The Issa family is a family of Hashemite Quraishi origins found in Lebanon officially known as what?
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Issa family Issa is an Arabic surname given to people who are descendants of Muhammad through his grandson Husayn ibn Ali son of Fatimah and Ali ibn Abi Talib. The Issa family is a family of Hashemite Quraishi origins. They are found in Lebanon in the village of Mashghara. Because of their lineage, they are sometimes referred to as sayyids. They are also the first cousins of the Husseini family.
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Lebanon Lebanon ( ; Arabic: لبنان‎ ‎ "Lubnān" ; ] ; French: "Liban" ), officially known as the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية‎ ‎ "al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah" ; ] ; French: "République libanaise" ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity. At just 10,452 km (4,036 sq. mi.), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian continent.
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Ghassanieh, Lebanon Ghassanieh (غسانية) is a small town in southern Lebanon with a population of about 2,000 people. It is a coastal town bordered by Kawatria Al Sayyad to the east, Al Babebliah to the west, Kakyiat Sanawbar to the northwest, and Khartoum to the southeast. The name of the town, Ghassanieh, is derived from the clan of Alghassasina. The most well known families are Fawaz, Noureddine, Hodroj, Bdeir, el roumi, and Kawathrina. The elevation is about 350 metres. It is 7 km from Akbyia and 25 km from Saida.
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Canaan (disambiguation) Canaan (Hebrew: כנען‎ ‎ ) (Arabic: كنعان‎ ‎ ) was the ancient Biblical region of the Levant. It is also a Semitic personal name or surname used by Arabic and Hebrew-speaking people.
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Armenians in Lebanon The Armenians in Lebanon (Armenian: Լիբանանահայեր "lipananahayer", Arabic: اللبنانيون الأرمن‎ ‎ ) (French: "Libano-Armenien" ) are Lebanese citizens of Armenian descent. There has been an Armenian presence in Lebanon for centuries. According to Minority Rights Group International, there are 156,000 Armenians in Lebanon, around 4% of the population. Prior to the Lebanese Civil War, the number was higher, but the community lost a portion of its population to emigration. Prior to 1975, Beirut was a thriving center of Armenian culture with varied media production, which was exported to the Armenian diaspora.
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Anjar, Lebanon Anjar (Arabic: عنجر‎ ‎ / ALA-LC: "‘Anjar"; Armenian: Անճար French: "Anjar" , meaning "unresolved or running river"), also known as Haoush Mousa (Arabic: حوش موسى‎ ‎ / "Ḥawsh Mūsá"), is a town of Lebanon located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians. The total area is about twenty square kilometers (7.7 square miles). In the summer, the population swells to 3,500, as members of the Armenian diaspora return to visit there.
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Issa Makhlouf Issa Makhlouf (Arabic: عيسى مخلوف‎ ‎ ) is a Lebanese writer and poet who lives in Paris where he is currently the News Director at Radio Orient.
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Shaykh Issa Shaykh Issa (Arabic: الشيخ عيسى‎ ‎ ) is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located north of Aleppo, it is administratively part of Nahiya Tell Rifaat in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Tell Rifaat to the west, Kaljibrin to the north and Mare' to the east. In the 2004 census, Shaykh Issa had a population of 4,296. The town is at 36.47926 ° N 37.14506 ° E
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Naqoura Naqoura (Arabic: الناقورة‎ ‎ , "Enn Nâqoura, Naqoura, An Nāqūrah") is a small city in southern Lebanon. Since March 23, 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been headquartered in Naqoura.
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Aley Aley (Arabic: عاليه‎ ‎ ), is a city in Lebanon. It is the capital of the Aley District and fourth largest city in Lebanon.
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Hasmonean dynasty The Hasmonean dynasty ( ; Hebrew: חשמונאים‎ ‎ , "Ḥashmona'im") was the ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity. Between c. 140 and c. 116 BCE the dynasty ruled semi-autonomously from the Seleucids in the region of Judea. From 110 BCE, with the Seleucid empire disintegrating, the dynasty became fully independent, expanded into the neighbouring regions of Samaria, Galilee, Iturea, Perea, and Idumea, and took the title "basileus". Some modern scholars refer to this period as an independent kingdom of Israel.
