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Rugby League In Lebanon
The seeds of rugby league in Lebanon lie in Australia. A group of Australian-born rugby league players with Lebanese heritage, mostly from inner-city Sydney formed a team with a view to entering the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. They were accepted into the qualifying tournament on the agreement that they would aim to develop rugby league within the country they represent. They subsequently went on to win the qualifying competition, earning their place by defeating Italy national rugby league team, Italy and Morocco national rugby league team, Morocco of the Mediterranean group before travelling to Florida to defeat the United States national rugby league team, USA, winners of the Pacific group. In 2002, a domestic league was set up in Lebanon, initially with four university-based teams. Players from the domestic competition now feature in the national team. A team composed entirely from Lebanese domestic players, known as ''Lebanon Espoirs'' has been formed. In 2011, Lebanon ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redbacks RLFC
Redback, Red Back or Red-back may refer to: Companies * Redback Aviation, an Australian aircraft manufacturer * Redback Boots, Australian footwear manufacturing company * Redback Networks, telecommunications equipment company Sports * West End Redbacks or Southern Redbacks, the South Australia cricket team based in Adelaide * Frankfurt Redbacks, Australian rules football club based in Frankfurt, Germany * Glasgow Redbacks, Australian rules football club based in Glasgow, Scotland * Romsey Football Club, nickname Redbacks, Australian rules football club based in Romsey, Victoria, Australia Finance * Texas redbacks, paper money issued between 1839 and 1840 in the Republic of Texas * Australian twenty-dollar note, sometimes referred to as a redback * Renminbi, the Chinese currency is sometimes referred to as redback in contrast to US dollar Other uses * Airborne Redback, Australian ultralight trike aircraft * ''Redback'', working title of the 2010 Australian film '' Raven's Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AUST Lions
Aust is a small village in South Gloucestershire, England, about north of Bristol and about south west of Gloucester. It is located on the eastern side of the Severn estuary, close to the eastern end of the Severn Bridge which carries the M48 motorway. The village has a chapel, a church and a public house. There is a large area of farmland on the river bank, which is sometimes flooded due to the high tidal range of the Severn. Aust Cliff, above the Severn, is located about from the village. The civil parish of Aust includes the villages of Elberton and Littleton-upon-Severn. History Overview Aust, on the River Severn, was at one end of an ancient Roman road that led to Cirencester. Its name, Aust, may be one of the very few English place-names to be derived from the Latin ''Augusta''. "Augustin endeavoured to persuade the Welsh clergy to join him in preaching the Gospel to the Teutonic invaders, and held a meeting with them at or near Aust, on the Severn. But they refuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koura District
Koura District (, from ) is a district in the North Governorate, Lebanon. Koura is one of the 26 districts of Lebanon, particularly known for its olive tree cultivation and olive oil production. It comprises a total of 52 villages, and its capital and largest town is Amioun, with about 10,000 inhabitants as of 2010. The district stretches from the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ... up to Mount Lebanon, and comprises a series of foothills surrounding a low-lying plain where olive is cultivated. The olive orchards of Koura are among the most extensive in Lebanon. The University of Balamand is headquartered in the Koura District. Demographics According to registered voters in 2014: Cities and towns See also * University of Balamand R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balamand Razorbacks
The Balamand Monastery (historically called Belmont, Bellimontis ultra Mare, or Bellus-Mons), is a monastery for the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch founded in 1157 in Balamand (Belmont), the Crusader County of Tripoli, now in the Koura District, in Northern Lebanon. It was originally started by Cistercian monks and maintained as such until the Mamluk conquest in 1289, then reestablished as monastery by Greek Orthodox monks in 1610, after a poorly documented period of three centuries. On the grounds of the monastery has been established the University of Balamand, founded by the Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch in 1988, though the university claims to be secular and a distinct institution. History The Balamand Monastery, originally known to Crusaders as Belmont (“beautiful mountain”), was founded in 1157 by French Cistercian monks in the Crusader County of Tripoli (modern-day northern Lebanon). Constructed between 1157 and 1169, the abbey flourished for over a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Université Saint-Joseph
