Kfarshima
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Kfarshima
كفرشيما | |
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Kfarshima Location in Lebanon | |
Coordinates: 33°48′55″N 35°32′0″E / 33.81528°N 35.53333°E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
District | Baabda District |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Kfarshima (Arabic: كفرشيما), also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is populated by Lebanese Christians: mainly Melkite Greek Catholic and Maronites, with smaller communities of Greek Orthodox and Protestant Evangelical Christians. Kfarshima was subject to heavy bombing during the Lebanese civil war since it was a primary fault line.
Kfarshima is the birthplace of the composers musicians and singers, , Halim el-Roumi and Melhem Barakat, and the singers , and Majida El Roumi. Also the Birthplace of the Philosopher Shibli Shumayyil (Chibli Chemayel). It was also the hometown for Lebanese singer Issam Rajji.
Schools[]
- Eastwood College
- Ecole Saint Maxime
- Lycée Adonis
- Ecole Notre Dame Des Soeurs Antonine
- Kfarshima Official Middle School
- Kfarshima Official High School
- National Protestant College
Churches[]
There are seven churches in Kfarchima:
- The Greek Orthodox church St. Peter & Paul, in Al-Mahatta.
- Three Maronite Churches: St. Elias in Balouh, New Lady of the Rosary in Sahet-al-Ain and the Old Lady of the Rosary in Ain-al-Rouhban.
- The Evangelical Church in Haret-al-Majjadin.
- The St. Takla Church for the Catholics located in Sahet-al-Ain.
- The St. Antoine Church (Also called 'Deir Al Karkafi') located in Haret-al-Deir.
Notable residents[]
- Ilyās Farhāt, poet
- Saleem Takla, co-founder of Al-Ahram
- Shibli Shumayyil
- Hanna K. Korany
- Greater Beirut
- Populated places in Baabda District
- Melkite Christian communities in Lebanon
- Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon
- Populated places in Lebanon