(1968-1992) Gebran Tueini, former editor and publisher of the daily paper An-Nahar Khaled Mouzanar, world renowned composer Joe Kodeih, writer, actor and director Nancy Ajram, singer Samir Assaf, CEO of HSBC Global Banking & Markets Paula Yacoubian, Parliament member See also Badaro Beirut Central District Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais Hekmeh BC Collège de la Sagesse Racing Beirut Hekmeh FC Further reading Eddé, Carla. 2009. Beyrouth, naissance d’une capitale: 1918-1924. Paris: Actes Sud. Davie, May. 1993. La millat grecque-orthodoxe de Beyrouth, 1800-1940: Structuration interne et rapport a la cite. Doctoral thesis, Universite de Paris IV – Sorbonne. Davie, May. 1996. Beyrouth et ses faubourgs (1840-1940) : Une intégration inachevée. Beirut: Les Cahiers du Cermoc. Fawaz, Leila Tarazi. 1983. Merchants and migrants in nineteenth-century Beirut. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Hanssen, Jens. 2005. Fin de siècle Beirut: The making of an Ottoman provincial capital. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kamel, Leila Salameh. 1998. Un quartier de Beyrouth, Saint-Nicolas : structures familiales et structures foncières. Beirut: Dar el-Machreq. Kassir, Samir. 2010. Beirut. Berkeley: University of California Press. Khoury, Elias. 1989. Little mountain. New York: Picador. Traboulsi, Fawwaz. 2007. A History of Modern Lebanon. London: Pluto Press. Trombetta, Lorenzo. 2009. “The private archive of the Sursuqs, a Beirut family of Christian notables: An early investigation.” Rivista degli Studi Orientali 82(1). Verdeil, Éric. 2012. Beyrouth et ses urbanistes : Une ville en plans (1946-1975). Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo. [http://books.openedition.org/ifpo/2101]. References External links SOUWAR.com Ikamalebanon.com Lebanonatlas.com Article on the history of Ashrafieh and how it evolved through time - Interview with Former Ashrafieh MP Michel Sassine (December 2011): https://www.scribd.com/doc/77669439/Interview-on-the-History-of-Achrafieh-with-HE-Michel-Sassine-Dec-2011 Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Lebanon Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon Achrafieh Armenian communities in Lebanon Melkite Christian communities in Lebanon