Emails from visitors

From: Henri Pradalier - France
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2005 04:37 PM

Je trouve par hasard sur internet votre site Kobayat avec un vif plaisir. Je suis en train de rédiger une introduction sur les ordres mendiants à Toulouse et je dois écrire deux ou trois pages sur le couvent des Carmes de Toulouse malheureusement rasé au début du XIXe siècle. Je cherche des renseignements sérieux sur l'histoire primitive et la naissance des Carmes sur le Mont Carmel, sur leur migration vers l'Europe occidentale, sur l'érémitisme primitif qui a caractérisé les débuts de l'ordre, et les liens spirituels établis avec les prophètes Élie et Élisée considérés comme les lointains fondateurs de l'ordre.

Envoyez également mon meilleur souvenir au père César Mourani qui fit, en partie sous ma direction, sa thèse sur Coubiath et les croisés. J'ai un excellent souvenir de lui et de la brève rencontre que nous avions eue à Tartous en 1995. Dix ans déjà! Je ne suis plus revenu au Levant depuis cette date mais je ne mourrai pas sans avoir vu Tripoli et kalaat sanjil où vécurent les comtes de Toulouse.

Je pense souvent aux chrétiens du Liban et de Syrie et beaucoup, en ce moment, à ceux d'Irak, qui sont si maltraités.

Avec quelques jours de retard je vous souhaite un bon Noël en souhaitant que 2006 soit meilleur que 2005.

Henri Pradalier

From: Rosibou
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2005 11:37 AM

Subject: Happy new year

Dear Elie ,
I wish you a happy new year filled with success and happiness. All of us here say to you happy new year.
Inchallah Tkoun Senet Kheir for you.
Bye Elie & take care.

From: Josephine
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2005 9:20 AM

Subject: Noel est arrivé

je ne peux que vous dire mes félicitations et mes remerciements pour le travail que vous faites pour notre village. Jésus vous bénit et vous récompense.

From: George Breidy
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:26 AM

Mon Cher Elie.
de Kobayat je te souhaite Happy New Year, Malgré toutes les endurances...et les maux...
Le Christ est venu pour triompher de la souffrance et de la mort.
Kind Regards.

Georges F.Breidy

From: Joe Samaha - Kobayat
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 8:33 AM

Subject: wishes

wishing you all, a very Merry Christmas, and all the best in the upcoming 2006, progress, happiness and success... a lot of JOY and Tranquility to you and your family, may God bless you all.

Laureine, Charbel-Antonio & Joe Samaha

From: Père Raymond Abdo - Italy
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 4:40 PM

Cher Elie,
Selon mes sentiments tu te trouves encore au Nigeria. Donc une nouvelle année loin de la terre du Liban, loin de la famille. Bien moi je me trouve actuellement en Sicile, plus proche de l'Afrique: quelque chose en commun, et plus proche de toi.
Que Dieu bénisse ton travail et ta famille.
Je te souhaite Une Bonne Nouvelle Année A toi et à toute la famille.
Que Dieu te bénisse Elie.

P. Raymond ocd

From: George Y. Ibrahim Maike
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 4:33 PM

Subject: Joseph

Dear Elie,

Asking Jesus, on this solemn occasion, to grant you, Bakhos and the rest of the family, Solace and consolation, after the loss of Joseph. Please make sure my sincere condolence to Bakhos & family.

Sincerely,

George Y. Ibrahim Maike

From: Père Louis ocso
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 1:28 PM

Subject: Noël

Je vous souhaite de saintes et joyeuses fêtes. Que La joie et la paix jaillissant de la crèche de Bethléem vous accompagnent tout au long de l’année qui vient.

I wish you a very Merry Christmas full of joy & happiness And may this year and this holy night bring us all the peace and love through all the year Merry Christmas to you.

f. Louis o.c.s.o.

From: Farid Michel - Brasil
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:51 AM

caro Elie
Aceite os meus sinseros votos de um feliz natal e prospero ano novo e que as tristezas não se repitam embora ficam gravadas em nossas memorias.

Um forte abraço para você e toda familia e particularmente o querido seu pai.

Farid.

From: JORGE ABDOU - VENEZUELA
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 5:38 PM

Subject: FROM VENEZUELA

HI ELIE MY NAME IS JORGE ABDO, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THIS WONDERFUL WEB SITE, I CHECK IT TWICE A WEEK. COULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME THE RODRIGUE ZAHR EMAIL ADDRESS?

