Kfarshima
Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is populated by Lebanese Christians: mainly Melkite Greek Catholic and Maronites, with smaller communities of Greek Orthodox and Protestant Evangelical Christians. Subject to heavy bombing during the Lebanese civil war since it was a primary fault line.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Kfarshima. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Born In · incoming
Hanna K. Korany
Author
Died In · incoming
Hanna K. Korany
Author
Born In · incoming
Issam Raggi
Person
Born In · incoming
Melhem Barakat
Person
www.listenarabic.com/arabic-music/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/melhem-barakat-1.jpg
Born In · incoming
Nasif al-Yaziji
Author
Scanned from a book titled Maṭbaʻat al-Maʻārif wa-aṣdiqāʼuhā mundhu nashʼatihā ilā al-ān, 1890-1931 , first published in Cairo in 1931. Check AUB Libraries Record
Born In · incoming
Warda al-Yaziji
Author
Al-Aʻlām, second edition, 1958 , volume 9, page 129
In this article
Overview
Overview
The birthplace of the composers musicians and singers, Philemon Wehbi, Halim el-Roumi and Melhem Barakat, and the singers Marie Sleiman, and Majida El Roumi. Also the Birthplace of the Philosopher Shibli Shumayyil (Chibli Chemayel). It was also the hometown for Lebanese singer Issam Rajji. In 2023, Amir Hlayyil, ethnographer and poet from Kfarshima, translated in Lebanese the final excerpt from James Joyce's "Ulysses", published in 2024 in Göttingen by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage.
Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Kfarshima • Native Name — كفرشيما • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Lebanon • Subdivision Type1 — Governorate • Subdivision Name1 — Mount Lebanon Governorate • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Baabda District • Unit Pref — Imperial • Population Blank1 Title — Ethnicities • Population Blank2 Title — Religions • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Timezone Dst — +3
Schools
Schools
• Eastwood College • Ecole Saint Maxime • Lycée Adonis • Ecole Notre Dame Des Soeurs Antonine • Kfarshima Official Middle School • Kfarshima Official High School • National Protestant College
Churches
Churches
There are seven churches in Kfarchima: • The Greek Orthodox church St. Peter & Paul, in Al-Mahatta. • Three Maronite Churches: St. Elias in Balouh, New Lady of the Rosary in Sahet-al-Ain and the Old Lady of the Rosary in Ain-al-Rouhban. • The Evangelical Church in Haret-al-Majjadin. • The St. Takla Church for the Catholics located in Sahet-al-Ain. • The St. Antoine Church (Also called 'Deir Al Karkafi') located in Haret-al-Deir.
Notable residents
Notable residents
• Ilyās Farhāt, poet • Saleem Takla, co-founder of Al-Ahram • Shibli Shumayyil • Hanna K. Korany
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Kfarshima, revision 1340404052 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
Makers, houses and production
Knowledge graph
Makers, houses and production
The people, houses and objects recorded in connection with this place.
Born at
2- Hanna K. KoranyAuthor
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
- Issam RaggiPerson
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Died at
1- Hanna K. KoranyAuthor
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 26 September 2026.
Elsewhere in General
22,760 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Kfar BlumPlace
- Kfar HasidimPlace
- Kfar SabaPlace
- Kfar VitkinPlace
- KhairabadPlace
- Khairpur StatePlace
- KhambhraPlace
- Khan YunisPlace
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Kfarshima?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.