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This is a list of notable individuals born and residing mainly in Lebanon.Connection to DamascusBorn…

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This list of Iraqis includes people who were born in Iraq and people who are…

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Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi was a Syrian political and social pioneer from Aleppo. He is best…

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Jamal al-Din bin al-Qasimi was a Syrian Islamic scholar and one of the leading figures…

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Hashim al-Atassi was a Syrian politician and statesman who served as the President of Syria…

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Muhammad Kurd Ali was a notable Syrian scholar, historian and literary critic in the Arabic…

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Ahmed Abu Khalil ibn Hussein Agha Aqbiq, known as Abu Khalil al-Qabbani, was a Syrian…

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Maryana bint Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash, also known as Maryana al-Marrash or Maryana Marrash al-Halabiyah,…

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Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī, often quoted simply as al-'Ayni…