THANKS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

JORGE ABDO

From: GUIDES DE KOBAYAT
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:26 PM

Subject: joyeux noel

Au nom du groupe, je vous souahite à vous et à toute votre famille, paix, joie et reussite. Joyeux Noel ... Hilda

From: Tatiana Ghosn - France
Date: Mon, 19 December, 2005 11:21 am

Subject: hello elie...

well, your website is great...anjad...I visit it everyday to see what's new....well good luck.....Take care bye

From: Rev. Raymond Abdo ocd - Rome, Italy
Date: Mon, 19 December, 2005 10:28 pm

Subject: Merry Christmas

Cher Elie,
I miss you really. May God bless your life, your work, and every thing in your life. Special thinking about your family, parents, all...
I hope you are back for some time during Christmas, any way, you will be present in my mind and my prayer during this holy time, also all your family, especially I will pray for our beloved Joseph...

Dear Elie, May Christmas bring us faith to know that Jesus is looking for us more than we we look for Him...
I send you the last file (Chapter four) of the Compendium of Catholic Catechism.
At the end there is prayers.
If you find that the prayer are needed, I can organize more prayers to give to people how are outside Lebanon and they cannot have prayer book... so I'll be waiting for some sign.

God Bless you Elie
In my prayer
Fth Raymond ocd

From: Ziad Hobeiche
Date: Sun, 18 December 2005 2:32 am

Subject: salamat.

hello Elie,

hope you are fine...they told me that you are out of the country...I hope that everything is going well with you there...
God bless you
regards

Ziad F Hobeiche

From: Tony Mobarak - USA
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 12:56 pm

Subject: Family

Hello my name is Tony Mobarak. I am son of a Lebanese Father and grand parents, I was born in Mexico but now I live in the USA, I would like to contact my father's
relatives in Kobayat where my grand mother born at the beginning of 1900. My grand mother's name was Kelsum Daher Helu. they emigrated from Lebanon in 1926 or 1927. I would like to know if somebody in Kobayat knew that family, she was married to Yussef Habib Mobarak.

thank you for your help.

Tony Mobarak

From: Dr. Fouad Salloum - Kobayat
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 5:00 PM

Subject: حمد الله على السلامة

حمد الله على السلامة

أتمنى لك التوفيق، وأن تكون الإقامة مريحة والعمل جيد، وانشاءالله بترجعلنا بالسلامة، مع انو نحنا كنا حابين تكون معنا، والضيعة بحاجة لشخص مثلك، بس الظروف هي يلي بتتحكم فينا، على أمل أن نراك مجددا بصحة جيدة ومعنويات عالية.

عذراً على التأخير، ولكن الحق عليي "أنا شادية" تأخرت لحتى راسلتك.

From: Haytham Fahmi - Egypt
Date: Tue, 29 November 2005 3:07 pm

Subject: Great site

As-Salamo 3alekom:

Great job on your website, it looks great, did u do it all yourself? Very impressive. I have just completed a website that I think your visitors would love and would be a great attraction for your website, its http://www.KarKarToon.com, titled: Very Funny Arabic Egyptian Cartoons, and its slogan is: "Can you try to imagine what Egypt could be like in 15-20 years....
Check out this hilarious yet bizarre cartoon, it may give you insights, you won’t believe how funny this cartoon is... about Egypt."

You have to see it.... and link to it from your website; it would make a great addition to your site.

salam
Haytham

PS: if you like I can also link back to your site, so please reply and tell me what u think?

From: DAVID DAJUD - Mexico
Date: Mon, 28 November 2005 5:58 pm

Subject: hola

hola elie espero queesten bien al igual que toda su familia mi hijo y yo teneviamos muchos saludos quiero que esta navidad la pasesn bien en unionde toda la famila
espero que mesdaludes atoda mi famila en kobayat y por favor quiero que me pongas en contacto com mi familia enespecila michel kodey elmir si tine correo los
hijose zaghy y elmir muchos saludos.

ALBERTO Y DAVID DAJUD

From: Habib Karam - Kobayat

Date: Mon, 28 November 2005 6:23 am

Subject: Hi

Dear Elie

I pray for you to be in the very best condition in your traveling, may God help you all the time. Don't worry about delay of posting the article, first matter is to arrange your self. We will miss you in Lebanon, but we will stay on line with you, if you need any think from here regarding the website or anything else don't hesitate to tell me, this is the minimum what we should do for you.

