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As the last Lebanese census was conducted in 1932, it is difficult to have precise population estimates. Lebanon has the highest proportion of Christians of any country in the Middle East, but exact size of this population has been disputed for many years. One estimate of the Christian share of Lebanon's population, as of 2012, was 40.5%. [17]
Spouse. Charles Tudor. . (m. 1989) . Website. actforamerica.org. Brigitte Gabriel (Arabic: بريجيت غابرييل; born Hanan Qahwaji, [2] 21 October 1964) is a Lebanese-American conservative activist, author and lecturer, and critic of Islam. [3][4][5][6] She is the founder of ACT for America, an advocacy group that opposes Islamic extremism.
History. Lebanese women obtained women's suffrage on February 8, 1953. [7] Since that time, Lebanese women have made progress towards sustainable empowerment goals. [8] In 1997, Lebanon acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). In 1998, Lebanon established the National Commission for ...
A 2012 study conducted by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut-based research firm, estimated Lebanon's population to be 54% Muslim (27% Shia; 27% Sunni), 46% Christian (31.5% Maronite, 8% Greek Orthodox, 6.5% other Christian groups) [11] The CIA World Factbook estimates (2020) the following, though this data does not include Lebanon's sizable Syrian ...
The Maronite Church's website claims 1,062,000 members were in Lebanon in 1994 which would have made them around 31% of Lebanon's population. [24] Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group, followed by Greek Orthodox. [25] Percentage growth of the Lebanese Maronite Christians (other sources est.)[26][23][27][28][29][30][31] Year.
Maronites (Arabic: الموارنة, romanized: Al-Mawārinah; Syriac: ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ, romanized: Marunoye) are a Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group [21] native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of West Asia, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the largest concentration long residing near Mount Lebanon in modern Lebanon. [22]
Arab Christian wedding in Galilee. Arab Christians are one of the most educated groups in Israel. Maariv has described the Christian Arab sectors as "the most successful in the education system". [268] Statistically, Christian Arabs in Israel have the highest rates of educational attainment among all religious communities.
Laure Moghaizel (1929–1997) was a Lebanese attorney and prominent women's rights advocate. [1] who was awarded the National Order of the Cedar (commander) in recognition of many years of social and public service. Moghaizel was a founding member of many organizations including the Democratic Party of Lebanon, the Lebanese Association for ...