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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
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| Name = (portable sounds)
This is a '''list of [[WP:NN|notable]] [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] people'''. The list has been ordered by Alphabetical order of Section names. No specific order was used within the sections.
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[tobyMac]]
| Cover = Portablesounds.jpg
| Released = {{flagicon|USA}} [[February 20]], [[2007]]
| Recorded = [[2006]]
| Genre = [[Christian hip hop]]<br />[[Funk]]<br />[[Christian rock]]<br />[[Contemporary Christian music|CCM]]
| Length = 48:34
| Label = [[ForeFront Records]]
| Producer = [[tobyMac|Toby McKeehan]]<br />Christopher Stephens<br />David Wyatt
| Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fcfqxqqrldfe link]
*[[Christianity Today]] {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2007/portablesounds.html link]
*[[Cross Rhythms]] {{Rating|9|10}} [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Toby_Mac/Portable_Sounds/22247/ link]
*[[Jesus Freak Hideout]] {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/PortableSounds.asp link]
| Last album = ''[[Renovating Diverse City]]'' </br>(2005)
| This album = '''''Portable Sounds''''' </br>(2007)
| Next album = ''Portable Sounds: Deluxe Edition'' </br>(2007)
| Misc = | Misc =
}}
'''''Portable Sounds''''' is the third full-length studio album, from [[Christian]] artist [[tobyMac]]. It was released on [[February 20]], [[2007]]. The album contains the singles "[[Made to Love]]", "Boomin'", "[[I'm for You]]", and "One World (featuring Siti Monroe)". This album took a slightly different direction than tobyMac's previous [[hip hop]] efforts, having more of a [[pop music|pop]] sound. When the album was released on [[iTunes Store|iTunes]], users were able to download a behind-the-scenes making of the album video, a digital booklet, and an acoustic version of "Made to Love."


==Activists==
==Track listing==
# "One World" (Featuring Siti Monroe) – <small>3:50</small>
===Activists of Lebanese Descent===
# "[[Made to Love]]" – <small>3:50</small>
* [[James Zogby]] - founder of Arab-American Institute, brother of [[John Zogby]], "an American of Lebanese Christian heritage."<ref>{{cite book
# "Boomin'/Opera Trip Interlude" – <small>4:02</small>
|title=Marketing the American Creed Abroad: Diasporas in the U.S. and Their Homelands
# "[[I'm for You]]" – <small>3:47</small>
|first=Yossi
# "Face of the Earth/Chuck @ Artist Development Interlude" – <small>4:38</small>
|last=Shain
# "No Ordinary Love" (Featuring Nirva) – <small>3:16</small>
|pages=122
# "Ignition" – <small>3:53</small>
|publisher=Cambridge University Pre
# "Hype Man (truDog '07) [feat. [[Truett McKeehan|truDog]]]" – <small>1:41</small>
|year=1999
# "Suddenly" – <small>3:40</small>
|id=ISBN 052164531X}}</ref>
# "All In (Letting Go)/Mr. Talkbox Interlude" – <small>4:33</small>
* [[John Zogby]] - American political pollster, brother of [[James Zogby]].
# "Feelin' So Fly" – <small>3:49</small>
# "No Signal" – <small>1:11</small>
# "[[Lose My Soul]]" (Featuring [[Kirk Franklin]] And [[Mandisa]]/Time Warp) – <small>6:17</small>


==Architects==
==Charts==
The album debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200, tobyMac's highest chart position as a solo artist, selling 51,000 copies in its first week.<ref>Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003551449 "Norah Stays Tight At No. 1 Amidst Slow Sales Week"], Billboard.com, February 28, 2007.</ref> In its second week on the Billboard 200, Portable Sounds fell to #38, in its third week to #47, and in its fourth week it fell to #63. As of December 2007, it has sold 300,000+ copies.{{fact|date=March 2008}}
===Architects of Lebanese Descent===
* [[Pierre Fakhoury]] Architect of the Basilica of Notre Dame de la paix a Yamoussokro
* [[Reem Acra]] - fashion designer<ref name=outlook>{{cite web
|url=http://www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/archive/index_us2.htm
|title=Lebanese abroad >> archive
|publisher=Today's Outlook Magazine
|accessdate=2007-02-13}}</ref>
* [[Sam Maloof]] - woodworker, owned an orchard in [[Douma, Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite book
|title=The Furniture of Sam Maloof
|first=Jeremy
|last=Adamson
|coauthors=Sam Maloof
|pages=2
|year=2001
|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company
|id=ISBN 0393730808}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Philippe Karam]] - a leading modernist architect<ref>[http://www.joseph-philippe-karam.com Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


