Maarab Explained

Official Name:	Maarab
Native Name:	معراب
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Lebanon
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Lebanon
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Keserwan-Jbeil
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Keserwan
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:	Religions
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	33.9978°N 35.6817°W

Maarab (Arabic: معراب|Miʿrāb) is a village located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon.^[1]

History

Ottoman tax records, which did not differentiate between Muslim communities, indicate Maarab had a population 15 Muslim households and three imams in 1523, 16 Muslim households in 1530, and 17 Muslim households in 1543.

Notable residents

• Samir Geagea, the executive chairman of the Lebanese Forces: the town hosted the Maarab Agreement, which holds the town's name, and is a political agreement made in Samir Geagea's headquarter between his Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement, which is famous to have paved the way for Michel Aoun to become the president of the country.

Bibliography

• Bakhit . Muhammad Adnan Salamah . The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century . School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London . February 1972 . PhD.

Notes and References

1. Web site: قرى لبنانية : معراب. locate Lebanon. locate Lebanon. 2017-11-26.