Dhour El Choueir
Dhour El Choueir (Arabic: ضهور الشوير) is a mountain town in Lebanon ('dhour' meaning 'summit, top [of a mountain]'). It lies slightly north of the main Beirut - Damascus highway. It overlooks the city of Beirut and the Mediterranean sea. It is 30 km from Beirut and 42 km from Beirut International Airport. It is one of Mount Lebanon's favored summer resorts. Dhour El-Choueir is important for its August yearly carnival, honoring Lebanon's emigrants. The town was on the front line during the Lebanese Civil War. Edward Said a Palestinian Writer and Philosopher was a resident of Dhour El Choueir.
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Dhour El Choueir
Dhour El Choueir (Arabic: ضهور الشوير) is a mountain town in Lebanon ('dhour' meaning 'summit, top [of a mountain]'). It lies slightly north of the main Beirut - Damascus highway. It overlooks the city of Beirut and the Mediterranean sea. It is 30 km from Beirut and 42 km from Beirut International Airport. It is one of Mount Lebanon's favored summer resorts. Dhour El-Choueir is important for its August yearly carnival, honoring Lebanon's emigrants. The town was on the front line during the Lebanese Civil War. Edward Said a Palestinian Writer and Philosopher was a resident of Dhour El Choueir.
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Dhour El Choueir (Arabic: ضهور ...... s mostly Melkite and Maronite.
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Dhour El Choueir ist ein im Li ...... roße Dorf rund 5000 Einwohner.
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Dour Choueir est une ville du ...... rend environ 5000 habitants et
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Duhur al-Shuwayr (in arabo: ضه ...... deologo libanese Anṭūn Saʿade.
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مصيف الشوير وضهورها في قضاء ال ...... عنى وأصل كلمة "شوير" في اللغة.
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Map showing the location of Dhour El Shuwayr within Lebanon
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Dhour El Choueir (Arabic: ضهور ...... resident of Dhour El Choueir.
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Dhour El Choueir ist ein im Li ...... roße Dorf rund 5000 Einwohner.
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Dour Choueir est une ville du ...... rend environ 5000 habitants et
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Duhur al-Shuwayr (in arabo: ضه ...... deologo libanese Anṭūn Saʿade.
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مصيف الشوير وضهورها في قضاء ال ...... نية أثريّة حيث منطقة تُعرف باس
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Dhour Choueir
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Dhour El Choueir
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Dhour El Choueir
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Duhur al-Shuwayr
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ضهور الشوير
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Dhour El Choueir
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ضهور الشوير
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