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Selim Mouzannar is a French-Lebanese jeweler who founded his Beirut house in 1993 and won a 2016 Couture Award for the emerald Amal necklace.
Al-Omari Mosque in Beirut, one of the city's oldest, was originally a Crusader-era church of St. John the Baptist before being converted to a mosque in the 13th century.
The Hassan Bek Mosque in Beirut, built in 1916 during the Ottoman period, is a prominent landmark near the former Green Line that survived the Lebanese Civil War intact.
Also known as the Beirut Blue Mosque, this monumental structure in Lebanon was begun in 2002 and reflects a prominent Ottoman architectural style.
L'Orient-Le Jour is the primary French-language daily newspaper in Lebanon, formed in 1971 through a merger, and highly notable for its influence in the Middle East.
