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Beirut

(Encyclopedia) BeirutBeirutbār&oomacr;tˈ [key], Arab. Bayrut, Fr. Beyrouth, city (1996 est. pop. 1,200,000), W Lebanon, capital of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Lebanon…

American University of Beirut

(Encyclopedia) American University of Beirut, at Beirut, Lebanon; English language; chartered by New York State in 1866 as Syrian Protestant College, rechartered 1920 as the American Univ. of Beirut…

Bayrut

(Encyclopedia) Bayrut: see Beirut, Lebanon.

Berytus

(Encyclopedia) Berytus: see Beirut, Lebanon.

Beyrouth

(Encyclopedia) Beyrouth: see Beirut, Lebanon.

Malik, Charles Habib

(Encyclopedia) Malik, Charles Habib, 1906–87, Lebanese statesman and educator, grad. American Univ. of Beirut, 1927, Ph.D. Harvard, 1937. After teaching philosophy at the American Univ. of Beirut (…

Justus of Tiberia

(Encyclopedia) Justus of Tiberia, fl. 1st cent. a.d., Jewish historian. Friendly to Rome, he opposed the Jewish war against the Romans and fled to Beirut where he became the private secretary of…

Bliss, Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Bliss, Daniel, 1823–1916, American missionary, b. Franklin co., Vt., founder of Syrian Protestant College (now the American Univ. of Beirut) in Lebanon. He went to Syria in 1855,…

Darwish, Mahmoud

(Encyclopedia) Darwish, Mahmoud, 1941–2008, widely considered the Palestinian national poet, b. Barwa, Palestine (now in Israel). He was born to middle-class Sunni Muslim farmers, who were displaced…

Goodell, William

(Encyclopedia) Goodell, WilliamGoodell, Williamg&oobreve;dĕlˈ [key], 1792–1867, American missionary in the Middle East, b. Templeton, Mass. He went in 1823, for the American Board of…