Zawarib

Al-Zawarib

زواريب
Al-Zawarib زواريب
	Al-Zawarib Location in Lebanon. The surrounding district can be seen on the map.
	Coordinates: 34°31′49″N 36°04′12″E / 34.53028°N 36.07000°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Akkar
District	Akkar
Government
• Mayor	Georges Matar (Elected 2025)
Elevation	200 m (660 ft)
Population
• Total	893
Time zone	+2
• Summer (DST)	+3

Zawarib, Al-Zawarib, Zouarib (Arabic: الزواريب, romanized: az-Zawārīb) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, situated on a hill above the Akkar valley and overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Zawarib is surrounded by the village of Miniara from the South and Sheik Taba from the North.

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants were Greek Orthodox, located west of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.^[1]

Social life

The village population is around 893 (2026 electoral list). 283 persons voted in the 2009 municipal elections to elect 9 village council members. All the village residents are Christians , with a majority of Greek-Orthodox^[2] and a small population of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Families

The major families in Zawarib are: Naddour, Matar, Nader, Farah, Farfour, Saoud, Chahoud, Wehbe, Fakhoury, Habib, Daas, Greige, and Tohme.^{[citation needed]}

Education and Employment

There is a relatively high literacy rate in the village. A few prominent Ph.D. holders, and many with Master’s degrees, especially among the young generation. The most prominent intellectual personality from Zawarib is Dr. Suheil Farah, a professor in history who was the first foreigner to be granted the highest award of the Russian Academy and a nominee for Nobel Peace Prize in 2018. Other occupations include: Doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, and employees in the public sector. Many of the poorly educated youth are enrolled in the Lebanese Army and Internal Security Forces, with many highly ranked officers among them.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 183
↑ "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Bibliography

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

Zouarib Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban

[1] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 183

[2] "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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