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20 June 2024

WLCU Sydney – HSC Distinguished Achievers Awards Class of 2023

On 11 April 2024 the World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) of Sydney in conjunction with the WLCU Sydney Foundation Ltd, presented its Annual HSC Distinguished Achievers Awards to our Australian Lebanese youth who have achieved outstanding results in 2023 HSC and International Baccalaureate as well as in their extracurricular activities, including in community services, leadership, sports and the arts. The awards event was held in the spectacular function room at the offices of EG in Governor Phillip Tower in the heart of Sydney’s…

20 June 2024

Hannibal Son of Carthage: A Legendary Lebanese General

By WLCU President, Shane Geha Considered one of the greatest generals of the ancient world, Hannibal Barca of Carthage, shares a common ethnic heritage with every Lebanese in the world today. Carthage was a Phoenician settlement and one of the largest cities in the ancient world. Founded at the site of present-day city of Tunis, Tunisia in 814 BC by the ancient seafaring Phoenicians originating from Tyre in Lebanon, Carthage came to dominate the entire Mediterranean basin and threatened Roman supremacy, until its…

28 January 2024

Celebrating Lebanese Culture and Literary Excellence and supporting a book on Dr Charles Malik

December 2023 witnessed two remarkable events hosted by the World Lebanese Cultural Union Sydney Inc., bringing together the community to celebrate Lebanese culture and honor literary excellence. One event, “An Evening with Gibran,” paid tribute to the iconic Lebanese American author Kahlil Gibran on the 100th anniversary of the publication of his masterpiece, “The Prophet.” The other event, the Dr Charles Malik Literary Award Competition, recognised outstanding writers who penned essays with a Lebanese theme. An Evening with Gibran: A Centennial Celebration On…

30 October 2023

Mehshee Koosa Awteh – Stuffed Zucchini (vegetarian)

Kibbeh Bil Sanieh (Baked Kibbeh) is a Lebanese favorite all around. Layers of finely ground beef combined with fine bulgur and spices, baked to a beautiful golden brown. This is the home recipe of WLCU World Youth President, Madam Christina Salamy. We are sure your taste buds will thank you for trying this delicious Lebanese cuisine. Sahtain!

30 October 2023

The Bsharri Association of NSW celebrates 100 years of Gibran’s The Prophet in Sydney

By Paul Shalhoub It was only fitting that the Bsharri Association of New South Wales honoured their world famous son by a wonderful evening on Friday 20 th October, followed by a weekend of activities. Kahlil Gibran was born in the stunning village of Bsharri, high in the mountains of North Lebanon at the site of the only remaining “Cedars of God”. Gibran lived the first 12 years of his life there, before emigrating to the United States with his mother and siblings…

3 July 2023

Lebanon Economic Monitor – the country is descending further into crisis and the outlook remains dire

Since October 2019, Lebanon has been beset by the most crippling, multi-pronged crisis in its modern history as a result of both an economic and political collapse. The deteriorating economic and financial crisis that started in 2019 was further inflamed by the adverse economic impacts of COVID-19, the Port of Beirut explosion in August 2020 as well as the inundation of Syrian refugees that started in 2013 who now make up over a third of the country’s population. The humanitarian consequences were…

1 July 2023

En Route to Beirut March 2023 Gala

By Paul Shalhoub Our now infamous WLCU Sydney En Route to Beirut was held on Saturday 18 March 2023 at Doltone House, Sydney. This was the third in our series, where guests board an imaginary taxi and travel to different destinations in Lebanon on way to the final stop in Beirut. Many acclaimed this as the best to date and it was truly a memorable evening with great food, company, interviews, specialty cocktails, speeches and live entertainment. It was a sold-out event with…

1 July 2023

HSC Distinguished Achievers Awards Night 2023 – Class of 2022

By Alexander Ishac On the 25th of May the World Lebanese Cultural Union of Sydney hosted its annual HSC Distinguished Achievers Night at NSW Parliament House. The event is a celebration of the outstanding accolades that our Lebanese youth have achieved in their final year of high school in the form of both their HSC/IB results as well as their extracurricular undertakings. The night was a great success, opening in the Strangers Function Room at NSW Parliament House, overlooking the beautiful Domain with…

26 June 2023

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