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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... to benefit from the on-going real-estate demand," Bank Audi's Weekly Monitor reported on Tuesday.Mount Lebanon accounted for the majority of distributed construction permits in the first half of 2008 with 48.8 percent of the total, followed by the North with 16.3 percent, the South (15.9 percent), Beirut (13.7 percent), and the Bekaa Valley (5.2 percent). - The Daily Star
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News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
A Lebanese mufti, an Islamic scholar, sharply criticized Hizbullah, implying it was holding the Lebanese nation hostage after last week's prisoner exchange with Israel. Sheikh Muhammad 'Ali Al-Jouzu, the mufti of Mount Lebanon, said the Lebanese were happy to receive Samir Quntar and his companions, but the exchange was mainly a way for Hizbullah to shore up its standing. "We released the prisoners...
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Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... would still be alive. He never expressed any remorse. Qantar was born in the village of Abiya, on Mount Lebanon. “My father worked in Saudi Arabia as a chef for Albir Avila, the international hotel chain. He was a well-known chef, in high demand. He used to come home once every two months, always laden with gifts like clothes and perfumes. “My mother is a homemaker with a very strong personality....
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... all exports between 1872 and 1910.Lebanon 's first silk factory was established in 1840 in Btater, Mount Lebanon - in those days the mountain was an autonomous district within the Ottoman Empire. In 1914, it is estimated that there were roughly 120,000 textile workers in "Syria and Lebanon." Most of them worked in the silk industry. In that golden period, a "Silk Office" was set up to manage...
