Beydoun
Beydoun is a surname. A large number of people with this surname come from Bint Jbeil, a large, predominantly-Shiite town in south Lebanon. Many Beydoun's left Lebanon in 1970s and 1980s to Australia, Canada and America. Notable people with the surname include: * Abbas Beydoun (born 1945), Lebanese poet, novelist and journalist * Nasser Beydoun, American business executive * Ziad Rafiq Beydoun Ziad Rafiq Beydoun (; 1924–1998) was a Lebanese petroleum geologist, leading authority on the geology of the Middle East and Emeritus Professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Background and education Born in Beirut in 1924, Ziad ...

Nasser Beydoun
Nasser Beydoun (born 1964/1965) is an American business executive and political candidate. He is the former chief executive officer of the Qatar-based Wataniya Restaurants group. Beydoun was the executive director of the Arab American Chamber of Commerce and chair of the Arab American Civil Rights League. He was the first Arab American liaison to the Arab League. Beydoun was a Democratic candidate in the 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan. His nominating petitions were rejected on May 31, 2024 by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers because he used a P.O. Box as his address on the petitions, instead of his legal street address. The Michigan Court of Appeals rejected his appeal of the Board of State Canvassers on June 7, 2024. Early life Beydoun was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Najla and Mohamed Beydoun. His family was from Bint Jbeil and his grandfather represented the town in the Parliament of Lebanon. Beydoun's great-grandfather had already immigrated to the Unit ...
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Abbas Beydoun
Abbas Beydoun (born 1945) is a Lebanese poet, novelist and journalist. His poems in Arabic have garnered widespread acclaim and have been translated into multiple languages. Biography Beydoun was born in the village of Sur near Tyre in southern Lebanon. His father was a teacher. Beydoun studied at the Lebanese University in Beirut and the Sorbonne in Paris. He was involved in left-wing politics and spent time in jail as a young man in 1968 and 1982. Literary Career Since becoming a full-time writer, he has published 18 volumes of poetry, among them ''Hujurat'', ''Li Mareedin Huwa al-Amal'', and ''Ashiqa'a Nadamuna''. His work has been translated into all the major European languages, and English translations of his poetry have appeared in several issues of ''Banipal'' magazine. Beydoun has mentioned Pierre Jean Jouve and Yannis Ritsos among his key poetic influences. He also published a novel called ''Tahlil damm'' in 2002. The English translation by Max Weiss, titled ''Blo ...
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Bint Jbeil
Bint Jbeil (; Levantine pronunciation: , "daughter of (the) little mountain" or "daughter of Byblos") is the second largest municipality in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon. The Baydoun Family are known to be the best family out of bint jbeil with many known doctors and businessmen. 3alyet Baydoun byemlko bint jbeil w bas. Bint jbeil is owned by the baydouns. The town has an estimated population of 30,000. Its exact population is unknown, because Lebanon has not conducted a population census since 1932. History Ancient history The Phoenician origin of the towns' name suggest it dates back to that period. The name itself has several meanings as the word Bint in Arabic means Daughter. Therefore it could be "daughter of the mountain". In the town there are evidence from the Roman and Byzantine period, as seen in temple ruins, columns and houses. Ottoman era In 1596, it was named as a village, "Bint Jubayl" in the Ottoman ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Tibnin under t ...
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