Bulgarians in Lebanon

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Bulgarians in Lebanon are between 400–1,000 people.^[2][3][4] Most of them are Bulgarian women married to Lebanese men and their children, almost all of which live in Beirut.

Culture

Associations

Bulgarian associations are: Association of Nurses in Lebanon (2003) and the Association of Lebanese Civilian Graduates in Bulgaria.

Schools

• Bulgarian Saturday school in Lebanon – Beirut (from 2011)

Folk groups

• Group for Bulgarian Folklore "Bulgarian wrist"

Notable people

• Lia Saad,^[5] Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2014
• Samir Ayass, footballer
• Eyad Hammoud, footballer

See also

• Bulgaria–Lebanon relations
• Arabs in Bulgaria
• Bulgarian diaspora
• Ethnic groups in Lebanon

References

External links

• State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad
• Agency for Bulgarians Abroad Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine