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	Beirut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Beirut was known as "The Paris of the East" prior to the civil war because of its cosmopolitan atmosphere.
		Beirut is one of the most diverse cities of the Middle East, as it is shared by Christians (Maronites, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, Armenian Catholics, Roman Catholics, Protestants), and Muslims (Sunni and Shi'ite) as well as a minority of Druze.
		Beirut was torn apart during the Lebanese Civil War and was divided between the Muslim West Beirut and the Christian East.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beirut (1730 words)

	Beirut, Lebanon - Travel Photos by Galen R. Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Beirut is a cosmopolitan city, with a mixture of European and Arab influences, but it is also a city suffering from the blights of poverty and warfare.
		On the city's northern edge, the port area dominates East Beirut; in West Beirut, important tourist facilities and institutions, including many of the city's hotels, foreign embassies, and the American University of Beirut, are located along the shore on the Avenue de Paris.
		Beirut was known as the most liberal of the Arab capitals, and it provided a safe haven in the Middle East for Arabs who wanted to experience Western cultures.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /beirut.htm (1472 words)

	Wikinfo \| Beirut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Beirut is the commercial, banking and financial center for the region, with twenty-one universities including the American University of Beirut, Université de Saint-Joseph, Business and computer University,Hagazian University, Lebanese University, American Lebanese University, American University College of Science and Technology, and Beirut Arab University,.
		For much of the Middle Ages Beirut was overshadowed by Acre as the largest Arab trading centre, but in the eighteenth century Beirut, with the help of Damascus, successfully broke Acre's monopoly on trade and in a few years supplanted it as the main trading centre in the region.
		Beirut began the centre of Arab intellectual activity in the nineteenth century.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Beirut (543 words)

	Travel in Beirut - Lebanon - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Modern Beirut, with over a million residents, remains the country’s cultural and commercial centre although the city was left in ruins by the 1975-90 civil war.
		Beirut Arab University was founded in 1960 by the Lebanese Moslem Welfare Society "Jami'at al-bir wa al-ihsan" in co-operation with the University of Alexandria, and licensed by Lebanese Presidential Decree No. 874 dated January 13, 1961, with a view to providing opportunities for higher learning to Arab students.
		In its capacity as the only Arab University, which can be called regional in the real sense of the word, and being a private institution, it has liberty of action and flexibility of programs.
	www.mideasttravelling.net /lebanon/beirut/beirut_culture.htm (743 words)

	Beirut Arab University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Beirut was torn apart during the Lebanese Civil War and was divided between the Muslim WestBeirut and the Christian East.
		Beirut is the commercial, banking and financial center of the region, with twenty-one universities including the American University of Beirut, Lebanese American University (originally the firstwomen's college in the Middle East), Universitéde Saint-Joseph, Hagazian University, LebaneseUniversity, American University College of Science and Technology, and Beirut ArabUniversity.
		It was a foreshadow of the rise of the University in the 11th century.
	www.daikaiju.com /edge/9727-beirut%20arab%20university.html (865 words)

	Lebanon - Technical and Vocational Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Beirut Arab University was established in 1960 and was officially an Egyptian-sponsored institution under the auspices of the Maqasid Society of Beirut.
		Saint Joseph University, established in 1875, was administered by the Society of Jesus and had strong ties to the University of Lyons in France.
		The American University of Beirut (AUB) was initially established in 1866 by the Evangelical Mission to Syria.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-7993.html (334 words)

	Encyclopedia: American University of Beirut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The American University of Beirut (AUB) is a private, independent, non-sectarian university founded in 1866 in Beirut, Lebanon.
		The name was changed to American University of Beirut on November 18, 1920.
		Beirut, the capital of the Lebanese Republic, has long been considered, by virtue of its strategic location, the crossroads between the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, and the gateway to the East.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/American-University-of-Beirut (674 words)

	Encyclopedia: Beirut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Beirut - Central Shopping District 2004 Taken by Nick Fraser As copyright holder is uploader this is also gfdl File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		The Arab Air Carriers Organization is a regional association of Arab airlines established in 1965 by the League of Arab States (more commonly known as the Arab League).
		Beirut became a centre of missionary activity, which was generally very unsuccessful in converting but did build an impressive education system.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Beirut (723 words)

	Arab and Christian rule (from Beirut) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Beirut was reconstructed by the Muslims and reemerged as a small, walled garrison town administered from Baalbek as part of the jund (Muslim province) of Damascus.
		Beirut lies on the Mediterranean Sea west of the Lebanon Mountains.
		A union of seven Arab kingdoms on the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, the United Arab Emirates consists of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah, and Fujairah emirates.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-24960 (809 words)

	e-lebanon.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The coastal plain is subtropical, with 900 mm (35 in) of annual rainfall and a mean temperature in Beirut of 27° C (80° F) in summer and 14° C (57° F) in winter.
		Beirut International Airport was formerly the main aviation hub for the Middle East but was used minimally during the war.
		The formerly bustling seaport of Beirut was isolated during the war and lost its role as the transit port for nearby Syria and Jordan.
	www.e-lebanon.org /Lebanon.htm (6794 words)

