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40-747: The Yazbaki faction has been led by the Arslan family , whose leadership dates back to the 15th century. An inner-Druze conflict in Lebanon during the 18th and early 19th centuries brought the Yazbaki and Jumblatt factions to prominence in Druze political affairs in Mount Lebanon . This division likely stems from the Druze tactic of aligning with various power contenders during crises, showcasing their adaptability (Yazbakis) and resilience (Jumblattis). During

80-878: A Captain Granger between 20 and 24 November. The Druze eventually suffered their first major defeat to French reinforcements, with heavy casualties marking a turning point in the Druze invasion of southern Lebanon. Under the French Mandate and on 11 November 1943, Rashaya witnessed the arrest and the imprisonment of the Lebanese national leaders in its citadel by the Free French troops ( Bechara El Khoury (the first post-independence President of Lebanon ), Riad El-Solh (the Prime Minister ), Pierre Gemayel , Camille Chamoun , Adel Osseiran ). This led to

120-643: A left-lateral strike-slip fault that cuts into Mount Hermon and is an extension of the Banias Fault. It suggested to be pre- Pliocene and may be active. The danger of earthquakes is not high and there have been none on record. It runs a few kilometers east of the Hasbaya Fault, which in turn runs parallel to the Jordan valley . The Rashaya Fault may have experienced up to 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of Quaternary horizontal movement and small breaches on

160-485: A national and international pressure in demand for their release, and eventually obliging France to obey. On November 22, 1943, the prisoners were released, and that day was declared the Lebanese Independence Day . Rashaya is situated on a karst topography of grey or creamy-white, jurassic limestone with a thickness of up to 1 kilometre (0.62 mi). The Rashaya Fault has been defined as

200-518: A survey of 2002. The World Bank and U.S. Aid has financed development projects in the area with the assistance of the YMCA and other NGOs . Projects have included a $ 500,000 waste water treatment plant and redecoration of the town's guesthouse in 2007. Commonly grown crops include cherries , olives , apricots and grapes . Some wild cucumbers are also grown, however vegetables are less frequently grown due to low rainfall. Animal husbandry

240-578: Is a Greek Orthodox family from the district of Metn who are notable for launching the Murr TV (MTV) . Many of its members have held ministerial and parliamentary positions, most notably Michel El-Murr and his son Elias who made fortunes in Africa. The family is married into the Tueni family . Notable members: The Al-Musawi is a Shi'ite political family. Members of this family are referred to by

280-583: Is a Maronite family whose members claim to have been the decedents and were a part of the Dhaou families of the Levant , they allegedly trace their origin back to Ghassanids . In modern politics, the family saw the likes of Emile Lahoud as the country's president who had close ties with the Syrian Al-Assad regime. Notable members: The Mghabghab family is a Greek Catholic political family in

320-408: Is a Maronite political family in the region of Metn and West Beirut which is headquartered in the town of Bikfaya . The family is mentioned in bureaucratic records as among the inhabitants of Bikfaya as early as the 16th century. Between that time until the 18th century they were the sheikhs of the village. In 1642 Sheikh Abu Aoun was the joint governor of the subdistrict of Bsharri alongside

360-550: Is a Druze political family from Rashaya . Politically, the family is represented by the Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement which Faisal Daoud headed between 1986 and 2014. The Daouk family is a prominent Sunni Beirut family that stemmed in Ras Beirut , Lebanon during the 15th century; after fleeing Marrakesh , Morocco , the family escaped Morocco in the late 12th century from Marrakesh to

400-639: Is a prominent Greek Orthodox family originating in the village of Ain Aanoub . They are the descendance of Prince Abd al-Masih al-Qandil , affiliated with the Yemeni princes of the Qahtani family of Ghassan. Notable members: The Aoun family is a Maronite family that was recently established as political via Michel Aoun's daughters. Aoun's second child, Claudine Aoun , married politician and former brigadier general , Chamel Roukoz . The third, Chantal,

440-657: Is a town of the Rashaya District in the west of the Beqaa Government of Lebanon . It is situated at around 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) above sea level on the western slopes of Mount Hermon , south east of Beirut near the Syrian border, and approximately halfway between Jezzine and Damascus . Rachaya is known for the Rashaya Citadel where Bshara El Khoury was jailed in 1943. It's

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480-579: Is married to Gebran Bassil , whom she met at an FPM conference in Paris in 1996. He served as a minister in different cabinets, and succeeded Aoun as president of the Free Patriotic Movement in 2015. Michel's nephew, Alain Aoun , is a Member of Parliament, elected in 2009 , 2018 and 2022 . Notable members: The Arslan family is a hereditary Druze leadership dynasty descends from

520-519: Is one of the original aristocratic families of Saida, Fakhoury family can trace their roots to the Lebanese city of Rachaya Al Foukhar but they separated and some of them relocated to Saida where they bought a great amount of lands and got involved in the political decision of the South, while others spread in Keserwan and Matn area. The Fakhoury family used to be one of the most important families of

