Lebanese Government and Economy

Lebanese Government And Economy

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  1. Complete the sentence about Tabbouleh with the correct year: Since ______, it is celebrated the first Saturday of the month of July.
  2. Complete the sentence about Fattoush with the correct year: According to Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest English use of the word fattoush was in ______ by Stevens Point Journal.
  3. Complete the sentence about Falafel with the correct year: By ______ a falafel shop had been opened in Beirut and from there it spread down the Red Sea coast all the way to Yemen, it had spread west i…
  4. Complete the sentence about Labneh with the correct year: Fage International S.A. began straining cow's-milk yogurt for industrial production in Greece in ______, when it launched its brand "Total".
  5. Complete the sentence about Knafeh with the correct year: Food historian Daniel Newman cites an ______ cookbook published in Beirut as the earliest documented example of a cheese-filled variant.
  6. Complete the sentence about Knafeh with the correct year: Gustaf Dalman described in ______ knafeh basma made with sweetened cheese between two layers of pastry being made in Sidon and Jerusalem.
  7. Complete the sentence about Baklava with the correct year: The word baklava is first attested in English in ______, a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish: باقلاوه /bɑːklɑvɑː/.
  8. Complete the sentence about Baklava with the correct year: Written in ______ in today's Iraq, the cookbook was based on an earlier collection of 9th century Persian-inspired recipes.
  9. Complete the sentence about Maamoul with the correct year: An ______ Egyptian Arabic-English dictionary by author Socrates Spiro described "maʿmûl" as "a kind of Syrian cake"; the name was translated…
  10. Complete the sentence about Maamoul with the correct year: A recipe for walnut-filled ma'amoul appeared in the ______ Beirut cookbook Ustadh al-Tabbakhin.
  11. Complete the sentence about Chateau Ksara with the correct year: In ______, a milestone was reached in Ksara's history when a grotto - an artificial cave - dating back to the Roman era was fortuitousl…
  12. Complete the sentence about Chateau Ksara with the correct year: In ______, the Vatican encouraged its monasteries to sell off commercial assets, and Ksara was bought out by a local consortium of busi…
  13. Complete the sentence about Chateau Ksara with the correct year: As of ______, Ksara produced 2.7 million bottles of wine per year, harvesting over two thousand eight hundred tons of grapes from three…
  14. Complete the sentence about Château Musar with the correct year: The winery was established by Gaston Hochar in ______ after returning from Bordeaux.
  15. Complete the sentence about Za'atar with the correct year: The regulations extended to the West Bank, where in ______ there were reported instances of za'atar plants being confiscated at Israeli check…
  16. Complete the sentence about Lebanese bread with the correct year: The first mention of the word in English cited in the Oxford English Dictionary was in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Mezze with the correct year: Palestinian ethnographer Tawfiq Canaan described mezze in ______ as fruits, nuts, and bread that accompany spirits.
  18. Complete the sentence about Sumac with the correct year: The taxonomy of Rhus has a long history, with de Candolle proposing a subgeneric classification with 5 sections in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Tahini with the correct year: In North America, sesame tahini, along with other raw nut butters, was available by ______ in health food stores.
  20. Complete the sentence about Olive oil with the correct year: Until around ______ BC, eastern coastal areas of the Mediterranean were most heavily cultivated.
  21. Complete the sentence about Kahlil Gibran with the correct year: In ______, Gibran settled in New York, where his first book in English, The Madman, was published by Alfred A.
  22. Complete the sentence about Kahlil Gibran with the correct year: In ______, Gibran re-founded the Pen League with fellow Mahjari poets.
  23. Complete the sentence about Amin Maalouf with the correct year: In ______, he was awarded the National Order of Merit by the French government.
  24. Complete the sentence about Elias Khoury with the correct year: Elias Khoury was born in ______ into a middle-class Greek Orthodox family in the predominantly Christian Ashrafiyye district of Beirut…
  25. Complete the sentence about Elias Khoury with the correct year: In ______, he earned his high school diploma from al-Ra'i al-Saleh High School in Beirut.
