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Amin Maalouf, the Glossary

Amin Maalouf (أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French, Modern Arab writers.^[1]

63 relations: Académie Française, Adriana Mater, Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way, American University of Beirut, An-Nahar, Arabic, Émilie (opera), Badaro, Balthasar's Odyssey, Barbara Bray, Baskinta, Beirut, Bloomsbury Publishing, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour, Dirham, Emmanuel Macron, Greeks, Hamidou Dia, Honorary degree, Ibrahim Maalouf, In the Name of Identity, Jesuits, Kaija Saariaho, L'Amour de loin, La Croix (newspaper), La Passion de Simone, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese Melkite Christians, Lebanese people in France, Legion of Honour, Leo Africanus (novel), Les Echos (France), Libretto, Maronite Church, Matn District, Monodrama, Natasha Lehrer, National Order of the Cedar, On the Isle of Antioch, Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco), Order of the Lion of Finland, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Ordre national du Mérite, Ports of Call (Maalouf novel), Princess of Asturias Awards, Prix Goncourt, Prix Méditerranée, Royal Society of Literature, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, ... Expand index (13 more) »
20th-century Lebanese writers
21st-century Lebanese writers
French Eastern Catholics
French people of Egyptian descent
French people of Turkish descent
Grand Cordons of the National Order of the Cedar
Knights First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Lebanese emigrants to France
Lebanese male writers
Lebanese memoirists
Lebanese non-fiction writers
Lebanese people of Egyptian descent
Lebanese people of Turkish descent
Officers of the Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco)
Prix Maison de la Presse winners

Académie Française

The Académie Française, also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language.

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Adriana Mater

Adriana Mater is the second opera by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, with a libretto in French by her frequent collaborator, Amin Maalouf.

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Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way

Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way (Le Naufrage des civilisations) is a 2019 book by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf.

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American University of Beirut

The American University of Beirut (AUB; al-Jāmiʿa l-Amērkiyya fī Bayrūt) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon.

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An-Nahar

An-Nahar (lit) is a leading Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Lebanon.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Émilie (opera)

Émilie is an opera – specifically a 9-scene, 75-minute monodrama for soprano – by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho to a libretto by Amin Maalouf.

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Badaro

Badaro is a residential neighborhood and business hub in the heart of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Balthasar's Odyssey

Balthasar's Odyssey (Le Périple de Baldassare) is a 2000 novel by Amin Maalouf set in 17th century Europe and the Levant.

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Barbara Bray

Barbara Bray (née Jacobs; 24 November 1924 – 25 February 2010) was an English translator and critic.

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Baskinta (بسكنتا) is a Lebanese village situated at an altitude ranging from 1250 metres above sea level and climbs up to approximately 1800 meters of height at Qanat Bakish, making it one of the highest villages of Lebanon.

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Beirut

Beirut (help) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.

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Claude Lévi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss (28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. Amin Maalouf and Claude Lévi-Strauss are Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite, Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and members of the Académie Française.

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Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour (مدرسة سيدة الجمهور) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon.

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Dirham

The dirham, dirhem or drahm (درهم) is a unit of currency and of mass.

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Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has been serving as the 25th president of France since 2017 and ex officio one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Hamidou Dia

Hamidou Dia (Saldé, 1953 – February 4, 2018) was a Senegalese writer, literary critic, and philosophy teacher.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Ibrahim Maalouf

Ibrahim Maalouf (ابراهيممعلوف,; born 5 November 1980 in Beirut) is a French-Lebanese trumpeter, producer, arranger, and composer. Amin Maalouf and Ibrahim Maalouf are Lebanese emigrants to France.

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In the Name of Identity

In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong (French: Les Identités Meurtrières) is a 1998 book by Amin Maalouf, in which he discusses the identity crisis that Arabs have experienced since the establishment of continuous relationships with the west, adding his personal dimension as a Lebanese Christian.

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Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

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Kaija Saariaho

Kaija Anneli Saariaho (14 October 1952 – 2 June 2023) was a Finnish composer based in Paris, France.

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L'Amour de loin

L'Amour de loin (Love from Afar) is an opera in five acts with music by Kaija Saariaho and a French-language libretto by Amin Maalouf.

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La Croix (newspaper)

La Croix (English: 'The Cross') is a daily French general-interest Catholic newspaper.

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La Passion de Simone

La Passion de Simone is an oratorio (or opera) composed by Kaija Saariaho to a libretto in French by Amin Maalouf, first premiered in a staging by Peter Sellars.

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Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War (الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990.

