.- The Vatican's spokesman said that papal history was made Sunday during Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines where an estimated 6-7 million people attended his closing Mass.
“The official number that has been given to us is between six and seven million,” Father Federico Lombardi told journalists at a press conference in Manila on Sunday, calling it the "largest event of the history of the Popes."
In his homily for the Jan. 18 Closing Mass in the Philippines, Pope Francis pointed to our identity as God’s children, calling for the protection of the family against the numerous attacks that threaten it.
It's tough being a satirist amid countless known and invisible threats, but that hasn't deterred Maya Zankoul, Toni Yammine and their merry group from poking fun at all things Lebanese via Beirut+ TV. "My dream was for years to create an animated series like the Simpsons," Zankoul said, adding that an initial attempt to secure funding for it failed, so she decided to do it independently.
What that taught her was that the Lebanese market wasn't ready for an animated TV series and that it didn't yet make commercial sense because the cost was much higher than the viewership, compared to series abroad. "And the topic is Lebanon, so it's very limited," she explained. "This is why we decided to go for the Web, do something which will probably reach more people than TV, and the format of two or three minutes long each."
Growing up in the “Middle East” often led me to think what does this term means and where did it originate from? I wondered because the word “middle” refer to the middle of something but what was it? We are in the middle of what? Further, where is East?
Long time age we also used to hear similar terms like Near East and Far East, but we do not hear those terms anymore, which ignited my thinking again. Then the question evolved: if Far and Near East are not being used anymore, why do we still use ‘Middle East’ why this term persists?
It is also important to note that this term is not only used in politics but even in business. Most multinational companies have the term ‘Middle East’ inserted in their divisions that focus on this region.
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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