Habib Karam

From: Rev. Raymond Abdo ocd - Rome - Italy

Date: Fri, 25 November 2005 3:58 am

Subject: Merci

Dear Elie,
You are always in my mind, especially during this hard time you are doing, and I pray that may God give you peace and strength. Take care of yourself, and God will do the rest.
I finished the translation on the questions of the third par of catechism (compendium), I send it now, there is a forth part also, and after I'll finish the translation of the answers.
I will send you some new ideas about religious life and about Mardoumit monastery... after.

God bless you
greetings for Alexandra and the boys
fth. Raymond ocd

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cher Elie,
Grand Merci pour ta présence et ton affection. Je sais bien et je sens bien ta présence; tu es un vrai frère pour moi. ....
On remercie Dieu pour tout; Il nous a donné la vie et la santé, la maladie reste toujours une petite étape de changement qui nous fait souffrir, mais à la fin, la mort nous donne la chance de faire une nouvelle vie avec la racine de notre foi.
Si on veut penser autrement, toute notre foi chrétienne ne servirai a rien.
On prie pour nos chers morts; ils ont droit à nos prières; je prie aussi pour notre cher Joseph.
Je te souhaite de trouver de nouvelles modalités de travail plus facile et commodes... je prie pour toi; aussi pour ta famille, ce sont des moments des crises quand on s'eloigne...
De ma part tout va bien.
Prochainement je t'enverrai le troisième chapitre du catéchisme.
Dieu te benisse mon cher frère Elie.

Unis dans la prière!
P. Raymond ocd

Père Raymond Abdo ocd :
TERESIANUM, Piazza San Pancrazio 5/a, 00152, Rome, Italie
http://www.teresianum.org/

From: Daniel J. Rafka - Dubai - UAE

Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 1:42 PM

Subject: Hi

Hi Elie.

Hope you are doing fine.

Some visitors might be interested to have a satellite view for our wonderful village Kobayat.

Kindly find attached a link about our location: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.567+36.283+(Al+qbayyat)&spn=0.122203,0.326157&t=k&hl=en

Best Regards

Daniel J. Rafka

From: Père MILAD Tarabay

Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 9:02 AM

Subject: Bonjour

Bonjour madames et messieurs,

Je suis le père Milad Tarabay, fondateur et directeur du groupe "voix d'antan" pour la musique maronite et libanaise. On vient de créer un nouveau site, si vous pouvez gentiment l'insérer parmi vos liens, ça sera une grande faveur pour nous et un élan pour la mission musicale et culturelle que nous faisons. HTTP://www.Qolo.org

Que Dieu vous bénisse

P. MILAD

From: Carlos Raimundo - Portugal

Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 1:01 PM

Subject: DU PORTUGAL- LA SAINTE VIERGE AU LIBAN

Mon Ami Elie Abboud du LIban,

Du Portugal, mes meilleurs salutations !

Il y a déjà beaucoup de temps que je n'ai reçu pas de vous bonnes nouvelles. J'espère que vous êtes bien.

Connaissez-vous Saydet Natoura au Qalamoun? C'est catholique?

Avez- vous une photo de l'icône de Saydet el Nourieh vénérée dans sa chapelle à la Cathédrale orthodoxe de Saint George à Beyrouth ?

Je remercie toujours votre aide.

Saydet vous récompense avec Sa protection !

Votre ami portugais,

Carlos

From: Dr. Joseph Abdallah - Kobayat

Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 10:56 PM

Subject: salut

سلامات

إن شاء الله تكون قد وصلت بالسلامة

تمنياتي لك أن تكون قد تموضعت جيداً لجهة صحتك وعملك، وعسى واتصالاتك مع عائلتك تكون على ما يرام.

أسفي كبير لأنه فاتني الاتصال بك لتوديعك، على كل أنت معتاد على إهمالي، والمسامح كبير.

على أمل التواصل الدائم معك، ودوام النجاح في عملك.

ج عبدالله

From: Janice Rae Henderson Cohan

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 6:00 AM

Subject: FROM JRHC - Inquiry

Elie, I got your email from: http://www.kobayat.org/data/families/issa_kodeih.htm
Could you please tell me what the distance is between Mashghara and Akkar?

