Saint Joseph University of Beirut (

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: ''Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth'', abbreviated to and commonly known as "USJ") is a

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located in

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, which was founded in 1875 by

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. It is regarded among the top and most reputable

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s in Lebanon and the

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. Its alumni include numerous Lebanese

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, ministers,

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s and beyond. As Lebanon's oldest and main French university, it promotes

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while openly disregarding ethno-religious affiliations during admissions and encourages a

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teaching of

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and

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. Additionally, it is known in Lebanon and the Middle East for its university hospital, the

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, and for its prestigious and historical

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, modern Lebanon's oldest law school and the first law school in Lebanon since the

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law school of Berytus, which itself was one of the world's first law schools. The 12,000-student enrollment is served by an academic staff of 2,000 and a support staff of 540, distributed over its 12 faculties, 24 institutes and schools across five campuses in

, with regional university centres in

Sidon Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...

, Tripoli and

Zahlé Zahlé ( ar, زَحْلة) is the capital and the largest city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. With around 150,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Lebanon after Beirut and Tripoli and the fourth largest taking the whole urban area ...

, as well as one foreign center situated in

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, UAE. USJ is the only university in the Middle East to adhere to the

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an ECTS university academic credits system, while also being officially recognised by and in accord with the higher education law of Lebanon. It maintains some 150 various international agreements.

History

In 1839, French Jesuit missionaries came to Beirut and established a modest catholic school. Later, in 1855, the Jesuits founded a bigger school in Ghazir, which would later be moved to

in 1875 to merge with the first school. Legal authorities quickly graced the new school with the title of "university", which allowed it to grant

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s, mainly

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s in

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and

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. The creation of faculties and institutes followed the establishment of the university. For instance, the Institute of

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founded in 1883, became the Faculty of Medicine in 1888 and later the Faculty of Medicine and

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in 1889. A maternity clinic opened in 1896, followed by the Oriental College in 1902. The university has since been noted for establishing a continuous French presence in the

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. The School for

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was founded in 1913 and later became the Faculty of Law of Saint Joseph University in 1946. To this day, the Faculty of Law still teaches both French and Lebanese laws in a comparative approach with most of its major law classes being taught in French. The Faculty of Law enjoys a strong reputation in

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and

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as well as in other areas of

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. Current law faculty members have contributed to the development of the law in France, Lebanon and Gulf countries and other regions of the world. The Institute for Political Sciences was first established in 1920. The French School of Engineering also founded in 1913 became the Higher Institute for Engineering in 1948. The university launched Berytech, a business development center, in 2008. In 2012, the Faculty of Economics launched a new master's degree in web science and digital economy, the first of its kind in the Middle East region. The university ranks very high for the quality of its publications.

Academics

Saint Joseph University currently ranks as the second best university in Lebanon, rivaling the nation's top English speaking American university, the

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut ...

, as the nation's foremost French university, and among the top

s in all of the

. University departments include:

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and

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(sociology,

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, information and communication),

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(history,

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, comparative studies and strategic research),

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(tourist organization, environmental organization),

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, and

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(psychology,

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). The University also has an Institute of Oriental Letters ( Arabic and oriental letters,

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and

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, islamology, education in Arab countries) and a

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and

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Institute. The degrees the university awards are: bachelor's ( BA, BS, LLB,

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BBA Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

, BTheol, BCS, B.Ed, BSA, BM, B.Phil among many others),

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, post-graduate, and

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. The University is also home to the Lebanese School of Social Formation, the Institute of Scenic, Audiovisual and Cinematographic Studies (IESAV), and the Lebanese Institute of Educators. The university has faculties of law, medicine, pharmacy,

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nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

, and

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. The Social Sciences Campus (commonly known as "Huvelin" after its founder Paul-Louis Huvelin) is known for its competitive bachelor programs that prepare students to pursue advanced master's degrees in top business and law schools in France,

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, the

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, other

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of the

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, the

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, the

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and

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. Additionally, it is known for its institutions such as CEDRAC and the

Museum of Lebanese Prehistory The Museum of Lebanese Prehistory (french: Musée de Préhistoire Libanaise, ar, متحف ما قبل التاريخ اللبناني) is a museum of prehistory and archaeology in Beirut, Lebanon. History The museum is the first museum of prehist ...

