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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:
In modern Lebanon, many families still retain the honorific aristocratic titles of Sheikh, Muqaddam, Emir & Bey.The Lebanese government formally recognizes their rights by including the honorific titles in the official Lebanese ID documents (with title preceding the first name; except for the Turkish Bey title which follows the first name).
Pages in category "Political families of Lebanon" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Lebanon, [b] officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula , [ 11 ] it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline.
Map of Asia. The politics of Asia are extremely varied as would be expected of such a large landmass and a diverse population. Constitutional monarchies, absolute monarchies, one-party states, federal states, dependent territories, liberal democracies and military dictatorships are all factors in the region, as well as various forms of independence movements.
Many Lebanese families are economically and politically prominent in several Latin American countries (in 2007 Mexican Carlos Slim Helú, son of Lebanese immigrants, was determined to be the wealthiest man in the World by Fortune Magazine), and make up a substantial portion of the Lebanese American community in the United States.
Lebanon has hundreds of registered political parties. After 2005, when the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri precipitated the Cedar Revolution, the political landscape became polarized between two rival alliances, the March 8 Alliance and the March 14 Alliance. Both names refer to dates of mass demonstrations during the ...
El-Assaad or Al As'ad (Arabic: الأسعد) is an Arab feudal political family who originated from Najd and is a main branch of the Anizah tribe. [1] Unrelated to Syrian or Palestinian al-Assads, the El-Assaad dynasty that ruled most of South Lebanon for three centuries and whose lineage defended the local people of the Jabal Amel (Mount Amel) principality – today southern Lebanon – for ...