Bmaryam Explained

Bmaryam
Native Name:بمريم
Native Name Lang:ar
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lebanon
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Mount Lebanon
Subdivision Name2:Baabda District
Coordinates:33.8286°N 35.7236°W
Pushpin Map:Lebanon

Bmaryam, also spelled Bmariam, is a village in Baabda District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.[1]

History

During the Mountain War many of the Christians in the village fled due to fighting. On 1 September 1983, Druze militias entered the Syrian-controlled village and killed 39 of Christian civilians.[2] [3] The right-wing Phalangist-operated Voice of Lebanon radio station reported that the militias had "butchered about 40 elderly persons and children with knives, including the town’s priest, Gergis El-Rai," and that only one remaining Christian had survived.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: لوكاليبان . بمريم - لوكاليبان . 2023-01-21 . www.localiban.org . ar . 2010-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101217151435/http://localiban.org/spip.php?article2443 . dead .
  2. https://www.cairn.info/revue-critique-internationale-2004-2-page-55.htm#no26
  3. Web site: Druze gunmen apparently massacred Christian civilians Tuesday following their... . 2023-01-21 . UPI . en.
  4. Web site: Desert Sun 1 September 1983 — California Digital Newspaper Collection . 2023-01-21 . cdnc.ucr.edu.