أبناء حاروف في الإغتراب -2

Salam ibn il 3am,

This is your cousin Ali from Seattle.

I just found the website which you and your dear family put together. I must tell you that, I was so impressed and thrilled with the site and feel proud of you all.

I shared your website with the members of my Yahoogroup (Nabatieh and surroundings). The members of my club is for the professionals who live overseas but hail from Nabatieh and its surroundings.

Please give my greetings to my dear uncle and your family.

Insha allah I will visit Lebanon next year, and tell them face to face, how proud I am of what they achieved with Harouf website.

Again, congratulations on the website and kul 3am wa antum bikhair.

Your cousin,

Ali Hussein Shami

Seattle, Washington.

""Where all think alike, no one thinks very much "
Walter Lippmann

علي حسين الشامي - الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية - سياتل - واشنطن

Ali Hussein Al-Shami - USA - Seattle, Washington

Al salam 3liakoum warahmat Allah wa barakatoh.

Hi, my name is Hussein Hachem.

I'm six years old and was born in London.

I am proud to tell my friends ( Ana lebnene men Harouf with my broken Arabic language) I've never been there but if God's will, I am coming this year, to see my dad's village. Harouf the green, Harouf the mountains,Harouf the valley, the land of poetry, knowledge and love .

May God bless you and watch over my Harouf .

Thank you.

H. HACHEM - London - England

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الصلاة والسلام على سيدنا ونبينا محمد وآل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين

تحية طيبة وبعد ،،،

أولاً أشكركم سادتي الكرام على هذا الموقع المميز الذي سمح للكثير من أبناء ضيعتنا ، وبلدنا الحبيب دخوله والتعرف على تاريخ حاروف العريق وأهلها الكرام .

كلماتي لن تستطيع التعبير عن فرحتي الكبيرة التي بداخلي .

للأسف لم أولد في حاروف ، ولكن ترعرعت في بيدرها وبين العين وساحتها .

أتذكر تلك الطريق القديمة المتعرجة ، والجبال الخضراء، والبيوت الصخرية القديمة، و ها أنت غدوتي مدينة كبيرة متطورة ، مليئة بالحب والحنان الذي لم ولن ينفذ منك إن شاء الله.

فأنت قطعة مني

أكلت من ترابك البيدري

وشربت من عينك المائي

ولعبت في قلب ساحتكي

إلى أن أصبحت رجلاً يستطيع مقاتلة الرياح لأنك في قلبي

أنا فخور جداً بكوني حاروفي < كان جدي يقول لي من نكر أصله فلا أصل له>

ألف تحية إلى آل الشامي الكرام، و طابت أياديكم الجميلة

سلامي إلى أهل أبي آل هاشم، وإلى أهل أمى آل حرقوص، وإلى أهل ضيعتنا الكرام ورحمة الله وبركاته.

أحمد حسين علي هاشم

لندن - المملكة المتحدة

Assalam Alaykum Wa rahmatullah Wa barakatuh

I am glad to see remarkable and excellent efforts put in presenting the site. What I would like to see in future updates is information on the planned activities within Harouf Municipal Area and the achieved ones, also if you can emphasize on the projects shared with other neighbouring villages.

Good Work and Best Regards
Ahmad Mohamad Badreddine

Greetings Hajj Jamil

Following are the information you have requested:
My Father is Mohamad Hussein Badreddine
My uncle is (Al Mukhtar)
My house is on the main road to Jibshit - Al Baidar Area in a building built jointly by my father and Hajj Nazih
My current address is Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Best regards
Ahmad M. Badreddine - UAE - Sharjah

Dear webmaster,

My name is Leila Moussa and I'm from Harouf. I was born and raised in America, but whenever we come to visit, I always spend lots of time in Harouf, because I have a lot of family there. I've been to Harouf so many times. I've been to Lebanon 8 times and I always go to Harouf. Both my grandfathers live there. My mom's dad is Hydar Atoui, and my dad's dad is Hajj Abu Zahi Moussa. We even have a house in harouf next to my Gido Abu Zahi. My dad told me about your website and so I came on. I think its really nice, but the problem is that I don't read Arabic good, so I didn't understand a lot of the stuff you guys wrote down. Do you guys ever put stuff in English? Well it was nice talking to you. Bye

Leila Moussa - USA

A WORD OF HAPPINESS AND LOVE

First, I want to congratulate Harouf, for having great people, that are working hard to make it better everyday.

Second, I want to congratulate you on this amazing website, that was a light of hope to many people.

Third, I want to thank each person, that helped on making this website. I am Abeer Ahmad Lizzeik, a student in UAE. I am about 15 years old. I am from Jnoub (Dwair), and my mom is from Harouf. I never, actually lived in Lebanon, but I spend most of my vacations in Jnoub, especially in Harouf.

When I first got the news about this website, I couldn't believe it in the beginning, but when I tried entering it and it worked, there was the shock. I didn't believe that it was true, I was amazed and happy more than anything. Knowing that a village in Lebanon in Jnoub, has all these people, that care about, and love made me hate being away from my country. First I started looking at some pictures of some simple places in Harouf. Then, the second shock was having my aunt's word on the front page of the website. My aunt Huda Harkous, wrote the most perfect words, that really describe our feelings towards our country. That makes me unable to add any word to what she said, and what others said about the website, about Harouf, about Jnoub, and about Lebanon, our great country that has to be really proud for having great people, doing what is impossible, to keep it higher and greater than it is now.

Thank you for all your work. Some little words from a big heart.

Abeer Ahmad Lizzeik

Abeer Ahmad Lizzeik - UAE