Saint Joseph University of Beirut (; French: ''Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth'', commonly known as USJ) is a private Catholic research university in Beirut, Lebanon, founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Government of France during the time when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule. As the oldest French university in Lebanon, it promotes Lebanese culture and upholds a policy of equal admission opportunity without consideration of ethno-religious affiliations. It advocates trilingual education, offering instruction in Arabic, French, and English. It is known in Lebanon and the Middle East for its university hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de France, and for its Faculty of Law, modern Lebanon's oldest law school and the first law school in Lebanon since the ancient Roman law school of Berytus. The 12,650-student enrollment is served by an academic staff of 2,000 and a support staff of 540, distributed over its 13 faculties, 24 institutes and schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USJ Saints
USJ can mean: * Universal Studios Japan * UEP Subang Jaya * Université Saint-Joseph, a Lebanese private university founded in 1875 * University of Saint Joseph, a university in Macau * United States of Japan, a fictional revolutionary Japan from the anime series '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' * Unforeseen Simulation Joint, a fictional arena used to train heroes for rescuing people in natural disasters "My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ..." * ''Urban Studies'' (journal) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mina RLFC
EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in the Superman dynasty * E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip'' Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él ''(Lucerito album), a 1982 album by Lucerito * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from the album '' Caminando'' * "Él" (Lucía song), the Spanish entry performed by Lucía in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 Other media * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (film), a 1953 film by Luis Buñuel based on the 1926 novel * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 1991 Japanese adult visual novel * EL TV, an Azerbaijani regional television channel Companies and organizations * Estée Lauder Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese American University
The Lebanese American University (LAU; ) is a secular private American university with campuses in Beirut, Byblos, and New York. It is chartered by the board of regents of the University of the State of New York and is recognized by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).Accreditation LAU website 2019. It offers 34 programs and 26 programs in addition to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LAU Immortals
The Lebanese American University Immortals RLFC is a rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ... team that has been participating in Lebanese Rugby League Committee competitions since its first domestic championship in 2002. History In 2001, RLIF sanctions the development plan for Lebanese rugby league. As it became the unofficial tradition the Immortals RLFC couldn’t win both championship in a row finished their 2006 spring championship in second behind the Razorbacks. The Razorbacks won a well-deserved final game in Balamand Stadium 36–14 to clinch their second Title. During the 2006 spring championship, the Immortals RLFC travelled to France to play in a seven’s tournament as part of the "Tournoi des 5 Ballons "organized by the ESEC University. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jounieh
Jounieh (, or ''Juniya'', ) is a coastal city in Keserwan District, about north of Beirut, Lebanon. Since 2017, it has been the capital of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate. Jounieh is known for its seaside resorts and bustling nightlife, as well as its old stone souk, ferry port, paragliding site and gondola lift (''le téléphérique''), which takes passengers up the mountain to the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa. Above Jounieh, and on the way to Harissa, a small hill named Bkerké (, or ''Bkerki''), overlooking the Jounieh bay, is the seat of the Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church of Lebanon. Residents of Jounieh and the surrounding towns are overwhelmingly Maronite Catholics. Maameltein is a district of Ghazir village. History The history of Jounieh goes back to the time of the Phoenicians. The town was an important trading center along the Lebanon coastline. In those days the port was an important one during winter, as it served as a safe spot for ships sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jounieh Al-Galacticos
Jounieh (, or ''Juniya'', ) is a coastal city in Keserwan District, about north of Beirut, Lebanon. Since 2017, it has been the capital of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate. Jounieh is known for its seaside resorts and bustling nightlife, as well as its old stone souk, ferry port, paragliding site and gondola lift (''le téléphérique''), which takes passengers up the mountain to the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa. Above Jounieh, and on the way to Harissa, a small hill named Bkerké (, or ''Bkerki''), overlooking the Jounieh bay, is the seat of the Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church of Lebanon. Residents of Jounieh and the surrounding towns are overwhelmingly Maronite Catholics. Maameltein is a district of Ghazir village. History The history of Jounieh goes back to the time of the Phoenicians. The town was an important trading center along the Lebanon coastline. In those days the port was an important one during winter, as it served as a safe spot for ships sailin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