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Ain el Safssaf Ain el Safssaf (Arabic: عين الصفصاف‎ ‎ translit. ʿayn al-ṣafṣaf) (also Ain es-Sofsaf) is a village in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.
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Nashashibi clan Nashashibi (Arabic: النشاشيبي‎ ‎ ; transliteration, an-Nashāshībī) is the name of a prominent Palestinian family based in Jerusalem. Many of its members held senior positions in the government or rule of the Mamluks, Ottoman, British mandate, Jordan and quasi semi self-rule (PA) of Palestine.
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Mireille Issa Mireille Issa is a Lebanese medievalist born in Beirut. She studies the late Latin period of antiquity.
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Lebanese Independence Day Lebanese Independence Day (Arabic: عيد الإستقلال اللبناني‎ ‎ "Eid Al-Istiqlal", lit. "Festival of the Independence") (French: "Independence du Liban" ) is the national day of Lebanon celebrated on November 22 in commemoration of the end of the French Mandate over Lebanon in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule.
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Abu Ibrahim al-Kabir Khalil Muhammad Issa, better known by his "nom de guerre" Abu Ibrahim al-Kabir, was a Palestinian Arab commander during the 1936-39 Arab revolt in Palestine.
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Hamza (name) Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamzeh or Humza; Arabic: حمزة‎ ‎ , standardized transliteration is Ḥamzah ) is a masculine given name in the Muslim world, derived from the Arabic word "ḥamuza", meaning "strong" or "steadfast". It was borne by one of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's uncles, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, an early Islamic convert renowned for his strength and bravery in battle.
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Hassan Khaled Hassan Khaled (Arabic:حسن خالد ;born in 1921– Died 16 May 1989) was the leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community. As a grand mufti, he presided over Islamic courts in Lebanon for 23 years, and served as Head of the Islamic Coalition, a body which included past and present prime ministers, Sunni parliamentary figures, and Sunni members of Lebanon's government. He was considered a moderate, and upon his assassination was named as the "father of moderation," as he worked throughout his career to bring unity to the warring factions of the Lebanese Civil War. Khaled's assassination in 1989 was widely believed to be the work of Syria.
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Boustani The Boustani family is a prominent dynastic Lebanese and Syrian family with significant influence around the globe. Variations of the name, due to transliteration, include: Boustani as well as Boustany, Bustani, and Bestani (Arabic: بستاني‎ ‎ / ALA-LC: "Bustānī"). The name, a nisba, derives from the Arabic word for garden and is thought to date back to at least the 15th Century.
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Ishak (name) Ishak or Ishaq ( ; Arabic: اسحاق‎ ‎ / ALA-LC: "Isḥāq") is a surname and masculine given name, the Arabic form of Isaac.
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Issa (clan) The Issa or "Eesah" or Aysa (Somali: "Ciise", Reer Sheikh Ciise , Arabic: عيسى‎ ‎ ) are a Somali clan, and a sub-clan of the Dir. Members primarily reside in Djibouti, Awdal in Somaliland, as well as the Shinile Zone located in the Somali Region of Ethiopia and is one of the largest clans of the Dir. Traditionally, they live as nomadic cattle breeders, but they also engage in trade and have contacts throughout the region. The populations of Six major cities of Djibouti: Djibouti City, Ali Sabieh, Arta, Dikhil, Holhol, Ali Adde and Assamo – are predominantly Issa and in Ethiopia: Dire Dawa, Ayesha, Adigale, Erer and Āfdem and Somalia: Zeila and Xariirad. As a sub-clan of the Dir, the Issa clan traces their paternal ancestry to Irir, one of the sons of Samaale.
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Hezbollah Al-Hejaz Hezbollah Al-Hejaz (Arabic: حزب الله الحجاز‎ ‎ ; English: literally Party of God in the "Hejaz" ), Hizbollah in the Hijaz or the Saudi Hizbollah, is a militant organization operating in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. It is a Shi‘i organization founded in May 1987 in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. It is pro-Khomeini as opposed to the pro-Shirazi Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula (OIR; Munazzamat al-Thawra al-Islamiyya). It is outlawed in Saudi Arabia, being designated as a terrorist organization by the kingdom's government on 7 March 2014.