Doueir
Encyclopedia
Doueir or Dweir, is a village
of 7,500 inhabitants in Southern Lebanon
near Nabatiyeh and north of the Litani River
. Although Doueir is a small village, it is the home of many well-known Lebanese
such as former Labour minister Ali Qanso
, Mahdi Kanso, and Rammal Rammal
.
During the 2006 Lebanon War, Doueir was among the first targets of the IDF, with a family of 12 killed on July 13. The village has since benefited from investment by the Italian government to build a new olive oil mill.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of 7,500 inhabitants in Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon is the geographical area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. These two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s...
near Nabatiyeh and north of the Litani River
Litani River
The Litani River is an important water resource in southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley valley, west of Baalbek, and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Tyre. Exceeding 140 km in length, the Litani River is the longest river in Lebanon and provides an average...
. Although Doueir is a small village, it is the home of many well-known Lebanese
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
such as former Labour minister Ali Qanso
Ali Qanso
Ali Khalil Qanso , or Kanso, was born in 1948 in Doueir, Lebanon. He is a pro-Syrian Shiite Muslim. He received a degree in Arabic literature from the Lebanese University in 1969....
, Mahdi Kanso, and Rammal Rammal
Rammal Rammal
Rammal Rammal was a Lebanese condensed matter physicist. He was born in Doueir and passed his baccalaureate there but studied at the Joseph Fourier University in France...
.
During the 2006 Lebanon War, Doueir was among the first targets of the IDF, with a family of 12 killed on July 13. The village has since benefited from investment by the Italian government to build a new olive oil mill.