Historical figures in Lebanon
The atlas holds 3 people and 5 moments here, from 1941 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Umm Kulthum, Hassan Nasrallah and Yitzhak Rabin. Among them Musicians and Composers and Performers, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Hassan Nasrallah
from 1978 to 1991
2 moments here
Lebanese Shia cleric and political-militant leader who served as Hezbollah’s secretary-general from 1992 until his death in an Israeli airstrike in…
Umm Kulthum
from 1962 to 1970
2 moments here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
Yitzhak Rabin
in 1941
1 moment here
Israeli military officer, statesman, prime minister, ambassador, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Moments
- 1941 Palmach sabotage mission in Lebanon Yitzhak Rabin
- 1962 Concerts in Lebanon Umm Kulthum
- 1970 Second Lebanon war-effort visit Umm Kulthum
- 1978 Expulsion from Iraq and return to Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah
- 1991 Return to Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah