Dahr-al-Ain

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Dahr-al-Ain (Arabic: ضهر العين, romanized: Ḍahr al-ʿAyn) is a village in the Koura District of Lebanon, with a Maronite-majority population.[1]

Demographics

In 2014, Christians made up 98.39% of registered voters in Dahr-al-Ain. 70.43% of the voters were Maronite Catholics and 19.35% were Greek Orthodox.[2]

Murder case

It attracted media attention in May 2010 when two brothers, Tony and Nayef Saleh, were shot by Hanna al-Bersawi on May 28, apparently for political reasons only days before the municipal polls.[3]

References

  1. 1."Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 23. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. 2."التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة ضهر العين، قضاء الكورة محافظة الشمال في لبنان".
  3. 3."Lebanon Daily Star article". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-06-21.