Thanks.

From: Ghassan Hayel - Canada

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:44 AM

Subject: Hi Elie

Hi Elie...how are You?
I hope that you will succeed. I found some real good music on your site that I never found anywhere before.

by the way I'm from zahle but my mom is from kobayat and I visited the village couple of times last one was in 1998 with my Late Grandmother they're from "Ibrahim" or "yacoub" family they call them both for some reasons :)

thanks again for your efforts.

God Bless

Ghassan Hayel - Canada

From: Thérèse Boutros - France

Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 7:38 PM

Subject: remerciement

Merci de nous avoir fait vivre la fête de Martmoura à 5000 km de chez vous où j'ai revu avec grand plaisir mes amis d'enfance ainsi que mes deux neveux Tony et Sarkis Anwar Fazaa.

Félicitation et bravo pour se site.

Mme Boutros Thérèse née Fazaa

From: Rafle Raffoul - Farmington Hills Michigan, USA

Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 3:50 AM

Subject: kobayat.org

dear friend in Lebanon....

I would like to congratulate you on the excellent work you did on kobayat .org. I have visited Kobayat several times, I find it like the rest of our Lebanon very gorgeous. I just love it, it is a piece of heaven on earth..

I introduced my American friends at work to it, showed them how beautiful Kobayat is. Another secret to tell you is tha my lovely wife Antoinette is from Kobayat, her parents are still alive and live there, so is her brothers and sisters. She the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tannous Shahine Tannous Gemaa in the Zouk area. Their house is next door to Abouna Hanna Beisary, the priest of Kaneeset EL_SAEDEH. Her brother Joseph has an automotive repair in the saha, her sister Therese married to Ibn George Shallita, her other sister Margo is the wife of Raymond Fares. She has also a recently married brother Edward Chahine. Her sister Marie married and lives in Beitroun....If you see them tell them we miss them and love them all....and Kobayat....the people of Kobayat.... And ALL of OUR SACRED LUBNAN.

By the way we live in Farmington Hills Michigan, USA. Please take some photos of the Zouk, the homes of the mentioned loved ones, them and their families. We plan to meet a Kobayatti his name Zaitoun, who lives in florida but works in Atlanta, GA. I hope to hear from you and GOD BLESS.

From: Tony Charbel Moussa Chalouhi - Dar Beechtar - el Koura

Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 12:50 AM

Subject: hi

hi ya elie badeh hanik 3ala hal site il hilou badeh haneh ahlak fik li2anoun rabuk 3ala houb il masi7iyeh whaydhe riseleh inta 3n t3arif il masihiyeh 3ala terikh masi7iyitoun.

ana shab min dar bachtar ismeh Tony Charbel Moussa Chalouhi wbass heik hibeit hanik 3ala hal site il 7ilou :)

From: Abboud MEAIKI

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 4:07 PM

Subject: MIRC Channel

Dear Elie Abboud.

I browsed your site and found it very interesting. In my opinion you've done a job for kobayat no one has ever done it before.

I was wondering if it is possible to have a site/ chat server for kobayat maybe on mIRC and of course with the room kobayat.

Keep up the good work and God bless you.

Abboud Georges MEAIKI

From: Père Vaclav Ventura - Republique Tchèque

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 3:47 PM

Subject: Merci

Cher frere Elie,

quelle joie! J'ai bien récu la photocopie du livre! Je ne sais pas comment exprimer ma reconnaissance! Merci beaucoup. La liturgie des heures est, on peut dire mon amour. C´est le trésor de la spiritualité et les ailes de la vie mystique. J'ose encore une fois vous poser la question. Existe-il le livre des heures syriaque (syrien) en francais ou en latin? Peut-on le procurer et où?

Merci pour la réponse et pour tout. Je reste uni à vous dans la prière et l'amitié.

Votre P. Vaclav Ventura
Rép. tcheque.

