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The infamous Intra Bank! (It would collapse two years later).
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Check out how many cinemas there were in Beirut in 1964. (This isn't even the full list, which begins in the previous column, nor does it include the dozens of cinemas in other cities.)
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I see what appear to be the families of , , , many others. Will send pictures upon request.
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That’s delightful, thank you.
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Is your family from Shimlan?
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My father’s family is from 3aitat, next to shimlan, and quite a few lived there. My mother’s family is from B3a2leen, same last name.
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My impression is that the Druze call it B3aqleen, not B3a2leen.
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I don’t know anyone of my generation who uses the qaf. In our family it was lost by my father’s.
All the ppl I know from there say b3a2leen.
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When in Australia on a book tour in 2012, I went to a Lebanese restaurant in Melbourne. Everybody there was Druze and no one had ever been to Lebanon. (3rd gen) They all spoke Lebanese with a heavy Druze accent that I hadn't heard since I was a child.
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