===Album Chart===
==Businessmen and Entrepreneurs==
{| class="wikitable"
===Businessmen and Entrepreneurs of Lebanese Descent===
|-
* [[Lucie Salhany]]- Chairwoman - Fox Broadcasting Co
! Chart
* [[Warren Buffet]]- Famous U.S. investor whose Lebanese parents originally from the village of Soffra, emigrated to N.Y. in the early 1920s
! Peak Position
* [[Paul Orfalea]]: Founder and CEO - Kinko''s
|-
* [[Ray Irani]], PhD: Chairman - Occidental Petroleum.
| U.S. Billboard 200
* [[Philippe Jabre]] - Hedge Fund Manager
| #10
* [[Carlos Slim Helu]] - Mexican-Lebanese. <ref name=outlook1>{{cite web
|-
|url=http://www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/archive/index.htm
| Billboard's Top Christian Albums
|title=Lebanese People Abroad >> archive
| #1
|publisher=Today's Outlook Magazine
|}
|accessdate=2007-02-13}}</ref>
* [[Anna Ouroumian]] Social entrepreneur, President and CEO of the Academy of Business Leadership.
* [[Carlos Ghosn]] - (also known as Carlos Gaune, from the Lebanese "Ghosn" family), Lebanese Brazilian-born CEO and President of [[Renault]] and [[Nissan]] Motor, nicknamed the "Cost Cutter".
* [[Edmond Safra]] - founder of [[Republic Bank of New York]] and [[Banco Safra]] in [[Brazil]], born in [[Aley]], Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://qa.britannica.com/eb/topic-516163/Edmond-Jacob-Safra
|title=Edmond Jacob Safra (Swiss banker and philanthropist)
|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica
|accessdate=2007-02-14}}</ref>
*[[John Mack]], Chairman and CEO of [[Morgan Stanley]], one of the world's largest Investment Banks
* [[Al-Waleed bin Talal]] - Saudi Prince whose mother is the daughter of ex Prime Minister [[Riad as-Solh
* [[Nicolas Hayek]] - 'Mr. [[Swatch]]', Chairman of the [[Swatch]] Group, the 'father of [[Swatch]]'<ref name=outlook1/> and the man behind the concept of the [[Smart Car]].
* [[Robert Abboud]] - ex-chairman of [[First National Bank of Chicago]], cousin of [[Joseph Abboud]].<ref>{{cite book
|title=Crashing the Gates: the De-WASPing of America's power elite
|first=Robert C.
|last=Christopher
|pages=107
|year=1989
|publisher=Simon & Schuster
|id=ISBN 0671473344}}</ref>
* [[Sam Hammam]] - owner of [[Cardiff City F.C.]].<ref>{{cite book
|title=Professional sport in the European Union: Regulation and re-regulation
|first=Andrew
|last=Caiger
|coauthors=Simon Gardiner
|pages=95
|year=2000
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|id=ISBN 9067041262}}</ref>
* [[Mario Kassar]] - co-founder of [[Carolco Pictures]].<ref>{{cite book
|title=Arabs of Chicagoland
|first=Ray
|last=Hanania
|pages=65
|year=2005
|publisher=Arcadia Publishing
|id=ISBN 073853417X}}</ref>
* [[Jacques Nasser]] - ex-CEO of [[Ford Motors]], born in Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.npr.org/programs/npc/2000/000727.jnasser.html
|title=National Press Club: Jacques Nasser
|publisher=National Public Radio
|date=2000-07-27}}</ref>
* [[Paul Orfalea]] - founder of [[Kinko's]]<ref name=embassy>{{cite web
|url=http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/ProminantLebaneseAmericans.html
|title=Making a Difference
|publisher=the Embassy of Lebanon
|location=Washington D.C.
|accessdate=2007-02-13}}</ref>
* [[Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi]] - Co-founder and chairman of [[Arab Media Watch]]


==Fashion Designers==
===Song Chart===
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Elie Saab]] - fashion designer.<ref name=roop>{{cite book
|-
|title=Lebanon in Pictures
! Song
|first=Peter
! Chart
|last=Roop
! Peak Position
|coauthors=Sam Schultz, Margaret J. Goldstein
|-
|pages=71
| Made to Love
|year=2005
| Billboard Hot Christian Songs
|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books
| #1
|id=ISBN 0822511711}}</ref>
|-
| Boomin'
| Billboard Hot Christian Songs
| -
|-
| I'm For You
| Billboard Hot Christian Songs
| #2
|-
| One World
| Billboard Hot Christian Songs
| #10
|-
| Lose My Soul
| Billboard Hot Christian Songs
| #7
|-
|}


