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Line 1: {{Infobox settlement \| name = Dhour El Choueir \| native_name = {{Nobold\|ضهور الشوير}} \| native_name_lang = ~~ara~~ar<!-- ISO 639-2 code: "fr" for French, "ara" for Arabic --> \| settlement_type = City \| image_skyline = Dhour El Choueir road - 1947.png \| image_alt = \| image_caption = Dhour El Choueir road - 1947 \| pushpin_map = Lebanon Line 15: \| coordinates = {{coord\|33\|54\|43.32\|N\|35\|42\|32.54\|E\|region:LB_type:city\|display=inline,title}} \| coordinates_footnotes = \| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states\|Country]] Line 26: \| established_title = <!-- Founded --> \| established_date = \| founder = \| leader_party = \| leader_title = \| leader_name = \| area_footnotes = Line 38: \| elevation_m = 1200 \| elevation_min_m = \| elevation_max_m = \| population_footnotes = Line 58: }} '''Dhour El Choueir''' ({{lang-ar\|ضهور الشوير}}), sometimes '''Dhour Shweir''', is a mountain town in Lebanon ('dhour' meaning 'summit, top [of a mountain]') located in the [[Matn District]]. It lies slightly north of the main [[Beirut]] - [[Damascus]] highway~~. It~~, ~~overlooks~~overlooking the city of Beirut and the Mediterranean sea., ~~It is~~some 30 km from Beirut and 42 km from [[Beirut International Airport]] in [[Khalde]]. This mountain town is one of [[Mount Lebanon]]'s favored summer resorts, known for its extraordinary fresh air and is also important for its August yearly carnival, honoring Lebanon's emigrants. It is linked to [[Beirut]] via the Matn Express Highway, also known as the M90 through [[Baabdat]]. ==Demographics== ~~It is one of Mount Lebanon's favored summer resorts extraordinary fresh air Dhour El-Choueir is important for its August yearly carnival, honoring Lebanon's emigrants.~~ The ~~town~~inhabitants ~~was~~of onDhour ~~the~~El-Choueir ~~front~~are ~~line~~predominantly ~~during~~Christians, ~~the [[Lebanese Civil War]].~~with ~~Half~~half of the population isbeing [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Lebanon\|Eastern Orthodox]], ~~and~~while the other half is mostly [[Melkite Christianity in Lebanon\|Melkite]] and [[Maronite Christianity in Lebanon\|Maronite]].▼ ==History== The [[Melkite Christianity in Lebanon\|Greek Catholic]] monk [[Abdallah Zakher]] set up an [[Arabic language]] [[printing press]] using [[movable type]] at the monastery of Saint John at Choueir, the first homemade press in Lebanon. He personally cut the type molds and did the founding of the elegant typeface. He created the first true Arabic script type in the Middle East. The first book off the Zakhir press was printed in 1734; this press continued to be used until 1899.<ref>[{{Cite web \|url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198102/arabic.and.the.art.of.printing-a.special.section.htm] \|title=Saudi Aramco World : Arabic and the Art of Printing: A Special Section \|access-date=2007-03-11 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229133008/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198102/arabic.and.the.art.of.printing-a.special.section.htm \|archive-date=2006-12-29 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The town was on the front line during the [[Lebanese Civil War]] from 1975 to 1990. It is the birthplace of [[Antun Saadeh\|Anton Saadeh]] who founded the [[Syrian Social Nationalist Party]]<ref>[http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/0/cf258ef8bb2b4f9dc2256f0e0029b61f?OpenDocument&Click=]</ref> and of Tanios Bou-Nader Khneisser, the father of the Sword & Shield Folkloric Dance. ==Education== ▲The town was on the front line during the [[Lebanese Civil War]]. Half of the population is [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Lebanon\|Eastern Orthodox]] and the other half is mostly [[Melkite Christianity in Lebanon\|Melkite]] and [[Maronite Christianity in Lebanon\|Maronite]]. Dhour Shweir Public Secondary School ==Notable people== [[Antun Saadeh]], the founder and historical leader of the [[Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon\|Syrian Social Nationalist Party]] (SSNP)<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/0/cf258ef8bb2b4f9dc2256f0e0029b61f?OpenDocument&Click= \|title=Naharnet Newsdesk - SSNP Unveils Saadeh's Sculpture 54Years after his Firing Squad Execution \|website=www.naharnet.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927064727/http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/0/cf258ef8bb2b4f9dc2256f0e0029b61f?OpenDocument&Click= \|archive-date=2007-09-27}} </ref> Tanios Bou-Nader Khneisser, the father of the Sword & Shield Folkloric Dance. Jafet/Yafeth family (Naameh, Chedid, Benjamin Yafeth) family of local aristocracy who immigrated to Brazil towards the end of the 19th century and became business tycoons of that country. [[Abraham Rihbany]] (1869-1944), a writer on politics and religion. [[Khalil Hawi]] (1919-1982) was one of the most famous Lebanese poets of the 20th century. [[Asad Rustum]] (4 June 1897 - 23 June 1965) a Lebanese historian, academic and writer. [[Salwa Nassar]] (1913 — February 17, 1967) was a Lebanese nuclear physicist and college administrator The family of [[Edward Said]] (1935-2003) regularly vacationed in the resort, and Said was married there (1962).<ref>Brennan, Timothy. ''Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said'' (2021).</ref> ==See also== [[Souk El Gharb]] [[Lebanese Civil War]] [[Mountain War (Lebanon)]] [[People's Liberation Army (Lebanon)]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ~~<references/>~~ ==External links== [http://www.~~choueir~~shweir.com/ ~~Choueir.com~~Home page of Shweir] *[http://www.localiban.org/article4506.html Choueir - Ain Es Sindianeh], Localiban {{Matn District}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Populated places in the Matn District]]▼ {{Lebanon-geo-stub}}▼ [[Category:Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Lebanon]] [[Category:Melkite Christian communities in Lebanon]] [[Category:Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon]] ▲[[Category:Populated places in the Matn District]] ▲{{Lebanon-geo-stub}}