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The Kabbouche Family

The Kabbouche family is a prominent Greek Orthodox Christian Lebanese family. It is one of the original Beirut aristocratic families who constituted the traditional high society of Beirut and Lebanon for a long time. Located in Achrafieh - Tabaris.

One of the oldest bookshops in Beirut was owned by Toufic Kabbouche in the 19th century, Maktabat Al Tawfiq was located in the old Beirut Downtown and was the only bookshop importing books from all over the world in different languages. The latter Toufic Kabbouche was one of the first to get a car in Beirut and used to pay 1 troy of Gold a day to his driver.

54, Tabaris, Chehade Street, Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut's architectural heritage. An Ottoman-style mansion, with Venetian windows, arches and lavish patio that once epitomised Beirut.

The house has been renovated by the landlord Mr.Toufic Alexis Kabbouche in 2008 and who managed to preserve its architectural heritage on which his hundreds of years old ancestral home is sitting.