. The university is host to a valuable library of Oriental manuscripts. The business school has received an "excellent" ranking from

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Campuses

Saint Joseph University of Beirut campuses include: * Campus of Medical and Infirmary Sciences, Damascus Street * Campus of Science and Technology, Mar Roukouz * Campus of Social Sciences, Huvelin Street,

Rue Monnot Rue Monnot ( ar, شارع مونو), is a street in Beirut, Lebanon. It is located east of Beirut Central District, in the Sodeco neighborhood of the Achrafieh district, and named after Father Ambroise Monnot, a French Jesuit who founded the Saint ...

* Campus of Human Sciences, Damascus Street * Campus of Innovation and Sports, Damascus Street The three regional centers are located in Sidon (

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), Zahlé (

Beqaa Valley The Beqaa Valley ( ar, links=no, وادي البقاع, ', Lebanese ), also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ, and Becaa and known in classical antiquity as Coele-Syria, is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon. It is Lebanon's most important ...

), and Tripoli ( Northern Lebanon). In addition, the university operates 12 facilities and 22 specialized schools and institutes, including the

on Université Saint-Joseph Street. It also hosts a center for banking and business studies and three centers for dental care,

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, and psycho-motility. In 2008, Saint Joseph University opened a branch in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Saint Joseph University - Dubai offers a bachelor's degree in law ( LLB) and a Master of Arts in translation. The campus is located in

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. The university is accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai.

International cooperation

USJ has more than 350 conventions with foreign universities, most notably with

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in Washington, D.C., United States. It also has more than 200 professors on missions abroad and an administrative office in

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, France. The university belongs to the following associations and is linked to over 100 Arab, European, American, and Canadian universities through accords of cooperation. *

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* International Federation of Catholic Universities (European Federation of Catholic Universities) * Association of Jesuit Institutions of Higher Learning in Europe and Lebanon * Association of French speaking universities * Réseau d'excellence des sciences de l'ingénieur de la francophonie *

Association of Arab Universities The Association of Arab Universities (Arabic: إتحاد الجامعات العربية), also called the ''Union of Arab Universities'' (Arabic: تحاد الجامعات العربية), is an organization working within the framework of the A ...

Notable alumni and academics

;Lebanese Presidents: *

Camille Chamoun Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC ( ar, كميل نمر شمعون, ''Kamīl Sham'ūn''; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christi ...

* Charles Helou *

Elias Sarkis Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...

Amine Gemayel Amine Pierre Gemayel ( ar, أمين بيار الجميٌل ; (born 22 January 1942) is a Lebanese Maronite politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. Born in Bikfaya, his father was Pierre Gemayel, the founder of the K ...

* Rene Moawad *

Bachir Gemayel Bachir Pierre Gemayel ( ; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) was a Lebanese militia commander who led the Lebanese Forces, the military wing of the Kataeb Party in the Lebanese Civil War and was elected President of Lebanon in 1982 ...

Elias Hrawi Elias Hrawi ( ar, الياس الهراوي, 4 September 1926 – 7 July 2006) was president of Lebanon, whose term of office ran from 1989 to 1998. Early life and education Hrawi was born in Hawch Al Umara, Zahlé, to a wealthy landowning Mar ...

;Lebanese Ministers: *

Ziad Baroud Ziyad Baroud ( ar, زياد بارود ; born 29 April 1970) is a French Lebanese civil servant and civil society activist. He served as minister of interior and municipalities, considered to be one of the most powerful positions in the country, ...

