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Abey also spelled Aabey is a largely Druze town located in Mount Lebanon, in the Aley District of Mount Lebanon Governorate . It is located from Beirut and has an altitude of . It is bordered by Kfarmatta (South), Bennay (East), Damour (West), and Ain Ksour (North). It overlooks Damour and the capital, Beirut, and the sea can be seen from virtually any point in the village. The highest point in AAbey is Mteyyar, where most of the surrounding villages can be seen, along with the east ridge of Lebanon's mountains and many of the southern towns of Lebanon.
Aabey is the birthplace of the diplomatic :de:Fouad Bey Hamza Saudi Arabia's Minister of Economic Development (1947-1952) in the reign of King Abdul Aziz Al Sa'ud. One of his famous books, "Al-Bilad Al-Arabia Al-Saudia".
Toufic Amin Hamze, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Paris and Ankara (1908–1933)
It is also noted Aabey being the home of Samir Kantar, a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, who was imprisoned for three decades in Israel after killing three people in a raid in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya. His return to Lebanon was marked by celebrations.
Usage examples of "abey".
I interrupted Abey in the middle of his telling me how beautiful Cleveland was in the winter and went to call her.
In the middle of my attempting to explain that Darlene was not the air-conditioning repairman, Abey Fields came up.
Once a Forest Service vendido, Carl Abeyta, had caught Joe with a dead deer, a huge electric lamp, no license, and out of season to boot, and it cost Joe a hundred dollars plus a week hi the Chamisa County Jail.
Carl Abeyta in the Chamisa County Milagro district headquarters for a bunch of bulletproof vests.
Carl Abeyta arrived at the Forest Service headquarters to discover a weathered ten-year-old statuette of Siflbkey the Bear tied with red ribbon to the doorhandle of the office building.
Pete Apodaca will give his wife Betty a black eye or a broken arm in payment for that, and meanwhile Floyd Cowlie and Carl Abeyta will be rolling around on the Floresta office floor laughing about what a lot of dumbbells we all are.
Whenever the Forest Service boys, Carl Abeyta and Floyd Cow-lie, moseyed on over to the store for their midmorning Dr.
The glass had barely tinkled to rest around their feet when Harlan Betchel, Nick Rael, Ray Gusdorf, Bernabe Montoya, Betty Apodaca, Carl Abeyta and Floyd Cowlie, and Sparky Pacheco and Tobias Mon-dragon careened into the bar to see who was getting laid out.
Then maybe Pacheco will go and kick Onofre Martinez in the butt, and to get back at him Onofre will charge Ray Gus-dorf three times what he should charge him for a load of wood, and in retaliation Ray Gusdorf will tell Pete Apodaca to take his cows out of Ray's field, and Pete Apodaca will give his wife Betty a black eye or a broken arm in payment for that, and meanwhile Floyd Cowlie and Carl Abeyta will be rolling around on the Floresta office floor laughing about what a lot of dumbbells we all are.
Carl Abeyta stiffened self-righteously and stifled an urge to lunge across the room at Shorty.