==Singles==
==Film, Theatre, Television and Radio Personalities==
*"Made To Love" reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. It was also was #1 for 9 consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio (CHR) Chart and was the seccond most played song on Christian CHR radio stations in 2007.<ref name=RR2007CHR>[http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/07/Christian_CHR_songs.asp 2007 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs], [[R&R (magazine)|R&R magazine]], Retrieved [[January 6]] [[2008]]</ref> It reached #3 on R&R's Christian AC Chart.
* [[Lucien Bourjeily]], film director (Born in Lebanon)
* [[Nadine Labaki]], actress/director
* [[Georgina Rizk]], Miss Universe 1971


*"Boomin" was an underground single. It is the only single to get an official music video. This video won a GMA Dove award. On radio it charted only on the lower half of R&R's Christian Rock Radio Chart.
===Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio Personalities of Lebanese Descent===
* [[Jean Paul Belmondo]], born in Balamand, North Lebanon, famous Movie Actor (France)
* [[Joseph Barbera]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/20/nbarbera20.xml
|title=Master cartoonist who created Tom and Jerry draws his last
|first=Melissa
|last=Whitworth
|location=New York
|date=2006-12-21|publisher=Telegraph.co.uk
|accessdate=2007-02-18}}</ref> - Hanna-Barbera (Lebanese pronunciation: Berbere) Creator of the [[Tom and Jerry]], [[The Flintstones]], [[The Jetsons]], [[Scooby-Doo]], [[Jonny Quest]], [[Space Ghost]], [[Yogi Bear]] and many other world renowned cartoons <ref>Long Live Barbera: The Best Hanna-Barbera Intros of All Time [http://www.giantmag.com/2006/12/tv/long-live-barbera-the-best-hanna-barbera-intros-of-all-time/]</ref>
* [[Peri Cochin]], television host (French of Lebanese/Iraqi ancestry)
* [[Shannon Elizabeth]], (full name Shannon Elizabeth Fadal) actress with roles in [[American Pie (film)]] and [[Scary Movie]]
* [[Lili Estefan]], [[Cuban American]] television hostess, (niece of [[Emilio Estefan]]; Lebanese ancestry)
* [[Jamie Farr]], actor of M*A*S*H fame
* [[Khrystyne Haje]], actress
* [[Jack Hanna]], host of the US hit television series "Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures", frequent guest on Late Night with [[David Letterman]] and the Tonight Show with [[Johnny Carson]] and [[Jay Leno]]Henry Wahbe, telivision and film actor, singer song writer
* [[Salma Hayek]], Mexican actress (Lebanese father and Mexican mother)
* [[Casey Kasem]], television personality of Druze Lebanese descent
* [[Mario Kassar]], film producer
* [[Gilbert Mamery]], television personality in [[Puerto Rico]]
* [[Gricel Mamery]], comedian, television host in Puerto Rico
* [[Wentworth Miller]]- television actor; stars in Prison Break
* [[Omar Naim]] - Director of The Final Cut
* [[Kathy Najimy]] - actress
* [[Arsinée Khanjian]] - actress (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
* [[Michael Nouri]], actor
* [[George Noory]], host of Coast to Coast AM
* [[Keanu Reeves]], actor born in Lebanon but raised in Canada. Parents are of English and Hawaiian ancestry
* [[Tom Shadyac]], motion picture director
* [[Shakira]], singer (Lebanese father)
* [[Tony Shalhoub]], television and film actor
* [[James Stacy]], actor
* [[Danny Thomas]], nightclub comedian and television actor
* [[Marlo Thomas]], actress
* [[Amy Yasbeck]], Lebanese-American film and television actress, widow of actor [[John Ritter]]
* [[Vince Vaughn]], actor
* [[Michael Ansara]], Actor/director husband of Barbara Eden (TV series Love of Jeany)
* [[Omar Sharif]], Actor/ his real name is Michel Chalhoub from lebanese origin
* Henry Wahbe, radio and television actor, singer-song writer


*"I'm For You" reached #2 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. It also was #1 for 8 consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio Chart and was the third most played song on Christian CHR radio stations in 2007.<ref name=RR2007CHR /> It reached #10 on R&R's Christian AC Chart.
==Military==
* Gen. [[Michel Aoun]]
* Gen. [[Emile Lahoud]]
* Gen. [[Michel Sleiman]]
* Gen. Fouad Chehab
===Military of Lebanese Descent===
* [[John Abizaid]] - US general, [[United States Central Command|CENTCOM]] Commander
* [[George Joulwan]] - US general, [[SACEUR]]
* [[Gengis Khan]] - AKA Gergis Khamis