* Adnan Mansour *

Ibrahim Najjar Ibrahim Najjar is a lawyer, a professor of law, a Lebanese politician and a former Justice minister (2008–2011). Early life and education Najjar was born the 2nd September 1941 in Tripoli, North Lebanon, and is an adherent of the Greek Orthodox ...

* Marie-Claude Najm * Abdallah Victor Farhat *

Michel Murr Michel Murr ( ar, ميشال المرّ, 29 September 1931 – 31 January 2021) was a Lebanese politician and businessman. He served as member of parliament, deputy prime minister and interior minister and was a prominent and powerful lawmaker ...

Nicholas Nahhas Nicolas Nahas (born 28 November 1946) is a Lebanese businessman and politician. He was the minister of economy and trade between 2011 and 2014. Early life and education Nahas was born in Tripoli on 28 November 1946. He received a bachelor of sc ...

Tarek Mitri Tarek Mitri ( ar, طارق متري; born 16 September 1950) is a Lebanese university professor, independent politician and former government minister. Early life and education Mitri was born on 16 September 1950. He has a PhD. in political sci ...

Khatchig Babikian Khatchig Babikian (1924–1999) was a philanthropist, attorney, a Lebanese politician of Armenian origin, and a former member of the Lebanese Parliament (1957–1999) and Lebanese government minister on many occasions as minister of Health, Touri ...

* Shakib Qortbawi * Leila Al Solh *

Walid Daouk Walid Daouk (Arabic: وليد الداعوق; born 1958) is a Lebanese lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as information minister between June 2011 and February 2014. Early life and education Daouk was born into a Sunni family, the ...

Marwan Hamadeh Marwan Hamadeh ( ar, مروان حمادة; born 11 September 1939) is a Lebanese journalist and politician, who served in various capacities in different cabinets, including minister of education, minister of telecommunications, minister of econ ...

Salim Jreissati Salim Jreissati (born 4 April 1952) is a lawyer and politician. He served as Lebanon's minister of labor between 2012 and February 2014. From 18 December 2016 to 31 January 2019 he was the minister of justice. On 31 January 2019 he was named sta ...

;Lebanese Politicians: * Raymond Edde *

Pierre Gemayel Pierre Amine Gemayel, also spelled Jmayyel, Jemayyel or al-Jumayyil ( ar, بيار الجميّل; 6 November 1905 – 29 August 1984), was a Lebanese political leader. A Maronite Catholic, he is remembered as the founder of the Kataeb Part ...

Samy Gemayel Samy Amine Gemayel ( ar, سامي الجميّل, born 3 December 1980) is a Lebanese politician, lawyer and a member of the Lebanese parliament. Being elected as party president in 2015, he presently serves as the seventh leader of the Lebane ...

Michel Chiha Michel Chiha (1891–1954) was a Lebanese banker, a politician, writer and journalist. Along with Charles Corm, Petro Trad and Omar Daouk, he is considered one of the fathers of the Lebanese Constitution. His ideas and actions have had an impor ...

Kamal Jumblatt Kamal Fouad Jumblatt ( ar, كمال فؤاد جنبلاط; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a Lebanese politician who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the civil war against the Lebanese Front. ...

* Michel Pharaon *

Antoine Ghanem Antoine Ghanem ( ar, أنطوان غانم; 10 August 1943 – 19 September 2007) was a Lebanese politician and an MP in the Lebanese Parliament. He was also a member of the Kataeb party and the March 14 Coalition. He was killed on 19 Sep ...

* Fouad Abou Nader *

Nayla Moawad Nayla Moawad (, ar, نايلة معوض) (born 3 July 1940) is a Lebanese politician and former First Lady of Lebanon. Outside of Lebanon, she is best known as the widow of former President René Moawad, who was assassinated on 22 November ...

Karim Pakradouni Karim Pakradouni ( ar, كريم بقرادوني hy, Քերիմ Բագրատունի) (born 18 August 1944) is a Lebanese attorney and politician of Armenians in Lebanon, Armenian origin. He was influential in Kataeb Party heading it for some p ...

