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Fête des Mères. The holiday also falls on the Vernal Equinox. May 6. Martyrs' Day. عيد الشهداء. Jour des martyrs. Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on May 6, 1916 by Jamal Pasha. November 1. All Saints' Day.
Father's Day is a holiday honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. The holiday complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day and, in some countries, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day. The day is held on various dates across the world, and different ...
Prayer rope. Patronage. Lebanon. Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. [1] (Arabic: شربل مخلوف, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898), born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf and venerated as Saint Charbel, was a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness, and for his ability to unite Christians, Muslims ...
His father was a retired veteran of Lebanon's army, a cross-sectarian force funded by the U.S. and other countries and widely seen as source of unity in Lebanon. His sisters were all in their 20s.
The devices detonated as people were in shops, or with their families at home, killing 12, including an eight-year-old girl who went to pick up the pager for her father, and an 11-year-old boy.
e. Lebanese Independence Day (Arabic: عيد الإستقلال اللبناني, romanized: Eid Al-Istiqlal, lit. 'Festival of the Independence') is the national day of Lebanon, celebrated on 22 November in commemoration of the end of the French Control over Lebanon in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule.
Protests in the evening of Lebanon's 76th Independence Day celebration in Martyr's Square, Beirut. Lebanon's 76th Independence Day was celebrated on 22 November 2019 with the nation's first-ever civil parade, which was organized by civil society groups in Beirut's Martyr's Square. An invite-only private military parade had been held in the ...
Kahlil Gibran. Gibran Khalil Gibran[a][b] (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, [c][d] was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist; he was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title. [5] He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published ...