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Mieh w Mieh
- News
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Municipality
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Church
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His Beatitude Gregory III Laham Patriarch
of Antioch and all the East, in a historical visit to Mieh Mieh, July
03, 2004.
The photo shows his Beatitude and Mieh w Mieh municipality president,
Mr. Rafaat Bou Saba. |
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The Church as it appeared on Good
Friday this year, March 25, 2005, where you could see the Kovokliom
in the middle.
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Mieh w Mieh municipality is one of the most active municipalities in its
area. Lead by its president Mr. Rafaat Bou Saba, the municipality has
achieved several project in the last 6 years, especially the Public
Garden, new roads were opened and enlarged, the Timsal square was
renewed and renovated, etc. |
The Mieh w Mieh church has been remarkably
improved in the last 2 years. With the help of the village families, the
church was renewed, repainted, and redecorated. Also the old reception
hall (Salon Al Kanisi) was also been renewed and decorated, and is now
playing a big role in several occasions, by offering a comfortable place
for conventions, seminars, or to accept condolences in funeral
occasions, thus giving an outstanding view about Mieh w Mieh, especially
when people come from nearby villages or towns, where they all show
their appreciation about the place. |
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Arine Sporting Club
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Arine Sporting Club was founded on 1947 by Mr. Nasri Wakim. Mr. Nasri
was devoted to the club since its foundation, and most of the times he
has scarified his time with his family to the club in order to make it
achieve more success, and reach the level 1 among the existing teams. In
the late 60s, the Mieh w Mieh team has won the South Lebanon
championship in the Volley Ball game. Currently, Basketball has become a
popular game, and in addition to the Volley Ball, the Arine Sporting
Club organizes, on a yearly basis on July, a tourney for Volley Ball and
Basket Ball, in addition to Karmes games, bingo, and other various
games. |
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Photo shows the new Gym room that was built in the memory of Elie
Michael Saikaly. |
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Agriculture - Olives |
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The main Mieh w Mieh products are olive oil and olives. Olive trees were
imported and planted in Mieh w Mieh by Prince Fakher-El-Dine Almaani. Until the
present day, we still have some trees that were planted on that period, and are
called "Zaitoun-El-Maani". Also there are the "Zaitoun-El-Irdan", which reflects
the height of those olive trees, were sometimes it reaches the 10 m height.
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A typical olive tree as it appears at spring
time. Jal-El-Akil area, Achrafieh, April
10, 2005. |
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