Antoine Andraos Antoine Andraos (Arabic: انطوان اندراوس, born 1950) is a Lebanese politician and a vice-president of the Movement of the Future. He received a diploma in civil engineering in 1973 from the Saint Joseph University in Beirut. In 1976, ...

* Eddy Abillammaa *

Adnan Kassar Adnan Kassar (Arabic: عدنان القصار; born 1930) is a Lebanese banker, businessman and politician, who served at different cabinet posts. Early life and education Kassar was born into a Sunni family in Beirut in 1930. His father, Wafiq ...

, valign=top, ;Foreign Politicians: * Mohammad Habash * Aram Karamanoukian * Ahmad Mirfendereski * Eliyahu Sasson *

Izzat Traboulsi Dr. Izzat Traboulsi LL.M Ph.D.Econ (born. Damascus, Syria; November 20, 1913 – December 6, 2000) ( ar, الدكتور عزة الطرابلسي; alternate spelling: Ezzat Traboulsi, عزت الطرابلسي), was a Syrian politician, economist ...

;Religious leaders: *

Anthony Peter Khoraish Patriarch Moran Mor Anthony III Peter Khoraish (September 20, 1907 – August 19, 1994), (or ''Antonios Boutros Khoraish'', ''Antoine Pierre Khreich'', ''Khraish'', ''Khoraiche'', ar, أنطونيوس الثالث بطرس خريش), was the 75t ...

* Peter-Hans Kolvenbach *

George Riashi George Riashi (Qaa el Reem, near Zahlé, Lebanon on November 25, 1933 – October 28, 2012) was the Greek Melkite Catholic bishop of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and all North Lebanon. Life George Riashi was one of nine ch ...

* Wladyslaw Rubin *

Michel Sabbah Michel Sabbah ( ar, ميشيل صباح; born 19 March 1933) is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who served as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008, the first non-Italian to hold the position in more than five centuries. Biography Sa ...

Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir , image = Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir.jpg , image_size = 170px , see = Antioch and the Whole East , title = Cardinal Patriarch emeritus of Antioch , elected = 19 April 1986 , appointed = 7 May 1986 , ended = 26 February 2011 , ordina ...

;Theologians and philosophers: *

Louis Cheikho Louis Cheikho, ar, لويس شيخو, born Rizqallâh Cheikho (1859–1927) was a Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian. He pioneered Eastern Christian and Assyrian Chaldean literary research and made major contributions ...

Jad Hatem Jad Hatem (Arab جاد حاتم; born 3 December 1952 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese poet and philosopher. He has been a distinguished philosophy, literature and religious sciences Professor at the Saint-Joseph University in Beirut since 19 ...

Samir Khalil Samir Samir Khalil Samir, Society of Jesus, SJ (born Samir Khalil Kosseim), is an Egyptian Society of Jesus, Jesuit priest, Islamic scholar, oriental studies, Orientalist, and Catholic theologian. A professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute (Rom ...

;Ambassadors *

Farid Abboud Farid Abboud ( ar, فريد عبود, born 1951) is a Lebanese diplomat who served as Lebanese Ambassador to China from June 2013 to December 2017. Before becoming ambassador to China, he was the ambassador of Tunisia from July 2007 to June 2013 ...

* Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad * George Ghanem ;Academics: * Aya Chacar ;Architects: *

Joseph Philippe Karam Joseph Philippe Karam (1923–1976) was a Lebanese architect. He was a leading figure of modern architecture in Lebanon during the country's golden era, 1945 to 1975. Karam founded his practice the Atelier d'Architecture Joseph Philippe Karam in ...

;International lawyers: *

Assad Kotaite Assad Kotaite ( ar, أسعد قطيط) (November 6, 1924 - February 27, 2014), was a Lebanese politician who served as Secretary-General and Council President of the International Civil Aviation Organization from 1976 to 2006. Early life Kotaite ...