From: Ayad Kahwash - Canada

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 1:07 AM

Subject: Kahwash family

أخي ايلي
قرأت بسعادة بالغة كتاب الدكتور ج. عبدالله عن القبيات فشكرا له ولك .
ورد في كتابه ذكر الخوري قحوش وأنا كوني من بيت قحوش من وادي النصارى في سوريا، أتمنى لو أعرف اذا كان هناك أية معلومات عن عائلة قحوش، وهل لايزال هناك قحوشيون في القبيات ? واذا توافر "ايميل" أحدهم فأتمنى الحصول عليه.
أنا طبيب أعمل في كندا
وشكرا
اياد قحوش

From: Père Vaclav Ventura - Republique Tchèque

Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 1:15 PM

Subject: demande

Chers amis,
Recevez mes salutations les plus cordiales de Prague. Je suis un pretre, j'enseigne aussi la patrologie. J'ai trouvé votre page et je ne peux que vous écrire la demande. Je voudrais avoir le texte de votre livre sur l'office divin. Si Vous pouvez m'aider je serai tres reconnaissant, moi et mes étudiants aussi.
Chers amis, merci. Je reste uni à vous dans la priere.

Votre P. Vaclav Ventura
Rép. tcheque.

From: Gabriela Hebech - Uruguay

Date: Mon, 25 July 2005 10:42 PM

Subject: de Uruguay

Hola, mi nombre es Gabriela Hebech (creo que el apellido es HBAICH, paterno y ABDO, materno), mis abuelos nacieron en Kobayat. Pero por esas vueltas de la vida terminaron viviendo en Uruguay. Ellos ya no viven, pero me siento muy atraida por la cultura árabe.

Me encantaría recibir más información sobre esta ciudad, que dicen es bellísima y también desearia saber si hay familias con este apellido.

Realmente me encantaría conocer líbano y sobre todo Kobayat.

Espero me respondan el presente correo y desde ya les quedo inmensamente agradecida.

Gabriela Hebech, desde Uruguay

English Translation

Hello, my name is Gabriela Hebech (I believe that the last name is HBAICH, paternal and ABDO, maternal), my grandparents were born in Kobayat. But for those turns of the life they finished living in Uruguay. They no longer live, but I feel very attracted by the Arab culture.

I would like to receive more information about this city that you say it is beautiful and I would also want to know if there are families with this last name.

I would really like to know Lebanon and mainly Kobayat.

I'm waiting for your response on the present mail and I am already vastly grateful.

Gabriela Hebech, from Uruguay

From: Verusca Tohmi da Silva - Brasil

Date: Sun, 24 July 2005 9:57 PM

Subject: Informação

Olá Elie!

Será que você poderá me ajudar?

Estou a procura de meus parentes, meu avô veio do Libano - Tripoli mais precisamente Kobayat. Ele já faleceu algum tempo e ficou a vontade de conhecer nossos parentes. Moussa Mackhull Thomé era seu nome ele desembarcou em Santos por volta de 1918 com um irmão e um primo, um ficou em São Paulo e o outro foi para o Uruguai ou Argentina não sei bem o certo, ele ficou no Rio Grande do Sul, sua mãe se chamava Tlaije.

Quando chegou no Brasil seu nome foi trocado para Thomy, parece que o restante de sua família teria morrido toda na guerra, sei que ele tinha mais irmãos e irmãs.

Aguardo um retorno. Verusca Tohmi da Silva.

English Translation

Hello Elie!
Will you be that can help me?

I search my relatives, my grandfather came from Lebanon - Tripoli more precisely Kobayat. He already passed away and he was knowing our relatives. Moussa Mackhull Thomé was his name. he disembarked in Santos about 1918 with a brother and a cousin, one was in São Paulo and the other went to Uruguay or Argentina don't know the right well, he was in Rio Grande do Sul, his mother called Tlaije.

When he arrived, his Brazilian name was changed to Thomy, it seems that the remaining of his family were died all in the war. I know that he had more siblings and sisters.

I await a return. Verusca Tohmi of Silva.

From: Jocelyne TOHME - OHIO - USA

Date: Thu, 07 July 2005 4:12 AM

Subject: Hi Elie

Hi Elie,

first let me send you my regards for the efforts you are doing, to maintain this website.

I read in the books section, that you need help typing Dr. Salloum's book into word files.

What do you mean by that, and how someone can help ?

How many books or essays Dr. Salloum has in general? and specially about Kobayat, I would like to know where and how to get them.

