Warda Al-Jazairia was an Algerian singer. She was well known for her Egyptian Arabic songs and music. Her name was sometimes shortened to just Warda or as "The Algerian rose" in the Arab world.
Samir Kassir was a Lebanese-Palestinian journalist of An-Nahar and professor of history at Saint-Joseph University, who was an advocate of democracy and prominent opponent of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. He was assassinated in 2005 as part of a series of assassinations of anti-Syria Lebanese political figures such as Rafic Hariri and George Hawi.
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals sponsored by the International Animated Film Association.
Le Conservatoire libanais national supérieur de musique or The Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music was founded in the 1930s by Wadia Sabra, composer of the national anthem of Lebanon. Sabra's goal was to establish an institute of higher learning for music. The Conservatoire, which was headed by the well-known composer and conductor, Dr. Walid Gholmieh has more than 4,800 students taught by 250 professors. The Conservatoire is headquartered in Beirut with branches in Tripoli, Jounieh, Dhour El Choueir, Zahlé, Aley and Sidon.
Henry Laurens is a French historian and author of several histories and studies about the Arab-Muslim world. He is Professor and Chair of History of the Contemporary Arab world at the Collège de France, Paris.
Jean-François Laguionie is a French animator, film director and producer of animation.
L'Orient-Le Jour is a French-language daily newspaper in Lebanon. Its English-language edition is L'Orient Today.
Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui is a Lebanese painter, writer and artist.
Amin Dora is a film director, visual artist and professor at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. In 2010, he directed the first Arabic web drama series, Shankaboot, winner of the Digital Emmy Award.
Beirut Pride is the annual non-profit LGBTIQ+ pride event and militant march held in Beirut, the capital of the Lebanon and aiming to decriminalize homosexuality in Lebanon.
Antoine Pano, born in Beirut on 10 November 1952, is a Lebanese politician and retired general in the Lebanese Armed Forces and special forces.
Mohammed Fahmi is a Lebanese politician and retired general of the Lebanese Army. He has served as the Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021. He succeeded Raya El Hassan.
Nada Sehnaoui is a visual artist and political activist. Her artworks, spanning painting, mixed media works, sculpture and installations, have been widely exhibited internationally, and have been featured in the press and print publications worldwide.
Valerie Abou Chacra is a Lebanese actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon 2015. She represented Lebanon at Miss World 2015. She has also starred in widely watched Arabic TV series such as 'Ma Fiyi'
Raseef22 is a liberal Arabic media network founded in 2013 based in Beirut, Lebanon. It publishes content in Arabic and English from different Arab states and describes itself as an independent media platform. International Media Support mentions Raseef22 along with HuffPost Arabic and Al Jazeera as one of the biggest Pan-Arab online platforms.
Dr. Mona Fayad is a francophone Lebanese intellectual, writer, political activist and university professor woman, and is one of the most prominent Shiite opponents of Hezbollah. She is a member of the Lebanese Association of Women Researchers. She is a professor of psychology at the Lebanese University. Fayad strongly condemned the assassination of her colleague and also Shiite Lukman Slim in 2021, holding Hezbollah responsible of telling the Lebanese people the truth of who was behind the crime.
Jean-Marie Riachi is a Lebanese musician, arranger, composer and producer.
Fadia Ahmad is a Spanish-Lebanese photographer, artist, and filmmaker.
Takla Chamoun Farjallah is a Lebanese actress, drama instructor, producer, and the co-founder and CEO of the Lebanese Film Academy. Chamoun is highly regarded in the Middle East and the Arab World for her acting and her ability to mold into a character.
Chekri Ganem was a Lebanese intellectual, writer, playwright, poet, and journalist. He traveled extensively, and finally settled in France in 1895. In Paris, he became a dynamic political activist and leader in the Syro-Lebanese diaspora. He founded the Société des Amis de l'Orient in 1908 and the Lebanese Committee of Paris in 1912. He also played a significant role in the Arab Congress of 1913, where he was elected Vice President. Ganem was a proponent of Lebanon's independence from the Ottoman Empire. He is considered the founding father of Francophone Lebanese literature, and his literary work was overtly political, becoming most manifest in his poetry collection Ronces et Fleurs. His masterpiece, Antar, was a widely-acclaimed theatrical fantasy, and an open manifesto of Arab nationalism. Ganem was named Commander of the Legion of Honor shortly before his death in 1929.
