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The report on the Salam Zgharta's annual dinner last Saturday appears on the Club's website which can be read from 
On Sunday at Ehden's Al Koubra the film awards of the Cinemaiyat Film Festival were announced. 
The Lebanese newspaper, As Safir, reports today that the Fayez Mouawad Foundation is supporting the efforts to save Lebanon's oldest oak tree at Rachaya, Bekaa. Latest News
Georges Yammine The Mar Sarkis and Bacchus Monastery, Ehden was the setting on Saturday to mark the 10th annivesary of the death of the poet Georges Yammine (1955-2000). A full report of the evening can be read on North Lebanon Eye. Read More |
Ehden car accidentA car accident on Ehden's Main Road which took place on Saturday was part of An Nahar Sunday's report on a number of accidents in Lebanon. The accident took place between a Range Rover and Mercedes C240. The passengers were taken to the Ehden Government Hospital but were released home later. Photographs of the Mercede... Read More |
Ehden president speaks out on water problem The President of Zgharta Ehden Council, Toufic Mouawad gave an interview with the Al Akhbar, newspaper concerning Ehden's water woes, which is published today. In it he seeks to explain the reasons for the problem - historic and prevailing weather conditions - and the Council's plans to solve it. Read More |
Ehden's Al Midan under construction ! Ehden's major tourist land mark, Al Midan, has become in recent days a construction site in the middle of the summer season. As we reported earlier this week there was a waste water leak in the square causing water to run down the main street. Bad enough but now part of the square has now been dug up to apparently lay ... Read More |
Black Label vs. Water We asked a typical Ehden family how the Ehden water situation has affected them this year. They said that up to last month they had intermittent tap water but for the last month they had none. So they had to supply there own water for the house over the summer months . With two adults, two teenager boys and a young dau... Read More |
Elie Makhlouf The work of Zgharta born artist, Elie Makhlouf, can be seen on his website, www.eliemakhlouf.com Read More |
Cinemaiyat Ehden's Cinemaiyat Film Festival returns this year and once again focuses on Lebanon's young film directors. Starting today it will showcase both short films made by final year university students and international films over three days with the festival's prizes being announced on Sunday at Ehden's Al Koubra . Read More |
Saint Rafqa Mass at Aitou Today marks the anniversary of Saint Rafqa taking her final vows as a nun on 25th August 1872 at the Monastery of St Simon in Aitiou. Mass was said at the Monastery officiated by Archbishop Georges Bou Jaoudé Archbishop of Tripoli. Photographs courtesy of North Lebanon Eye. Read More |
AES Dinner The Association Entraide Sociale (AES) held their annual summer dinner on Friday, 20th August at the Ehden Country Club to raise money for their charitable activities. Among the 1200 attending were: former Minister and Member of Parliament Mrs. Nayla René Moawad; Archbishop Georges Bou Jaoudé, Archbishop of Tripoli; Fr... Read More |
Wrong sort of water flows in Al Midan The wrong sort of water overflowed Ehden's Al Midan pavements yesterday. There was a leak of waste water causing it to flow down the main street pass the square's fountain. Workmen were called in and the President of the Zgharta Ehden Council Toufic Mouawad visited the area. Photographs can be seen from here. Read More |
Specials
Ehden and Cedars In the 19th Century American monthly periodical, Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science & Art, a travel article appeared featuring Ehden. In Volume VIII of a bound edition of articles from Au... Read More |
Taxi Ehden We are delighted to share a wonderful article written by Theresa Assaf Dahdah on her trials and tribulations of being a customer of Ehden's taxi service between Zgharta and Ehden. The article will bring back me... Read More |
Eve's lot Women's rights or lack of them in Lebanon have been the subject of a number of articles in the Lebanese English language newspaper, The Daily Star, in recent weeks. We reprint extracts from the articles, which ... Read More |
Overseas News
Association of Zgharta Ladies in Venezuela The Association of Zgharta Ladies in Venezuela provided a meal after the Mass for the Feast of the Assumption held at the Saint Charbel Monastery in Caracas.A video of the occasion has been uploaded onto YouTube. Read More |
Parramatta Mayor returns homeOn his return to Australia, Mayor Paul Garrard of Parramatta spoke of his tour of sixteen North Lebanon villages, which included Zgharta and Ehden. He was interviewed by his local newspaper the, Parramatta Advertiser, wh... Read More |
Great new book A book has been written by Louis Farshee (Farshakh), the grandson of Ehden émigrés, The Way of the Emigrants: Badawi and Catherine Simon in Amercian, published by Author House.It recounts the story of a newly married tee... Read More |
Municipalities Elections 2010
Basloukit Council DecisionAt the local elections in 2010 the official result for the village Basloukit was subject to appeal whereby either the El Marada or Independence Movement parties would gain majority... Read More |
Aitou joins UnionThe council of Aitou has joined the Union of Zgharta Zawie Councils, which now consists of 24 councils. The village of Aitou has a nine member council which were elected in the 201... Read More |
Rooseveltian First 100 days The Caza's new councils and union will be in receipt of a nice present soon as the Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Ziad Baroud, issued yesterday a decree, Decree 4608 of 2... Read More |