Ghobeiry
Ghobeiry (Arabic: غبيري; also spelled Ghbayreh or Ghabariyeh) is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.[1]
Ghobeiry
غبيري Ghbayreh | |
|---|---|
  Ghobeiry Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°51′32″N 35°30′15″E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
| District | Baabda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 120 ha (300 acres) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
The inhabitants of Ghobeiry are predominantly Shia Muslims.[2] Ghobeiry is in the same area as Shatila, the Palestinian refugee camp. The Ghobeiry Municipality and European governments have turned the site of the Sabra and Shatila massacre against the refugees in 1982 into a memorial of sorts.[3]
References
- "Ghbayreh". Localliban. Localliban. 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- Khuri, Fuad I. (2008). An Invitation to Laughter: A Lebanese Anthropologist in the Arab World. University of Chicago Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780226434759.
- Lamb, Franklin (2013-09-20). "31 Years After the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila". CounterPunch. CounterPunch. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
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