John Gérard Akouri

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Councilman John Akouri, former Washington, DC Press Secretary & Capitol Hill Advisor, is President & CEO of the Lebanese American Chamber of Commerce.

Friday, January 07, 2011

Google Pays Tribute to Lebanese-American Philosopher, Poet, and Artist Gibran Khalil Gibran

(07JAN, 2011) On its main page, website Google pays tribute to Lebanese-American author and artist Gibran Khalil Gibran. Website Google paid tribute to Lebanese-American philosopher, poet, and artist Gibran Khalil Gibran on Thursday. The website commemorated Gibran’s birthday by posting his picture on its main page. The Lebanese author and artist was born in 1883 in the northern village of Bcharre, Lebanon. He died in 1931, in New York. Among Gibran’s most famous works is The Prophet, a book of 26 poetic essays, which has been translated into over 20 languages. – From Now Lebanon

JOHN AKOURI ONLINE NEWSROOM 'We will confront this mortal danger to all humanity. We will not tire, or rest, until the war on terror is won.' -- PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH Add to end of above"line without paranthesis when wanting to loop sound (( loop="-1">