  26. Complete the sentence about Elias Khoury with the correct year: Khoury studied history at the Lebanese University and graduated in ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Elias Khoury with the correct year: In ______, he received his PhD in social history at the University of Paris.
  28. Complete the sentence about Hanan al-Shaykh with the correct year: Hanan al-Shaykh was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in ______, into a strict Shi'a family.
  29. Complete the sentence about Ameen Rihani with the correct year: In ______, his father sent his brother and Ameen to New York City; he followed them a year later.
  30. Complete the sentence about Ameen Rihani with the correct year: To that end, he attended night school for a year, passed the Regents Exam, and in ______ entered the New York Law School.
  31. Complete the sentence about Mikhail Naimy with the correct year: After the war, Naimy returned for a time to Walla Walla, where he began his writing career in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Mikhail Naimy with the correct year: In ______, having lived in the States for 21 years, Naimy returned to Baskinta, where he lived for the rest of his life.
  33. Complete the sentence about Etel Adnan with the correct year: In ______, she moved to the United States for postgraduate study in philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard Univ…
  34. Complete the sentence about Etel Adnan with the correct year: The two of them worked together on The Post-Apollo Press which was founded by Fattal in ______, and where Adnan was a vital contributor as…
  35. Complete the sentence about Said Akl with the correct year: Akl aligned himself with Lebanese nationalism, and was one of the founding members of the Lebanese Renewal Party in ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Said Akl with the correct year: In ______ he stated that literary Arabic would vanish from Lebanon.
  37. Complete the sentence about Rabih Alameddine with the correct year: The author of six novels and a collection of short stories, Alameddine was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Rabih Alameddine with the correct year: In ______, Alameddine won the Arab American Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction for The Angel of History.
  39. Complete the sentence about Nadine Labaki with the correct year: Fleeing from the war in ______, Labaki spent three years in Montreal and obtained Canadian citizenship.
  40. Complete the sentence about Caramel with the correct year: As of 31 May ______, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 94% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 80 reviews w…
  41. Complete the sentence about Caramel with the correct year: As of 18 May ______, the film has grossed a little over $1 million in the US, despite its limited release.
  42. Complete the sentence about Ziad Doueiri with the correct year: Ziad Doueiri was born in Beirut on October 7, ______, and grew up there during the Lebanese Civil War, where he shot his personal films…
  43. Complete the sentence about Ziad Doueiri with the correct year: Doueiri worked between Los Angeles and Beirut until ______ after which he returned to work from Beirut.
  44. Complete the sentence about West Beirut with the correct year: In April ______, a young Lebanese boy named Tarek witnesses a massacre of Palestinians by the Phalangists.
  45. Complete the sentence about Lebanese cinema with the correct year: Several years later, in ______, the first movie theater was opened in the same city by the Pathé Frères.
  46. Complete the sentence about Lebanese cinema with the correct year: For example, in ______, the Communist Party met at the Crystal Cinema in Beirut.
  47. Complete the sentence about Sabah with the correct year: In ______, she was noticed for an acting talent at her school in Lebanon and later invited to Egypt by actress and film director Assia Dagher.
  48. Complete the sentence about Sabah with the correct year: In ______, she acted in her first film with Abdel Halim Hafez, which helped her enter the mainstream Arab acting scene.
  49. Complete the sentence about Wadih El Safi with the correct year: Wadih El Safi was born into a Maronite family in Niha, Chouf on November 1, ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Wadih El Safi with the correct year: Wadih El Safi's family moved to Beirut in ______, and he entered the Deir El Mukhlis Catholic School, where he was the only Maronite in…
  51. Complete the sentence about Najwa Karam with the correct year: Najwa Karam was born on February 26, ______ in Zahlé, Lebanon.
