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Achrafieh (Arabic: الأشرفية) is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. [1] In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector ( secteur ) centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quarter ( quartier ).
A CIA map of neighborhoods in Beirut in 1986, which also shows the Green Line Green Line, Beirut, 1982. The Green Line (Arabic: الخط الأخضر) was a line of demarcation in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990.
The Way of the Wind retells and chronicles several episodes in the life story of Jesus [4] through several parables. [5] A subplot revealed by Röhrig concerns Jesus not wanting Saint Peter, one of his disciples, to partake in a political movement to fight the Roman occupation.
The Sioufi Garden in Achrafieh District, Beirut. The Sioufi Garden (in Arabic حديقة السيوفي) is a public garden in the Achrafieh District of Beirut in Lebanon. The garden overlooks Avenue President Émile Lahoud, the Beirut River, and the summits of Mount Lebanon. The area of the garden is 20,000 square meters. [1]
Rue Sursock, in the Achrafieh district of Beirut, is named after the family, which owned and continues to own palatial homes on the street, such as Sursock House. Lady Cochrane Sursock , who in 1946 married Sir Desmond Cochrane , is the owner of the Sursock House , as well as a vast amount of property along Rue Sursock , up to the fashionable ...
After the Armenian genocide, the Armenians, who had sought refuge on the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean, tried to revive the Armenian life in a foreign land.One of the first envoys of this holy mission was Rev. Yenovk Hadidian, who formed an elementary school, in order to create a small Armenian family who would receive an evangelical education, and would give rise to new Armenian ...
"Christ's shedding his Blood was for St. Gaspar and is for us the sign of God's great love for all people. This spirituality of the Blood continues to impel us to build community through the inclusion of the marginalized, to walk in solidarity with those who suffer, and to seek reconciliation in a divided world".
Shartouni had made up his mind to carry out the operation. On the night of 13 September 1982, he sneaked onto the second floor of the building where the Kataeb Party office was located in Achrafieh. [13] His behaviour did not arouse suspicion since he lived on the third floor of the same building with his sister and grandparents. [13]