Lebanon The Land of Holiness and Heritage; Publications of Kannoubine league for mission and heritage In cooperation with Issam Fares establishment

Antoine Matar (Paintings/Watercolor) Kannoubine League, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [3], 121 pages. Illustrations mostly in color. Inscribed on title page by the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East! Item is in English and Arabic. Pagination starts at the 'back' page. Title page (3) is in Arabic. The signature is believed to be that of Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (Al-K rd n l M r Nasrallah Butrus ufayr; Latin: Victor Petrus Sfeir; born 15 May 1920 in Rayfoun, Lebanon) is the patriarch emeritus of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See. He is also a Cardinal. He was elected Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites on 27 April 1986, and his resignation was accepted on 26 February 2011. He is the third Maronite Cardinal and he was the 76th Patriarch of the Maronite Church with the official title of "His Beatitude and Eminence the seventy-sixth Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole Levant" The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) was founded through donations by Lebanese businessman and politician Issam Fares who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon. IFI aims to harness the policy-related research of AUB's internationally respected faculty in order to achieve several goals: to raise the quality of public policy-related debate and decision-making in the Arab World and abroad, to enhance the Arab World's input into international affairs, and to enrich the quality of interaction among scholars, officials and civil society actors in the Middle East and abroad. IFI is a neutral, dynamic, civil, and open space where people representing all viewpoints in society can gather and discuss significant issues of the day, anchored in a long-standing commitment to mutual understanding and high quality research. Condition: Very good.

Keywords: Lebanon, Patriarch of Antioch, Byblos, George Arab, Kannoubine League, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Issam Fares, Francis Bayssari El Jobbeh, Akkar, Michel Hallak, Kesrouan, Nouhad Nawfal, Antoine Azour, Nawfal Chedrawi, Becharre, Ghada Honein, James Waki

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Price: $150.00