H. Tohme
Ohio

From: Jan Kersten - Holland

Date: Wed, 29 June 2005 5:11 PM

Subject: Website

I found your site when looking for information about Lebanon. Very nice and informative. I made a link from my website, so everyone can enjoy it. When placing this link is a problem, please let me know and I will remove it from my site.
You can find my webiste at: http://jkersten.topcities.com

Greetings from Holland
Jan Kersten

From: Tony Zreiby - Melbourne, Australia

Date: Sat, 11 June 2005 3:00 AM

Subject: KOBAYAT

Hi Elie
My name is Tony Zreiby from Martmoura. You are doing a very good job on your lovely website. If you need any help from Australia, please give me a buzz.

Betmannelak Kel al taouffik
Allah yehfazak.

Tony Zreiby
Melbourne, Australia

From: Fadi Kashou - Kafroun - Syria

Date: Fri, 10 June 2005 12:02 AM

Subject: Hello

hi Mr. Elie
I am Fadi Kashou from Kafroun in Syria. I am looking for the tree of my family Kashou, and I make a search on msn about kashou (قشوع), so I found it on your web with the father georges kashou. Could you tell me how can I contact him, maybe by e-mail address or phone number.

you can visit the web www.alkafroun.com
I hope u help me
thanks

From: Alex Nekola - United Kingdom

Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 4:38 PM

Subject: عائلة نقولا

تحية طيبة و بعد
ارجوا الاستفسار عن توفر اي معلومات لديكم حول وجود اي اصل مشترك مع احدى عائلات القبيات و عائلة نقولا في قرية المشتاية بوادي النصارى و المعروفة باسم بيت نقول و ذلك لكون الكلام المنقول و المتوارث في هذه العائلة مع عائلات اخرى في القرية انها تعود باصلها لبلدة رأس بعلبك تحديدا و من عائلة بيت البريدي و سبب الهجرة هو خلاف مع الجعافرة في تلك المنطقة وهم كانوا ستة اخوة و بنت.

مع الشكر الجزيل و تمنياتنا لكم بدوام التوفيق.

From: Lorraine Antonie - Johannesburg - South Africa

Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 5:17 PM

Subject: Hello

Hi Elie,

How are you keeping? How is your family? We are all fine.

We have news that we’re expecting another baby. The due date is 1 Jan 2006.

We are planning to visit Lebanon in August this year, I really look forward to seeing my gran as I know she has not been very well. Maybe this time Angelo and I could meet you.

I’ve attached some recent photos of us if you don’t mind some time leaving them with my Grandmother.

Thank you and God bless.

Angelo & Lorraine Antonie

From: Fernando Daher - Brazil

Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 3:22 AM

Subject: Old pictures


Ant4	Ant2a	Ant1

The following photos are my relatives' pictures that came from Kobayat.

The picture Ant2a belongs to a cousin of my grandmother (Mariana Zeitune).
Unhappily we don't know her name and they glued the picture in a door picture, impeding of seeing the registrations. I am trying to restore carefully because the registrations were made by him. This cousin didn't come to Brazil, being in Kobayat and I thinks he belonged to the army.

The picture Ant1 belongs to my grandfather Miguel Daher (Makhul) and of my grandmother Marianna Daher Zeitune (Myriani), already in Brazil, in the decade of 20.

The picture Ant4 belongs to my great-grandmother Rafka Elias Zeitune (in spite of the last name Zeitune, she is my grandfather's mother Miguel).

A great hug and God blesses them.
Fernando Daher

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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 4:19 AM

Subject: Information

Elie

Fiquei muito feliz com o seu retorno. Estou levantando mais dados sobre minha familia e assim que tiver alguma coisa envio a você. Meu avô Miguel (Mahul em Kobayat) veio para o Brasil com seus pais Abrahão Daher e Rafca Elias Zeituni.

Minha avó também de Kobayat chamava-se Mariana Antonio Zeitune, filha de Antonio José Zeitune e Amélia Jorge Zeitune. Não tenho os nomes deles no Libano. Tinha dois irmãos : José e Assima.

A única coisa que tenho de mais concreto é que meu avô tem uma chácara em Kobayat onde vivem alguns parentes dele e me parece que também alguns parentes de minha avó.

Acabei de enviar um email ao Paulo Afonso, e estamos trocando algumas informações.

Bom, assim que tiver mais dados, passo a você, e novamente, muito obrigado por ter escrito.

Que Deus abençoe você e sua família.

Fernando Daher

São Paulo

55 11 4123-7152

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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 5:19 AM

Subject: Information

Elie

Sorry but my english is not very good. My family live in Brazil but my grandfather was born in Kobayat. Unhappyly he already died.

