Ghassan saliba biography of mahatma
This article focuses on the Chouf-born poet, lawyer and translator Wadiʿ al-Bustani (–), who called himself a “Lebanese Palestinian,”.
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Saliba (name)
Family name
| Saliba (صليبا / ܨܠܝܒܐ) Salibi (الصليبي / ܨܠܝܒܝ) | |
|---|---|
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| Current region | Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Denmark, France, North Africa |
| Place of origin | Lebanon, Palestine, Syria |
| Connected families | Salibas of Maltese Origin |
| Distinctions | Prominence in religion, education, activism, business and medicine |
| Traditions | Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Maronite Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Protestant, Agnostic |
Saliba (Arabic: صليبا), also transliterated "Saleeba", or Salibi (Arabic: الصليبي), also transliterated "Saleeby", is a Christian family name of Arabic origin used in the Levant and Malta.
The family name comes from the aramaic (sliba) but also from the Arabic cognate "صليب" (salîb), meaning "cross", a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.&