor, a Christian [5] Ghassanid who gave his name to the family. Its sheikhs were the last Ghassanid princes to rule until the 18th century. [6]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Islamic Resistance in Lebanon المقاومة الإسلامية في لبنان Al-Muqāwamah Al-Islāmīyah fī Lubnān Secretary-General Naim Qassem Deputy Secretary-General Vacant Head of the Executive Council Vacant Founder Subhi al-Tufayli Abbas al-Musawi X Hassan Nasrallah X Founded 1985 ...
Last month, the U.S. government began coordinating flights for U.S. citizens, their eligible family members, and legal permanent residents wishing to evacuate Lebanon. More than 1,100 have left.
About half the population of the Mount Lebanon subdivision, overwhelmingly Maronites, starved to death (200,000 killed out of 400,000 of the total populace) throughout the years of 1915–1918 during what is now known as the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon, [52] as a consequence of a mixed combination of crop failure, punitive governance ...
Lebanon was one of the first countries in the Arabic-speaking world to introduce internet. Beirut's newspapers were the first in the region to provide readers with web versions of their newspapers. By 1986, three newspapers from Lebanon were online, Al Anwar, Annahar, and Assafir, and by 2000, more than 200 websites provided news out of Lebanon ...
The family claims descent from an eponymous ancestor, Thabit ibn al-Dahdah, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a member of the Sahabah, also known as Abu al-Dahdah, whose descendants are believed to have migrated to Damascus in the wake of Arab conquests, then settled in Aqoura, then an administrative dependency of Damascus, before converting to Christianity.