	THE ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		AAUJ is the first University in Palestine introduce to the students such an exam 123 students took the ETS exam, this exam will reflect the quality of the graduated students of AAUJ in the market place.
		Moreover, another meeting with United Arab Emirates delegate was held and the opportunities for sending the AAUJ physiotherapy students for training and practicum in the UAE institutions was discussed.
		It is the first of such centers in Palestine, located on the university campus and is supervised by highly qualified professors and specialists in all fields of modern dentistry, in addition to a team of qualified dental assistants, nurses and dental technicians.
	www.aauj.edu /mainpage/ne/ne1.htm (827 words)

	Lebanon - Lebanese4ever Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Beirut Arab University (BAU), located in the city of Beirut is one such centre of culture and enlightenment.
		University objectives include the service of Lebanon and the Arab nation, by offering Lebanese and Arab students a modern first rate education in various areas of academic study.
		The mission of the University is one of promoting universally accepted humanistic, ethical and spiritual values, of enhancing intellectual inquiry and intensifying awareness of human integrity and solidarity.
	www.lebanese4ever.com /link/ffa-education.php (275 words)

	Beirut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Beirut, on the Mediterranean Sea in Lebanon, suffered in the 1970s and 1980s from civil warfare between Christian and Muslim inhabitants.
		Once a famous port, and as recently as the 1970s a banking and cultural center for the Middle East, Beirut was devastated by civil war and successive occupation by Syria and Israel between 1975 and 1991.
		It is dominated by Shia Muslims, Lebanon's poorest community, and suffers from overcrowding due to high birth rates, lack of housing, and the regular influx of Shias fleeing the instability and violence of southern Lebanon.
	www.arab-world-information.com /beirut.htm (1720 words)

	Lebanon_1996_deputies_bio.html
		Wadih Aql: 65-year-old Maronite born in Damour in the qada' of the Shouf.
		Salah al-Haraki: 53-year-old Shi'a born in Bourj al-Barajneh in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
		He was appointed commander of the Arab Deterrent Force in 1977 and interim commander of the Lebanese Army loyal to the government of Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss in 1989.
	www.lcps-lebanon.org /pub/tlr/96/fall96/1996_deputies_bio.html (5388 words)

	Beirut Arab University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Founded in 1960, Beirut Arab University (BAU) is a private university located in Beirut, Lebanon.
		it is considered one of the best universities in lebanon.
		This university or other tertiary education institution article is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beirut_Arab_University (80 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Students commemorate Deir Yassin in silent tribute
		Synchronizing their solidarity campaign with universities around the country and in most Arab states, Europe and the United States, the students interrupted classes to mark the 54th anniversary of one of the most devastating atrocities in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
		According to Hoda Shaker, Palestinian Cultural Club member at the American University of Beirut, the massacre is a reminder that Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation was not born in a vacuum.
		Haigazian University’s Spiritual Life Committee and Student Life Committee organized a candle-lit prayer hour in the campus courtyard Wednesday, dedicated to “awareness and solidarity with the Palestinian people,” according to a statement from the university’s public relations officer, Loucia Isaac.
	www.lebanonwire.com /0204/02041005DS.htm (781 words)

	Discrimination drives Arab students to Lebanon -DAWN - International; December 5, 2003
		BEIRUT: Since the dramatic events of September 11, 2001, the rate of Arab students enrolling in Lebanese universities has been steadily growing as they escape increasing pressures against Arabs and Muslims in the West.
		University officials in Lebanon are trying to seize the opportunity and remove any formal obstacles in the way of attracting more Arab students.
		The director of registration at the Lebanese American University (LAU), Fouad Salibi, said: “In the past Arab students used to come to Lebanon in great numbers to study at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and especially at the Beirut Arab University (BAU).
	www.dawn.com /2003/12/05/int3.htm (471 words)

	The Christian Science Monitor \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Beirut's metamorphosis is the starkest example of the challenges facing Arab cities.
		A frequent criticism of Beirut's reemerging downtown center is that it kowtows to the omnipresent automobile.
		Ahmed Attiya of the University of Alexandria explains that many of Egypt's urban problems were caused by "government neglect of rural areas resulting in an urban migration in search of better living conditions." This migration, in turn, "led to the deterioration of urban areas [when] people brought their rural mentality...
	www.csmonitor.com /durable/1999/01/05/p7s1.htm (925 words)

