Hannibal Mejbri, Professional Footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Tunisia national team.
The 18-year-old midfielder has picked up the Denzil Haroun trophy at the Aon Training Complex after being a key part of Neil Wood’s youthful side in Premier League 2.
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FRANCE / TUNISIA
Hiam Abbas (aka) Hiyam Abbassa. Actress. Film Director.
Hollywood Film, TV shows. French Films
Awards/ International Participation :
Born in Nazareth, Israel. Arab citizen of Israel.
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ISRAEL (Arab Israeli) / FRENCH
Amin Maaloof . Scholar. Writer. Novelist.
Honours / Decorations :
-Chevalier of the Legion of Honour – France / – Grand officier of the National Order of Merit – France / Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Letrres – France / Knight First class of the Order of the Lion of Finland / Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar – Lebanon / Officier of the Order of Cultural Merit – Monaco
-Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for Literature (2010)
-Sheikh Zayed Book Award for “Cultural Personality of the Year” -2016
-Elected member of the Academie francaise – 23 June 2011 . Maalouf is the first person of Lebanese heritage to receive that honor
Books / Fiction :
–Leon l’Africain (1986) Leo Africanus-translated by Peter Sluglett / Samarcande (1988) Samarkand – translated by Russell Harris / –Les jardins de lumiere (1991) – The Gardens of Light – translated by Dorothy S. Blair / –Le Premier siecle apres Beatrice (1992) – The First Century after Beatrice – translated by Dorothy S. Blair / –Le Rocher de Tanios (1993) – The Rock of Tanios – translated by Dorothy S. Blair / –Les Echelles du Levant (1996) – Ports of Call – translated by Alberto Manguel / –Le Periple de Baldassare (2000) – Balthasar’s Odyssey – translated by Barbara Bray
Books / Non-Fiction :
–Les Croisades vues par les Arabes (1983) – The Crusades Through Arab Eyes / –Les Identites meurtrieres (1998) – In the Name of Identity : Violence and the Need to Belong – translated by Barbara Bray / –Origenes (2004) – Origins : A memoir – translated by Catherine Temerson / – Le Dereglement du monde (2009) – Disordered World – translated by George Miller
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French / French-Arab / Lebanese-French
Louis Chedid : Singer, Songwriter, Composer and Author
-Louis Chedid’s First album was “Balbutiements” (Mumblings – 1973) He followed up with titles like “La Belle” and “T’as beau pas être beau”(1977).
In 1981, “Ainsi soit-il” (Amen) rose to the top of the charts, followed four years later by “Anne ma sœur Anne” (My sister Anne)
-Composer of Pierre-Dominique Burgaud’s “Le Soldat Rose” (The Pink Soldier, 2006), a fairytale musical
-Autobiographical novel – 40 Berges Blues (1992)
Awards:
-Conferred the Medal ‘Commander of the Order of Art and Letters’ (October 2016)
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France / Egyptian-Lebanese