560-479: The Chouf area of Mount Lebanon that has dominated Druze politics since the 18th century. The current head of the family is veteran politician Walid Jumblatt , the son and successor of Kamal Jumblatt , one of the most influential figures in modern Lebanese politics. Other members of the family have contributed to cultural, economic and social life in Lebanon. Khaled Jumblatt , a distant cousin of Walid Jumblatt, held

600-568: The Chouf region . The family is known to be allied with the National Liberal Party and having members that are viewed as Lebanese independence heroes. Notable members: The Moawad family is one of numerous Maronite Christian political families ruling in the region of Zgharta-Ehden . Rene Moawad was the 9th president of the republic and his widow, Nayla, founded the René Moawad Foundation , to further

640-581: The Druze chief Zayn al-Din of the Sawwaf family . Pierre Gemayel was the founder of the Lebanese Kataeb party (Phalange) as a paramilitary youth organization inspired by Spanish Falange and Italian Fascist parties and currently has 5 seats in parliament. Notable members: Notable members: Notable members: Notable members: The Jumblatt family is a prominent Druze family based in

680-775: The Jabal Amel region of modern-day Southern Lebanon soon after the Ottoman Empire assumed control over the area in 1516. Notable members: Notable members: The Rassi family is a Greek Orthodox family in the areas of Koura and Tripoli which became known through the political legacy of Abdullah Rassi. The family has gained notability through the marriages its members to the Frangieh family. Notable members: Rashaya Rashaya , Rachaya , Rashaiya , Rashayya or Rachaiya ( Arabic : راشيا ), also known as Rashaya al-Wadi or Rachaya el-Wadi (and variations),

720-763: The Jabal Mohsen neighborhood in Tripoli . The family founded the Arab Democratic Party which was founded in the early 70s by Ali Eid . Rifaat Eid has relations with the Syrian Alawite regime and fought during the Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict against Sunni armed militias who opposed the Syrian regime. Notable members: The Fakhoury family is a prominent Greek Catholic family, It

760-533: The Lakhmids . The family name of Arslan was given to the descendants of the dynasty. The Arslan family was sent to the coast of the Lebanon by the Muslim Khalifa in 634 and they were responsible of guarding the coast and protecting it. They ruled Beirut for 476 years (from 634 until 1110). Notable members: El-Assaad or Al As'ad is a feudal political clan originally from Najd and a main branch of

800-591: The Lebanese Civil War , the Arslan family's status declined due to their collaboration with the Kataeb Party . To prevent the Arslan clan from regaining influence, the politician Walid Jumblatt offered numerous Yazbaki activists positions within his various organizations. Both the Yazbaki and Jumblatt clans have played crucial roles in Lebanese politics, often competing for power and influence within

840-674: The Lebanese Parliament . They have also been represented in many recent governments. Prominent politicians include Cheikh Philippe El Khazen , a prominent doctor and medical professor born in 1921 in Ghosta. Cheikh Philippe El Khazen was a member of the Parliament in 1968-1972 and a Co-Founder and Vice President of the Maronite League and Farid Haykal Khazen , incumbent MP. Notable members: The Lahoud family

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880-513: The anza tribe . Unrelated to Syrian or Palestinian Al-Assads, El-Assaad dynasty that ruled most of South Lebanon for three centuries and whose lineage defended fellow denizens of history's Jabal Amel (Mount Amel) principality – today southern Lebanon – for 36 generations, Balqa in Jordan , Nablus in Palestine, and Homs in Syria governed by Ottoman rule between generations throughout

920-417: The summer season down to −5 °C (23 °F) in winter . The dominant wind direction is east to west from which the town is somewhat sheltered by the mountains. The economy of the town is primarily based on agriculture , the services and tourism industries. The town has two olive oil presses and three grape molasses factories. Rashaya was designated one of nine poverty areas within Lebanon in

960-610: The 19th century and a branch, now called the Aryain family still inhabit the town. Rashaya has four churches and a dozen of Druze khalwaat . There is a Greek Catholic Church and a Syriac Catholic Church along with the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church . There have been findings of Paleolithic and Heavy Neolithic Stone Age tools near the town of Qaraoun along with Trihedral Neolithic material recovered nearby at Joub Jannine , both in

1000-655: The 6th millennium or earlier. The Rashaya Citadel , also known as the Citadel of Independence, has been declared a national monument, having been first built as a palace by the Shihab family in the 18th century. It is now stationed by the Lebanese Armed Forces and can be visited and seen under the army's surveillance. In June 1860, the town was the scene of a massacre, where two hundred and sixty five Christians were killed by Druze forces, some within

1040-566: The Arab caliphate. El-Assaads are considered now "Bakaweit" (title of nobility plural of "Bek" granted to a few wealthy families in Lebanon), and are considered princes or heirs to the family's dynasty to some. Notable members: The Bazzi family is a Lebanese Shia Muslim family that has been the largest family in Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, for centuries. The Bazzi clan is spread across

