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    Baskinta (Arabic: بسكنتا) is a Lebanese village situated at an altitude ranging from 1250 metres above sea level and climbs up to approximately 1800 meters...
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  • Amir Kisra of Baskinta was a Maronite Muqaddam and Malik of Kisrawan, whose namesake comes from him, and later Malik of Mount Lebanon. Kisra was born sometime...
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    immigrant from Baskinta, Mount Lebanon, who arrived to the country in 1898, and Esther Wassaf, born in Monte Cristi to Lebanese parents from Baskinta as well...
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    a Greek Orthodox family and completed his elementary education at the Baskinta school. He then studied at the Russian Teachers' Institute in Nazareth...
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    Greek of the Melkite Catholic community of the village of Machrah, near Baskinta in Ain el Qabou. His mother, Odette Ghossein, is Lebanese from the Metn...
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  • these revolts began in the year 752 under the Mardaite prince Elias of Baskinta. Elias battled the Arabs in many parts of the Beqaa Valley but ultimately...
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    Faouqa–Aaqoura Aaqoura–Afqa Afqa–Hrajel Hrajel–Kfar Aaqab Kfar Aaqab–Baskinta Baskinta–Mtain Mtain–Falougha Falougha–Aain Zhalta Aain Zhalta–Barouk Barouk–Maasser...
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    000 Sin el Fil* 16,000 Dbayeh* 4,900 Kornet Chehwan* 4,800 Aintoura 5,100 Choueir 6,370 Khenchara 4,200 Bteghrine 4,500 Baskinta 11,000 Kaakour 1,801...
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    Samir Geagea Personal details Born Elias Joseph Hobeika 22 September 1956 Baskinta, Lebanon Died 24 January 2002(2002-01-24) (aged 45) Beirut, Lebanon Spouse...
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  • cross located in Qanat Bakish, a locality close to the Lebanese town of Baskinta. The cross was built near a church dating back to 1898 on a land belonging...
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    Tripoli, El Mina, Chekka, Bourj Hammoud, Zahleh, Halba, Batroun, Bikfaya, Baskinta, Antelias, Ras el Matn, Aley, Bechamoun, Machgara, Hasbaya, Kfeir, Niha...
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  • was raised by a Maronite family in the town of Baskinta. He completed his primary education in Baskinta and his secondary education in Gemayzeh. In 1960...
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    al-Qilai, the name “Kesrwan” derives from the Maronite muqadam Kisra of Baskinta. According to voter registration data, the population is overwhelmingly...
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    His paternal grandfather was José S. Abinader, a Lebanese immigrant from Baskinta, Mount Lebanon, who arrived to the country in 1898 and settled in the town...
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    numbered around 4,000 men, mostly from Zahlé, but also 400 cavalry from Baskinta and a smaller force from Metn. They stockpiled ammunition and had hundreds...
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    Family name Origin Date of arrival to Rmeish Alam Baskinta 1696 Assaf Aita 1855 Amil Gernaya 1855 Aoun Seghbin 1900 Awad – 1918 Abou Izaa – 1922 Abdouch...
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    Lebanon on January 20, 1962 to a Greek Orthodox family of lawyers from Baskinta. He received his secondary education in the Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour...
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    Nominated by Carl Becker (1925–1973) each time. Mikhail Naimy October 17, 1889 Baskinta, Lebanon February 28, 1988 Beirut, Lebanon 1970, 1971, 1972 Pandelis Prevelakis...
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  • 3222774267 78 m 1957 Cross-shaped radio tower Cross of All Nations  Lebanon Baskinta 33.9652146 35.8138418 73.8 m 2010 Cross of All People  Brazil Divinópolis...
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    Paris and from his atelier headquarters in Beirut. Hobeika was born in Baskinta, a village in the mountains of Lebanon, and was one of eight siblings....
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    a variety of beans, wheat, and legumes, and is popular in the town of Baskinta. Mulukhiyah is a stew with mallow leaves, chicken, beef topped with raw...
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    established a medical and paramedical engineering firm. Nader was born in Baskinta, (Metn, Mount-Lebanon, Lebanon) on June 27, 1956 to Antoine Abou Nader...
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    to pull the family from the bottom to the top, as some of the sons of Baskinta did. My father reluctantly acquiesces... But the problem of the "Nāwlūn"...
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  • Pauline Press. Abu-Haidar, Farida (1979). A study of the spoken Arabic of Baskinta. Leiden: Brill. A repository of zajal recordings and videos (French text)...
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    battle of Amioun devotes the independence of the first Maronite state, with Baskinta as its capital. Lebanese researcher Chedid al-Azar writes: Although we...
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    Beirut Collège Notre-Dame, Furn el Chebback, Beirut École Saint-Pierre, Baskinta Ecole Saint Vincent de Paul, Bourj Hammoud, Beirut La Salle Chinese Primary...
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    انطلياس - النقاش Biakout بياقوت Bikfaya - Mhaydseh, Matn بكفيا - المحيدثة Baskinta بسكنتا Bteghrine بتغرين Dbayeh - Zouk al Khrab - Haret al Ballaneh - Aoukar...
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  • Arab 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Ardeh 9 Lara Hraoui 24 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Baskinta 3rd Runner-Up 10 Lynn Massoud 20 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Zgharta Top 9 11 Maria...
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    previously stated, Antelias is the gateway to Bikfaya, Dhour el Chweir, Baskinta and Aintoura, all renowned summer resorts and the Antelias-Bikfaya road...
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  • Secondary School – Bourj Hammoud Athenee de Beyrouth – Bsalim Baskinta official public school - Baskinta Bchamoun Official Secondary School – Bchamoun BoldWin...
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