Naharnet, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri threw a dinner banquet Friday in honor of Lebanon's political, security and religious leaders and hoped a new president will be elected “before Eid al-Fitr,” which will be observed in early July.
“The presidential vacuum is about to enter its third year and the more it protracts the more the State and its institutions are nearing the edge of the abyss,” Asiri said in a speech at the dinner. “I urge you to find the political will and consensual solutions to resolve this issue, so that Eid al-Fitr can be celebrated in the presence of a new president,” he added.
The dinner was attended by Prime Minister Tammam Salam, a representative of Speaker Nabih Berri, al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri, Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, MP Suleiman Franjieh's son Tony, ex-presidents Amin Gemayel and Michel Suleiman, ex-PMs Najib Miqati and Fouad Saniora, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan, a representative of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Aude.
Daily Star.com.lb BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai Saturday called on the Lebanese diaspora to cease the chance to gain the Lebanese citizenship so they can preserve their ancestry for future generations.
“You must take the matter of gaining the nationality seriously because it assures you continuity by getting civil rights-which you might not care about, but which your kids benefit from, and you will preserve your ancestry,” state media quoted Rai as saying to a South African-Lebanese community in the city of Johannesburg. “The Lebanese citizenship is important because Lebanon is the only country that preserves the Christian-Muslim coexistence, which separates between religion and state,” Rai added.
Mary Achkhanian, Staff Reporter Dubai: There’s finally a Lebanese president, but in Brazil not in Lebanon, Lebanese expats have said after Vice-President Michel Temer assumed the role of president in Brazil early this month.
As Lebanon marks its second year without a head of state, Lebanese expatriates in the UAE commented on the irony of Brazil having a president of Lebanese descent while Lebanon is still struggling to appoint one.Due to the ongoing political drift in the country, parliamentarians’ efforts to elect a president has remained on hold.The expatriates said the appointment of Temer brought both happiness and sadness to the Lebanese people.
Diana John, 30, a teacher, said, “I personally felt proud that Lebanese people are achieving and doing well and are prominent outside their country, but at the same time it upset me that they have to leave our country to be able to achieve something,” she said.
The US-led coalition has begun a new "mess-with-them" campaign that involves dropping leaflets on ISIS' de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria, urging residents to leave the city, The Daily Beast's Nancy Youssef reported on Friday.
Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها
Origins of the "Prince of Maronite" Title
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
Historical Members:
Barbar Beik El Khazen [English]
Patriach Toubia Kaiss El Khazen(Biography & Life Part1 Part2) (Arabic)
Patriach Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Cont'd)
Cheikh Bishara Jafal El Khazen
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen
The Martyrs Cheikh Philippe & Cheikh Farid El Khazen
Cheikh Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Hossun El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou-Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Francis Abee Nader & his son Yousef
Cheikh Abou-Kanso El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou Nader El Khazen
Cheikh Chafic El Khazen
Cheikh Keserwan El Khazen
Cheikh Serhal El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Rafiq El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Hanna El Khazen
Cheikha Arzi El Khazen
Marie El Khazen