1080-478: The Druze community and the broader political landscape of Lebanon. Throughout its history, the Yazbaki leadership has generally supported the existing political establishment and the concept of "legitimacy." Arslan family This is a list of political families in Lebanon and their prominent members. This list does not include historical monarchies that ruled the region of the Levant but can include its modern-ruling decedents. The Abou Fadel family

1120-843: The Levant during the Reconquista inquisition. The immigration came as a consequence of the heavy influx of refugees from the Iberian Peninsula. This was due to the heavy influx of Arab refugees coming from the Iberian Peninsula to the Maghreb and the Levant following the fall of Al-Andalus to the Catholic Monarchs . Notable members: Notable members: The Eid family is an Alawite political family that leads an Alawite community concentrated in

1160-576: The Middle East from Lebanon to Iraq, Iran, and Yemen, and to Europe as far as Northern Italy, without confirmed connections among all regions. Their political presence has been established since the French mandate of Greater Lebanon with MP Ali Bazzi (Abu Hani). The family includes many notable politicians, academicians, military officers, journalists, political analysts, and writers. Notable politicians include: Notable members: The Daoud family

1200-634: The South since 1785. After the turn of the 19th century they began to establish significant positions of power within the Ottoman empire where they were granted the title of بيك Beik . As a long line of land owners and tax collectors, the Fakhouries were able to leverage their finances and capital using their connections to American, British, French, German and Russian consuls over the decade to establish extensive economic and political connections. Notable members: Notable members: The Gemayel family

1240-527: The Western Bekaa province. The remains of a Roman temple can be seen on the left side of the road leading from Rashaya to the village of Aaiha , one of several Temples of Mount Hermon . Neolithic flints were also found in the hills 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of the town. There is also a significant Neolithic site nearby at Kawkaba where fragments of agricultural tools such as basalt hoes have been found with very faded dating suggesting

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1280-531: The anglicised version of their name. They are usually given the honorific title Sayyid before their first name, implying that a person is a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his sixth generation grandson, Musa al-Kadhim . Notable members: The Osseiran family traces its Shia origins to what is now Iraq and there to the tribe of the Bani Asad , which fought alongside Hussein -

1320-446: The associated strands from it have developed small basins. The danger of earthquakes is not high and there have been none recorded from the fault. Rashaya receives between 650 millimetres (26 in) and 750 millimetres (30 in) of rainfall each year with around two fifths of this amount falling between November and March. It has an average annual temperature of 15 °C (59 °F), varying between 35 °C (95 °F) in

1360-500: The citadel. Around one thousand victims were killed in the areas of Hasbaya and Rashaya between 10 and 13 June. In November and December 1925, the town was engulfed and nearly obliterated by one of the largest battles of the Great Druze Revolt , when four hundred and twenty nine Christian homes were either damaged or destroyed. Three thousand Druze under Zayd Beg besieged the citadel of French legionnaires under

1400-709: The goals of dialogue, peace, and social justice, to which they had dedicated their life. Nayla Moawad was elected to the National Assembly in 1991 and was a member of the Qornet Shawan Gathering . The eldest son of Rene, Michel Moawad , founded the Independence Movement , a reformist, Lebanese Nationalist party that goes against the Syrian Regime and the weapons of Hezbollah . Notable members: The Murr family

1440-651: The position of mufti of Tripoli . The family is also known to adhere a strong Arab nationalist ideology as it runs the Arab Liberation Party , now known as the Dignity Movement. Notable members: The El Khazen family were very influential within the Maronite Church . Several members have played leading roles in politics for many generations. In modern times, Khazen have always represented Keserwan with at least one MP in

1480-563: The position of minister of economy and was a prominent politician in Lebanon for many years until his death in 1993. Besides the Chouf, the family owns mansions and villas within the distinguished Clemenceau area of Beirut and in the northwest area of Sidon . Notable members: Notable members: The Karami family is a Sunni political family in the city of Tripoli in Northern Lebanon. Members of his family traditionally held

1520-575: The son of Ali and grandson of the prophet Mohammed , at Karbala in 680. After their defeat the survivors suffered persecution and after an unknown period of time one of the tribal members - Haidar - reportedly fled to Baalbek, where he had two sons: Ali and Osseiran. According to the family's historiography, the latter settled in Sidon /Saida. Historians have established that the Osseirans rose to prominence and power as grain merchants in Sidon and

1560-409: The symbol of independence. Rashaya has a population of around 6,000 to 7,500 that are mostly Druze . It is still considered to be a traditional Lebanese town with its old cobbled streets and small shops, even though it witnessed in recent years a slight expansion of buildings. It retains a distinguished character of traditional stone houses with red tiled roofs. The small souk in the middle of

1600-538: The town offers various shops selling local crafts and inexpensive goods. There is a recently renovated goldsmiths selling an assortment of gold and silver jewelry in Byzantine and other styles. The nearby Faqaa forest is classified as a protected area and Pine nuts from the local conifer trees are used in traditional cooking. The Al-Aryan family was a prominent part of the Druze community in Rashaya in

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