 Although Doueir is considered a big village, it is the home of many well-known Lebanese such as former Labour minister Ali Qanso,and the late nuclear physics scientist Rammal Rammal.In 1875 Victor Guérin found it to be a large village with 800 Metuali inhabitants.During the 2006 Lebanon War, Doueir was among the first targets of the Israel Defense Forces, with a family of 12 killed on July 13.