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Lebanese Melkite Christians

Lebanese Melkite Christians refers to Lebanese people who are members of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Lebanon, which is the third largest Christian group in the country after the Maronite Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.

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Lebanese people in France

Lebanese people in France include migrants from Lebanon to France, as well as their descendants.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Leo Africanus (novel)

Leo Africanus (French: Léon l'Africain) is a 1986 novel by Amin Maalouf, written in the form of a memoir, depicting the life of the eponymous Renaissance-era traveler, Leo Africanus.

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Les Echos (France)

Les Echos is the first daily French financial newspaper, founded in 1908 by brothers Robert and Émile Servan-Schreiber.

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Libretto

A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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Maronite Church

The Maronite Church (لكنيسة المارونية‎; ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܡܪܘܢܝܬܐ) is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

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Matn District

Matn (قضاء المتن), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district (qadaa) in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut.

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Monodrama

A monodrama is a theatrical or operatic piece played by a single actor or singer, usually portraying one character.

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Natasha Lehrer

Natasha Lehrer is a writer and literary translator.

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National Order of the Cedar

The National Order of the Cedar (وسامالأرز الوطني Wisām al-Arz al-Waṭaniy) is the highest state order of Lebanon, established on 31 December 1936.

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On the Isle of Antioch

On the Isle of Antioch (Nos frères inattendus) is a 2020 novel by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf.

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Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco)

The Order of Cultural Merit (Ordre du Mérite culturel; Monégasque: U̍rdine d’u Me̍ritu Cürtürale) is the fourth highest Order of the Principality of Monaco.

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Order of the Lion of Finland

The Order of the Lion of Finland (Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta; Finlands Lejons orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland.

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Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture.

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Ordre national du Mérite

The (National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle.

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Ports of Call (Maalouf novel)

Ports of Call (Les Échelles du Levant) is a 1991 novel by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf.

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Princess of Asturias Awards

The Princess of Asturias Awards (Premios Princesa de Asturias, Premios Princesa d'Asturies), formerly the Prince of Asturias Awards from 1981 to 2014 (Premios Príncipe de Asturias), are a series of annual prizes awarded in Spain by the Princess of Asturias Foundation (previously the Prince of Asturias Foundation) to individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs.

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Prix Goncourt

The Prix Goncourt (Le prix Goncourt,, The Goncourt Prize) is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year".

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Prix Méditerranée

The Prix Méditerranée (Mediterranean Prize) is a French literary award.

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Royal Society of Literature

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".

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Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Saint Joseph University of Beirut (جامعة القديس يوسف في بيروت; French: Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, commonly known as USJ) is a private Roman Catholic research university located in Beirut, Lebanon, which was founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Government of France during the time when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule.

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Samarkand (novel)

Samarkand (Samarcande), written by French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, is a 1988 historical fiction novel that revolves around the 11th-century Persian poet Omar Khayyám and his poetry collection Rubaiyat.

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Sheikh Zayed Book Award

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is a literary award begun in the UAE.

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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Les Croisades vues par les Arabes) is a French language historical essay by Lebanese author Amin Maalouf.

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The First Century after Beatrice

The First Century after Beatrice (Le Premier siècle après Béatrice) is a 1992 novel by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf.

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The Gardens of Light

The Gardens of Light (Les jardins de lumière) is a 1991 novel by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Rock of Tanios

The Rock of Tanios (Le Rocher de Tanios) is a 1993 novel by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf.

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Turkish people

Turkish people or Turks (Türkler) are the largest Turkic people who speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus.

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UCLouvain

UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain. also known as the Catholic University of Louvain, the English translation of its French name, and the University of Louvain, its official English name) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Maalouf

Also known as Aamin Maalouf, Aamin Malouf, Amin Malouf, أمين معلوف.

, Samarkand (novel), Sheikh Zayed Book Award, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, The First Century after Beatrice, The Gardens of Light, The Guardian, The Rock of Tanios, Turkish people, UCLouvain, United States dollar, University of Évora, University of Ottawa, University of Rovira i Virgili.

Amin Maalouf, the Glossary

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See also

20th-century Lebanese writers

21st-century Lebanese writers

French Eastern Catholics

French people of Egyptian descent

French people of Turkish descent

Grand Cordons of the National Order of the Cedar

Knights First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland

Lebanese emigrants to France

Lebanese male writers

Lebanese memoirists

Lebanese non-fiction writers

Lebanese people of Egyptian descent

Lebanese people of Turkish descent

Officers of the Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco)

Prix Maison de la Presse winners

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