Category: History & Heritage

Shakib Jaber Activist – Advocate Activist & Advocate At the entrance to Aley, on Beirut-Damascus Road, stands the statue of the lawyer, activist and martyr, Shakib Jaber. Shakib Jaber was […]

Aref el Rayess Artist Aref in Aley Born in Aley, Mount Lebanon, Aref el Rayess (1928 – 2005) was an artist, painter and sculptor – known and loved as much […]

Abdul Munim Talhouk Entomologist A Life of Insects Dr. Abdul Mun’im Talhouk, (1913 – 26 April, 2004) Born in Egypt in 1913, he grew up in the mountain village of […]