Eid Al Mughtaribeen

Emigrants Festival

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To see Emigrant Festivals (Eid Al Mughtaribeen)
2004, or 2002, or  2001 

August 2 - August 15, 2003
Plan to attend and/or participate

Miss Emigrant Beauty Pageant at Hotel Royal, Dubayeh, July 19, 2003
Emigrant Festival 2003 In Dhour Shweir, August 2 through 15, 2003

Under the High Patronage Of His Excellency
The President Of The Lebanese Republic
 
GENERAL  EMILE  LAHOUD

Dr. Nabil Ghosn, Mayor
Emigrant  Festival  Committee,
Dhour Shweir-Lebanon
in Collaboration with the
Ministry of Tourism, Proudly present Emigrants Festival, 2003

Complete Program for the Festival will be posted soon

to see sample of past Emigrant Festival and Pageant, click on links below:

Emigrant Festival 2001    Emigrant Festival 2002   
 
Miss Emigrants 2001,   Miss Emigrants 2002    Miss Emigrants 2003

Program

July 15, 2003:  Grand Opening of the Festival

July 19, 2003:  9:00 p.m. Miss Emigrant Beauty Pageant, Hotel Royal, Dubayyeh

July 26, 2003,  7:00 p.m.  Children musicals and plays in Saha

August 2, Saturday, 9:00 p.m. Main Square, Saha
                Big Sahra with Milhem Barakat and comedian Elie Ayoub.
                General Admission is FREE,  come early for good seats.
                 Dinner reservations: call Hotel Dhour Choueir at 04-391-270

August 6, Wednesday 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Evangelical Center, Ain El Assis
                7:00 p.m.  Welcome and reception
                8:00 p.m.  Poetry Recital with Henry Zghaib
                9:00 p.m.  www.shweir.com presents Awards to distinguished Shweirieh

August 7, Thursday,  Main Square, Saha - Artist/Painter Wajih Nahleh celebrates his global award for the Louvre Museum:
               7:00 p.m.   Showing of Wajih Nahleh private paintings
               8:00 p.m.   Wajih Nahleh will paint a huge painting live while Nasser Makhoul plays accompanying music on flute and sitar.

August 8, Friday, Main Square, Saha - 9:00 p.m. Shweir Music Band, Folkloric Play + songs and Sword Dance (Saif oo Terse).

August 10, Sunday, City Hall, (Baladieh),
                 5:30 p.m.  Dedication of the New Community Center and Library
                                  You can help the Library and Community by donating time, relevant books and/or $$/LL
                 7:00 p.m.  Main Square, Saha:  Celebrating 20th Anniversary of Shweir Scouts
                 Parade by various scouts -  Creative and artistic work by scouts
                 Folkloric Dances by "Ninwa"  and  Western dances by "Nameless"
                 An evening of song and dance.

August 13, Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. +  Shweir Village Night:  An evening in Shweir old Souk
                 Poetry Recitals by Shweir High School Students led by poet Adonis al Khatib
                 Photographic show and Movie clips presentations.

August 14, Thursday, 9:00 p.m.  Yanabeeh Restaurant:  Youth night and Miss Teenager Beauty Pageant

August 15, Friday, 7:00 p.m. - Classic Car Show representing various countries + cultural and artistic competition
                                                Ministry of Tourism presents Elie Saadeh Folkloric dancers
                             11:00 p.m.  Artistic Hafli

We call upon all Emigrants to register at  Shweir.com Guestbook and
to call the Baladieh (City Hall) at 04-390-175 to ensure their attendance and their reservations for the (Al Karawi) Dinner...

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Program in Arabic

 

Tuesday, July 15, 2003,

Opening of the Emigrant Fest

 
Following pictures are courtesy of Studio Rim:  03-425-401