  52. Complete the sentence about Najwa Karam with the correct year: In ______, Karam signed with a small Saudi Arabian record label for her new album.
  53. Complete the sentence about Najwa Karam with the correct year: The success of Naghmet Hob led to a concert tour and many awards, including a prize from the Lebanese Broadcasting Association in ______…
  54. Complete the sentence about Nancy Ajram with the correct year: Having sold over 30 million records as of ______, Ajram is one of the best-selling Middle Eastern music artists.
  55. Complete the sentence about Nancy Ajram with the correct year: Nancy Ajram was born into a Lebanese Orthodox Christian family on May 16, ______, in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon.
  56. Complete the sentence about Elissa with the correct year: In ______, she released her debut studio album Baddy Doub through EMI Music Arabia.
  57. Complete the sentence about Elissa with the correct year: Elissa's breakthrough occurred with her ______ single "Ayshalak", from the third studio album of the same name, which was a substantial commer…
  58. Complete the sentence about Haifa Wehbe with the correct year: In ______, she expanded her career into acting, making a guest appearance in the film "Bahr Al Nojoum".
  59. Complete the sentence about Mohammed Mounir with the correct year: After completing his military service, Mounir released his ______ debut solo album Alemony Eneeki on the Sonar record label.
  60. Complete the sentence about Mohammed Mounir with the correct year: In May ______ he held a large concert at the pyramids of Giza, during which he was physically attacked by a drunken fan.
  61. Complete the sentence about Mohammed Mounir with the correct year: In ______ Mounir postponed his New Year's Eve concert at Cairo Opera House in solidarity with the Palestinians suffering the effects…
  62. Complete the sentence about Ragheb Alama with the correct year: In ______, his album Seneen Rayha saw the artist team with Starbucks for its release and sale, making him the first Arab artist to have…
  63. Complete the sentence about Ragheb Alama with the correct year: In mid-______, it was announced that Alama would head the judging panel for the pan-Arab version of the American Idol series.
  64. Complete the sentence about Ragheb Alama with the correct year: In ______, Alama recorded "Betgheeb Betrouh" with then-rising singer Elissa.
  65. Complete the sentence about Melhem Barakat with the correct year: In ______, Barakat dropped out of school at the age of 15 and enrolled in the National Institute of Music without his father's knowled…
  66. Complete the sentence about Melhem Barakat with the correct year: On August 15, ______, Google celebrated his 76th birthday with a Google Doodle.
  67. Complete the sentence about Marcel Khalife with the correct year: Khalifé studied the oud at the Beirut National Conservatory of Music and graduated in ______.
  68. Complete the sentence about Ziad Rahbani with the correct year: In ______, at age 17, Rahbani composed his first music for Fairuz, his mother.
  69. Complete the sentence about Rahbani brothers with the correct year: In ______, the trio performed for the first time at the Baalbeck International Festival; it was the first time that local Lebanese a…
  70. Complete the sentence about Rahbani brothers with the correct year: Fairuz, Assi, and Mansour were introduced to the Western world during their ______ tour of the United States.
  71. Complete the sentence about Rahbani brothers with the correct year: On September 22, ______ Assi suffered a brain hemorrhage and was rushed to the hospital.
  72. Complete the sentence about Julia Boutros with the correct year: Boutros was born in Beirut on April 1, ______, into a Maronite Christian family.
  73. Complete the sentence about Wael Kfoury with the correct year: In February ______, he announced cooperation with LG Electronics for a search for future music stars.
  74. Complete the sentence about Fadel Shaker with the correct year: Since ______, he is a wanted fugitive by the Lebanese government and has been hiding in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp.
  75. Complete the sentence about Fadel Shaker with the correct year: Fadl released his first album Wallah Zaman in ______, which had eight original songs.
  76. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, the band headlined Baalbeck International Festival.
