Kfeir

Kfeir (Arabic: الكفير) is a small village nestled 900 m above sea level, in Hasbaiya District (Qada'a), an administrative division of Nabatiyeh Governorate (Mohafazah) along the steep slopes of the top of the Jebel Sheikh in Lebanon.

Kfeir
كفير
City
Map showing the location of Kfeir within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Kfeir within Lebanon
Kfeir
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°25′46″N 35°44′26″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictHasbaya District
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

The village enjoys mild summers of an average temperature of 25°C. However, the winters are much colder and the village receives heavy snow. Kfeir's high altitude allows fog to form above the hills even in summer, giving the village a mystical and spiritual scenery.

The inhabitants of Kfeir are Christians and Druze, and they mainly cultivate olives, pines and other fruit trees.

Notable people
  • Firas Hamdan, one of 12 independent politicians who emerged from a mass anti-government protest movement in 2019.[1] Hamdan was hit in the chest by a lead pellet in 2020 during a demonstration near parliament, days after a deadly explosion struck Beirut's port.[2]
  • Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese novelist.
  • Fares al-Khoury, Syrian politician.
  • Issam Abou Jamra, former Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon.
  • Assaf Abu Rahhal, Lebanese journalist killed in the 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash
  • Fadi Abou Jamra, Politician and a professor.
  • Rajeh El Khoury, Journalist, columnist, poet.

References
  1. "Lebanon independents celebrate: 'change has begun'". France 24. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  2. Khzam, Ruba Bou (2022-05-18). "Firas Hamdan, From A Wounded Revolutionary In Front Of Parliament To An MP Inside It". 961. Retrieved 2023-04-16.

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