	Rafiq Hariri: Driving Force Behind Beirut Reconstruction
		And while he is considered the main driving force behind the reconstruction of Beirut, he has also been blamed for the near collapse of the Lebanese economy as the result of his reconstruction efforts.
		Rafiq Hariri was born in Lebanon in 1944, the son of a Sunni Muslim farmer and grocer.
		By 1992, he was at the helm of reconstruction projects in war-ravaged Beirut.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/ge/2005-02-14-voa42.html (630 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Obituaries \| Rafik Hariri
		Supporters of Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated today in a bomb blast in central Beirut, believe he was a much-needed driving force who rebuilt bombed-out Beirut after the 1975-1990 civil war and put the country back on its feet, both economically and politically.
		Many say he used his time as prime minister to grab hundreds of acres of central Beirut for the construction firm of which he was the majority shareholder and from which he profited while leaving the country with huge debts.
		Ironically, given the riches he would create for himself, he had to leave university at 21 for a lack of funds and moved to Saudi Arabia, where he became a citizen in 1987.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1414586,00.html (907 words)

	Learn all About Lebanon
		The capital and leading port is Beirut, with a population of 1,500,000 (1988 estimate).
		Beirut is the location of five Lebanese universities: the Lebanese University UL (1951), the American University of Beirut AUB (1866), the Jesuit-affiliated Saint Joseph University USJ (1881), Beirut Arab University (1960), and a university operated by the Lebanese Maronite Order USEK.
		Beirut was the leading financial capital of the Middle East.
	www.dm.net.lb /tmalouli/lebanon/lebanon.htm (3567 words)

	Beirut region
		Perched on the shore of the blue Mediterranean Sea, Beirut has a balmy, mild climate that is perfect for year round visits.
		The narrow fertile coastal plain is broken at several points by the foothills and peaks of the Lebanon Mountains.Lebanon's main cities, Beirut and Tripoli, are along this plain.
		The most notable is the American University of Beirut (AUB); others are the American Lebanese University (ALU), Beirut-Arab University, and the Lebanese Maronite University.
	www.yabeyrouth.com /pages/index687.htm (1743 words)

	Liban Vote Homepage
		Upon completion of his studies in accountancy at the Beirut Arab University, and after responding to a job offer in the Lebanese daily newspaper An-Nahar, he emigrated to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in1965.
		The Rafik B. Hariri building at the Boston University School of Management is the world's most technologically sophisticated management facility and the first ever designed in its entirety to teach management as an integrated system.
		Rubble and shattered building were removed, historic buildings were renovated in Beirut's commercial district and the service sector of the city's southern suburb was also repaires.
	www.libanvote.com /project/homepages/rafikhariri.html (1210 words)

	Lebanon - Travel Photos by Galen R. Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wiosconsin
		the Lebanese are Arabs, Phoenicians/ Canaanites or Aramaic/Syriac
		Among Arabs, about 12 percent are Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom live in refugee camps.
		Beirut is home to six universities: the well-known American University of Beirut; the Jesuit-sponsored Saint Joseph University; the government-supported Lebanese University; the Egyptian-sponsored Beirut Arab University; the Lebanese American University; and the Armenian Hagazian College.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /lebanon.htm (520 words)

	Beirut Arab University: UNESCO Culture Sector
		Beirut Arab University (BAU) is a private institution of higher learning founded in 1960.
		The Faculty of Arts at BAU has for objective to provide its students with modern high standard education.
		In addition, the Faculty has set itself the goal of the rediscovery and reinforcement of local architectural heritage and environmental values which can effectively contribute to the evolvement of a distinctive and valid architecture in the historic region.
	portal.unesco.org /culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (214 words)

	Education Today - Newsletter on trends and innovations in education
		Rabih Jamaleddine, a 25-year-old student in hotel management at Balamand University in Lebanon was amazed by the world he discovered when joining the UNILIT programme.
		UNILIT stands for University Students for Literacy and invites students to participate in the development of poor communities in the Arab world, in particular through literacy classes.
		In some universities, students get one academic credit (equivalent to some $250) for 40 hours of UNILIT work and in others, community work is a pre-requisite for graduation.
	www.unesco.org /education/education_today/university.html (557 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Protesters take to streets in day of rage
		During each demonstration, protesters called on Arab governments to withdraw their diplomats from the US and demanded that Egypt and Jordan to expel Israeli diplomats.
		Atallah, a leading commander in the resistance to Israel during its 1982 siege of Beirut, said that Arab countries should threaten to end their pledge to protect the Israeli border.
		Hakim said the memo also called on Arab nations to withdraw their diplomats from the US and expel all US diplomats from their countries.
	www.lebanonwire.com /0204/02040103DS.htm (829 words)

	H.E. Rafiq B. Al-Hariri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1978 he founded Saudi Oger which he built into one of the largest Arab construction companies and one of the most important in the world.
		As the bombs were falling on Beirut in the summer of 1982, Mr.
		He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the American University of Beirut.
	www.haririfoundationusa.org /herafiq.htm (466 words)

	Beirut, Lebanon
		Its million inhabitants are a unique blend of the Eastern and Western cultures.
		Its newspapers and publications are read by thousands throughout the Middle East, and it remains the publishing center for the whole area.
		It is a commercial, banking and financial center for the region as a whole, with about 85 Lebanese and foreign banks, countless import-export companies, arbitrage and triangular trade operations and free exchange market.
	tyros.leb.net /beirut (296 words)

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