  77. Complete the sentence about Soap Kills with the correct year: The group consisted of Zeid Hamdan and Yasmine Hamdan, both born in Beirut in ______ and not related.
  78. Complete the sentence about Soap Kills with the correct year: Soapkills appeared on several compilations before releasing their debut album, Bater, in ______.
  79. Complete the sentence about Sabah Fakhri with the correct year: Sabah was born in Aleppo, Syria, in ______, then a major center for Arabic and Oriental music.
  80. Complete the sentence about Sabah Fakhri with the correct year: One of Fakhri's earliest performances was in ______ at the Presidential Palace in Damascus, before President Shukri al-Quwatli and Prime…
  81. Complete the sentence about Sabah Fakhri with the correct year: In ______, Fakhri became a member of the Syrian parliament for the session, as a representative of artists.
  82. Complete the sentence about Saloua Raouda Choucair with the correct year: Born in ______ in Ain El Mraisseh, along Beirut's coastal Corniche, Lebanon, Choucair came from a family of doctors, lawyers…
  83. Complete the sentence about Saloua Raouda Choucair with the correct year: When Choucair's father was in Damascus as a conscript in the Ottoman army, he contracted typhoid and died in ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Saloua Raouda Choucair with the correct year: In ______, during World War II, the artist went to Egypt looking to find some art, but all the museums were closed as a result…
  85. Complete the sentence about Saloua Raouda Choucair with the correct year: After that, Choucair decides to leave Lebanon again in ______ to head to Paris with her brother-in-law, Fouad, who had to trav…
  86. Complete the sentence about Etel Adnan with the correct year: In ______, the academic journal MELUS called her "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab author writing today".
  87. Complete the sentence about Beirut Art Center with the correct year: In ______, Sandra Dagher curated with Saleh Barakat, owner of Agial Art Gallery in Beirut, the first Lebanese Pavilion at the Venic…
  88. Complete the sentence about Elie Saab with the correct year: As of ______, his couture collections were sold in Paris, London, and Beirut, and his ready-to-wear line was distributed through 160 retail…
  89. Complete the sentence about Elie Saab with the correct year: In ______, he served as a judge on Project Runway: Middle East.
  90. Complete the sentence about Elie Saab with the correct year: In ______, Saab moved to Paris to study fashion, but later returned to Beirut.
  91. Complete the sentence about Elie Saab with the correct year: In ______, he started his ready-to-wear line in Milan, as well as an accessories line.
  92. Complete the sentence about Zuhair Murad with the correct year: In ______, Murad expanded his presence in Beirut by opening a third flagship store.
  93. Complete the sentence about Zuhair Murad with the correct year: In ______, he debuted a collection on the runways of Rome, which contributed to his inclusion in the Italian fashion calendar.
  94. Complete the sentence about Zuhair Murad with the correct year: Miley Cyrus was seen sporting one of his creations at the Academy Awards; Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez wore his designs at the…
  95. Complete the sentence about Georges Hobeika with the correct year: Hobeika officially opened his atelier in Beirut, Lebanon in ______, and has been presenting his collections in Paris for over a decad…
  96. Complete the sentence about Georges Hobeika with the correct year: In ______, Jad Hobeika, the son of Georges Hobeika, was unveiled as the Co-Creative Director of the fashion house, collaborating with…
  97. Complete the sentence about Georges Hobeika with the correct year: After returning from Paris, Hobeika opened his first atelier location in Beirut, Lebanon in ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about Rabih Kayrouz with the correct year: In ______, Kayrouz was selected by the prominent French ELLE Magazine as one of the “Emerging New Talents”.
  99. Complete the sentence about Reem Acra with the correct year: While a teenager, she joined the fashion club at the American University in Beirut where she graduated in ______ with a business degree.
  100. Complete the sentence about Reem Acra with the correct year: Acra left Beirut in ______, relocating to New York City, during the peak of the Lebanese Civil War.

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