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Kafarhata Prominent Figures
Kafarhata Prominent Figures
Although all of Kafarhata citizens are highly cultivated, most of them are
either licentiate or master and Ph holders, listed below only the prominent
figures that held high positions and became known outside their village on a
large-scale. This is not to minimize the importance of others; everyone is for
us object of pride.
The names are listed in alphabetical order:
|
Dr Adnan Iskandar |
Vice president of the American University of Beirut (AUB). |
|
Alberto Abdullah |
Ambassador in Argentina |
|
Chawki Choueiri |
Ambassador of Lebanon in Greece and in the United Nations. |
|
Choukri Saba |
Appeal Prosecutor in Beirut. |
|
Dr Elias Saba |
Minister of Finance and Defense and Cabinet Vice President, Koura Deputy, Advisor of many governments and corporations. |
| Georges Abi-Esber | Poet, Educator, writer. |
|
Georges Sawaya |
Writer and Owner of Al Islah newspaper, Politician in the epoch of Iraqi king Fayssal 1. |
|
Gergy Iskandar |
Judge. |
|
Gebran Jabbour |
Poet, writer, Historian. |
|
Hannah Gohsn |
Journalist and ex- owner of Al Diar newspaper. |
|
Dr Marwan Iskandar |
Economical Expert and advisor. |
|
Melhem Ghosn |
District Commissioner, president of Car registration department. |
|
William Gohsn |
Mandatory Minister. |
Facts gathered by Marleine Chaiban in the light of the book written by Mr. Gebran jabbour and entitled "Kafarhata History: its families and monuments".