;Poets: * Bashir Copti * Mansour Eid *

Nadia Tueni Nadia Mohammad Ali Hamade (July 8, 1935 – June 20, 1983) was a Lebanese Francophone poet, who authored numerous volumes of poetry. Early life Nadia Mohammad Ali Hamadeh was born in Beirut in 1935, to a Lebanese Druze father, Mohammed Ali Hamad ...

;Linguists: * Joseph E. Aoun ;Musicians: *

Marie Keyrouz Sister Marie Keyrouz (also spelled "Kairouz") ( ar, ماري كيروز; born 1963) is a chanter of Oriental Church music, a member of the Congrégation des Soeurs Basiliennes Chouérites and founder-president of the National Institute of Sacred ...

Joelle Khoury Joelle Khoury is a Lebanese-American pianist and composer of jazz and contemporary classical music. Background Born in Beirut, Joelle Khoury left Lebanon for the United States after the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. She obtained a d ...

Joelle Khoury listed as having attended Saint Joseph University on page at brunel.ac.uk
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Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (Arabic: غبريال يارد; born 7 October 1949) is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Yared scored the French films ''Betty Blue'' and ''Camille Claud ...

;Directors: * Nadine Labaki *

Hiba Tawaji Hiba Michel Tawaji (; born 10 December 1987) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and director. Since 2008, she established herself in the Lebanese and Arab music scene as a major artist recognized for her vocal skills. She has a 4-octave vocal range. ...

;Historians *

Jean Maurice Fiey Jean Maurice Fiey (30 March 1914 – 10 November 1995) was a French Dominican Father and prominent Church historian and Syriacist. Biography Fiey was born in Armentières on 30 March 1914, he entered the Dominican Order at an early age and rece ...

Henri Fleisch Reverend Father Henri Fleisch (1 January 1904 – 10 February 1985) was a French archaeologist, missionary and Orientalist, known for his work on classical Arabic language and Lebanese dialect and prehistory in Lebanon. Fleisch spent years rec ...

Paul Huvelin Paul-Louis Huvelin (1873–1924), generally known as Paul Huvelin, was a French legal historian. He was a specialist in the study of the earliest forms of Roman law. Biography Huvelin spent almost all his career teaching in the law faculty of the ...

Henri Lammens Henri Lammens (1 Jul 1862 – 23 Apr 1937) was a Belgian Orientalist historian and Jesuit, who wrote (in French) on the early history of Islam. Education and career as a Jesuit Born in Ghent, Belgium of Catholic Flemish stock, Henri Lammens jo ...

;Columnists: *

Georges Corm Georges Corm is a Lebanese economist. He served as minister of finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's port ...

Randa Habib Randa Habib is a French journalist of Lebanese origin, who as director of the Amman, Jordan, bureau of Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the three global news agencies, since 1987, has spent 25 years covering war, politics and economic developm ...

* Peter Scholl-Latour *

Pierre-Luc Séguillon Pierre-Luc Séguillon (13 September 1940 – 31 October 2010) was a French columnist and journalist. References 1940 births 2010 deaths Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Writers from Nancy, France French columnists French telev ...

;Writers: *

Charles Corm Charles Corm (1894–1963) was a Lebanese writer, industrialist and philanthropist.Carla Henoud (24 September 2009"Charles Corm, le visionaire" ''L'Orient-Le Jour''/ref>https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0739184016 Franck Salameh, Charles Corm: ...

* Hassan Kobeissi *

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ar, أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French"Amin ...

* Wajdi Mallat * Thurayyā Malḥas * Youakim Moubarac *

Ghassan Salamé Ghassan Salamé ( ar, غسان سلامة; born 1951) is a Paris-based Lebanese academic. He served as the Lebanese Minister of Culture from 2000 to 2003. He was the Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and professor of Inte ...

* Salah Stétié

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