His name was Miguel Daher. I would like to know how to receive information about our family in Kobayat.

Congratulations for the site. Thanks

Fernando Daher

São Paulo – Brasil

From: LINA MARTA & TONY NAJJAR - Canada

Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 3:52 AM

Subject: Hi

Hi. My name is Lina Marta, I'm from kobayat Gharbieh, I'm living now in canada and I saw your pictures via the internet. I'm so happy because I saw my brother in this pictures. I miss every body in Kobayat. I ask u to put more picture about kobayat.

thank you... LINA MARTA & TONY NAJJAR

From: ELIE RIZK

Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 7:32 PM

Subject: Invitation to join the kobayat group

Dear ELIE

I have Created this group for the KOBAYAT People to be a place for them to meet online and to allow them to meet expatriates from there home town...

Please ELIE I need your help to promote this group on the Kobayat website,s ince it is the most visited site that join KOBAYAT people.

rizktrading@yahoo.com has invited you to join the kobayat group!

Regards

ELIE RIZK

From: Jana Tamer

Date: Fri, 01 April 2005 1:41 PM

Subject: About Maronite History

First, let me congratulate you on this very well documented and interesting site. However, I would like to point out that in your History of the Maronite Church, you quote from the Catholic Encyclopedia and, therefore, all the facts concerning the modern period date from the year 1910 at the latest, hence the very low figures and words such as "vilayet" that have ceased to have any bearing on Lebanon since 1918.

Regards

Jana Tamer

From: Imad Wakim - Paris - France

Date: Wed 16 Mar 2005 2:50 AM

Subject: félicitations

Monsieur Elie Abboud,

J’ai le plaisir de m’adresser à vous, pour vous dire combien je suis heureux de découvrir le site de Kobayat fait par vos soins . En effet de Paris la, ville lumière je vous envoie ces quelques mots pour exprimer ma gratitude et mes encouragements pour ce que vous faites; une initiative bénie dont les libanais de l’étranger ont terriblement besoin.

Je m’appelle Imad Wakim et je suis le mari de Hélène Boutros fille du défunt Ibrahim Boutros et de Saydé Nader de Katlabé.

J’ai eu l’occasion par plusieurs fois de passer d’excellents moments à Katlabé avec femme et mes quatre enfants qui sont tombés amoureux de la région et de ses habitants. Nous vous donnons rendez-vous aussi cet été au mois de juin.

Bon courage et bonne continuation.

Imad Wakim et sa famille.

From: Joseph A. Daoud Sayegh - Montréal - Canada

Date: Tuesday, 15 March 2005 11:33 PM

Subject: Reponse à votre question

Cher Elie,

Bonjour! Je suis le fils de Abdul karim Sayegh. Et mes oncles sont Georges et Wadih, et je suis en même temps, le cousin de Michel Kodeih (El mir). Ma maison au Kobayat est à côté de la maison du père Joseph Ghosn (le mur sur le mur) et au -dessus de la maison de Michel Eid.

Par coïncidence, j'ai vu la photo de mon cousin Edward qui est marié avec ta sœur Grace, où son père est le frère de ma mère Karimé. Maintenant je pense que nous sommes des cousins en même temps.

Elie, toute mes condoléances pour la mort de ton oncle Sarkis, en espérant la longue vie pour sa femme et pour vous et vos parents.

Elie restons en contact, mes salutations à ta belle famille.

Joseph Daoud

From: Joseph A. Daoud Sayegh - Montréal - Canada

Date: Monday, 14 March 2005 9:22 PM

Subject: Félicitations pour un travail grandement apprécié et réussi

Bonjour Elie ,

Mon nom est Joseph A. Daoud Sayegh, j'habite à Montréal depuis plusieurs années. Par coïncidence, j'ai visité le site Web: "Kobayat.org" que vous avez construit avec beaucoup de travail et d'attention.. Vraiment c'est formidable et ça vaut la peine de naviguer à travers ce site qui est un vrai chef d'œuvre pour un libanais.

Je vous félicite pour le travail et le temps consacré pour arriver à un tel résultat extraordinaire. De Montréal je vous salut avec ma femme Suzanne, et mes deux filles Dane-Christina et Josée. Vraiment vous méritez toute l'attention des libanais.

