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The LYM was founded in the early 1970s as an association of Maronite right-wing university students, who strongly opposed the 1969 Cairo Agreement and the presence of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) guerrilla factions in Lebanon, by Maroun el-Khoury (nom de guerre "Bash Maroun"), the son of the former head of the Dekwaneh district of East Beirut, Naim el-Khoury.
At the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, the country was home to a large Palestinian population divided along political lines. [8] Tel al-Zaatar was a refugee camp of about 3,000 structures, which housed 20,000 refugees in early 1976, and was populated primarily by supporters of the As-Sa'iqa faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). [8]
Sheikh Boutros el-Khoury (Arabic: بطرس الخوري, 1907 – 18 November 1984) was a Lebanese businessman, banker and industrialist.A successful self-made man, Khoury managed to build a large commercial and industrial empire, and was one of Lebanon's most well-established businessmen from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Dekwaneh (or Dekweneh; Arabic: دكوانة) is a suburb north of Beirut in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The population is predominantly Maronite Christian . [ 1 ] Tel al-Zaatar , an UNRWA administered Palestinian refugee camp housing approximately 50,000-60,000 refugees, and the site of the Tel al-Zaatar ...
Khoury (Arabic: خوري or Ḫūrī), also transliterated as Khouri, is a Levantine Arab surname that is found among Arab Christians in the Middle East. The term Khoury means "priest" in Levantine Arabic.
ElKoury was born in Paris, the son of Lebanese architect Pierre el-Khoury.He studied architecture in London before switching to photography. He began photographing daily life during the Lebanese Civil War.
Bernard Khoury (born on August 19, 1968, in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese architect. His work has been extensively published by the professional press. Khoury started an independent practice in 1993. Over the years, his office has developed an international reputation and a significant diverse portfolio of projects both locally and abroad. [1 ...
Daychounieh native people are from Sakr, Khoury and Abou Khalil families. Etymology. This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (June 2010) Geography