Continuez au même rythme car c'est très intéressant et vous bougez la nostalgie d'une façon remarquable chez la personne qui est né et a vécu à ce petit village magnifique. . Encore une fois bravo!

Joseph A. Daoud Sayegh

From: Joanne Lowe - Florida - USA

Date: Friday, 25 Feb 2005 3:31 PM

Subject: A GIFT FOR YOUR MINISTRY

Hi,

My name is Joanne Lowe. I live in Pensacola, FL. I had the privilege of visiting your website and I have something to share with you. God has given me two Ministry’s. One is doing Inspirational Writings and the other is Encouraging Pastors.

I would like to give you my writings as a gift to you and your Ministry. You have my permission to make copies and pass them out or whatever God leads you to do. However, these writings are not to be sold. They are a free Gift from the Heart of Jesus.

If you will please reply to this email, I will send you the writings.

In His Service,

Joanne

From: Carlos Raimundo - Portugal

Date: Thursday, 03 Feb 2005 11:27 PM

Subject: DU PORTUGAL - LA SAINTE VIERGE AU LIBAN

Cher Ami Elie Abboud,

La Paix du Christ !

Merci de tou mon coeur pour votre si précieuse aide. Saydet récompense votre amabilité avec moi !

Je suis toujours enchanté avec vous bonnes nouvelles. Formidable cette information sur les icônes de la Sainte Vierge !

Je sais que vous avez déjà connaissance, mais le Sanctuaire le plus célébre au moment, au Liban, c'est Notre- Dame de Bechwat. Dieu fait des merveilles !

Continuez avec votre si belle travaille de divulgation des "Trésors" de votre Pays !

Vous parlez le portugais ? Dans votre site vous avez des pages écrits en portugais !

Très cordialement,

Carlos Raimundo

From: Fr Bakhos CHIDIAC, USA

Date: Thursday, 27 Jan 2005 4:14 PM

Subject: Many Thanks Elie.

Dearest friend Elie,

I could not thank you enough because words are unable to express my feeling this morning when I visited your beautiful website and found your message attached to 2 photos of our home in Kobayat. I prayed for you and your family for taking the time and having the home of my birthday send to me through the Internet. You brought tears to my eyes while many memories of my childhood came back to me by looking at the entrance and the windows of our home at Kobayat where I grew up.

Elie you are God sent to us all in Lebanon and abroad. You are a treasure of talents, I hope you pass your skills to your children so that they follow your example. I am not surprised by your extreme bounty because you are the beloved son of my beloved teacher, Bakhos who left a great impact upon me until now.

Please say hi to your parents. I enjoyed the visit of your sister and Edward and your children last summer during our "eed as-Sayde".

Please keep the good work up.

God bless you Elie, you are in my prayers.
Fr Bakhos CHIDIAC, USA

From: Fr Bakhos CHIDIAC, West Virginia - USA

Date: Tuesday, Jan 04, 2005 5:03 AM

Subject: Compliments from USA

Dearest friend Elie,

Tonight, I spent few hours surfing your website and I liked the photos of the many faces I still remember from our beloved town Kobayat.

Tears came to my eyes when I saw the wonderful faces and the changes that occured upon them and many memories came back to my mind.

I compliment you Elie for taking lots of time to collect these photos and store them for us who live overseas and who like to revive the memories of our childhood.

"Chapeau bas" to you, Elie for using your talents to benefit thousand of us around the world. I am proud of you. May God protect you with your family and make you an example for all Kobayatians to follow.

I wish the year 2005 be fruitful and successful for you.

May God bless you with your family.
Fr Bakhos CHIDIAC, USA

From: Rafic El-khoury - Canada

Date: Mon, Jan 03, 2005 7:47 AM

Subject: Hello

Hello Elie

My Name is Rafic El-khoury living in Canada. I am from the town of Chadra down the road (North) from Kobayat. I went to high School in Kobayat I have many friends there. The High School is located on the road going up To Katlabeh. May Be It is University Now !!!

I Have my own Consulting Company (M&E) here in Canada. One of My Brother is a Doctor working in the Hospital In Kobayat. I was in the Class of 1973, 1974 Grade 12,13 Mathematics.

Anyway Good Work Elie, you are doing keep it up and we will be in touch from time to time to support you and read your site. Thanks

Have good Year.
Rafic