*"One World" reached #10 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. It was also #1 for 3 non consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio Chart.
==Musicians==
* [[Amal Hijazi]] - Pop Singer and Dancer
* [[Assi Rahbani]] - Music Composer ([[Fairouz]]'s husband)
* [[Assi El Helani]] - Pop Singer
* [[Bassima]] - Lebanese Pop Singer
* [[Bassem Feghali]] - Comedian that pioneered female impersonation in Lebanon (Related to [[Sabah]])
* [[Bechara El-Khoury]] - A French-Lebanese Classical Music composer and poet
* [[Charbel Rouhana]] - Music composer and [[Oud]] player
* [[Darine Hadchiti]] - Young Pop Singer
* [[Elissa (singer)|Elissa]] - Pop Singer
* [[Fairouz]], born Nouhad Haddad - singer
* [[Haifa Wehbe]] - Pop Singer
* [[Herbert Khaury]] - (Tiny Tim), singer, Ukulele player (Lebanese father)
* [[Jalal Haddad]] - Experimental, Classical, Jazz and Rock music composer
* [[Jack Barakat]] - [[All Time Low]] guitarist
* [[Marcel Khalife]] - singer, orchestral composer, oud player
* [[Michel Elefteriades]] - composer/producer/director/song-writer
* [[Myriam Fares]] - Arab singer
* [[Mansour Rahbani]] - Music composer (Assi's brother)
* [[Nawal Al Zoghbi]] - Pop singer
* [[Nancy Ajram]] - Pop singer
* [[Najwa Karam]] - Pop singer
* [[Pascale Machaalani]] - Pop singer
* [[Sabah (singer)|Sabah]] - born Janet Feghali from Wadi Al Shahrour, singer and actress
* [[Wadih Safi]] - Musician and singer
* [[Zaki Nassif]] - musician and singer
* [[Ziad Rahbani]] - Classical/Blues Music Composer and singer(Assi's and [[Fairouz]]'s son)


*"Lose My Soul" reached #7 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. The single has not yet peaked.
===Musicians of Lebanese Descent===
* [[David M. Bailey]] - American singer/songwriter. Born to [[Presbyterian]] [[missionaries]] and raised in [[Beirut]]
* [[Dick Dale]] - Surf Guitar Player<ref>{{cite book
|title=Guitar World Presents the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
|first=Jeff
|last=Kitts
|coauthors=Brad Tolinski
|pages=33
|year=2002
|publisher=Hal Leonard
|id=ISBN 0634046195}}</ref>
* [[Emilio Estefan]] - Husband of Gloria Estefan, Cuban musician/producer (Lebanese parents)
* [[Frank Zappa]] - Former legend in the world of rock<ref>Francesco Gentile, [http://www.obst-music.com/composers/zappa_bio.htm "A tentative short biography of Frank Zappa (1940-1993)"].</ref> - A famous musician that played in a wide variety of music.
* [[Gabriel Yared]] - Academy Award winner (composer for ''[[The English Patient]]'') and Opera and cinematic music score composer.
* [[G. E. Smith]] - Former Bandleader for many years for [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
* [[John Dolmayan]] - [[System of a Down]] drummer (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
* [[Karl Wolf]] - (Karl Abou Samah) Canadian singer, songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/thisissue/index.htm
|title=Karl Wolf - Face Behind the Face...man behind the album
|month=December
|year=2006
|publisher=Today's Outlook Magazine}}</ref>
* [[K-Maro]] - Canadian rapper of Lebanese origin<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:jPhHNnwtCRIJ:www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/thisissue/index.htm+K-maro+lebanese&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us
|title=K-maro - The Million Dollar Boy
|month=December
|year=2005
|publisher=Today's Outlook Magazine}}</ref>
* [[Massari]] - Lebanese pop and hip-hop singer who grew up in Canada.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.desiclub.com/desimusic/desimusic_features/music_article.cfm?id=190
|title=Massari: Talented and Sexy Heartthrob
|publisher=Desiclub.com
|first=Rita
|last=Bhattacharya
|year=2005
|accessdate=2007-02-13}}</ref>
* [[Mika (singer)|Mika]] - Pop singer born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother.
* [[Matthieu Chedid]] - Lebanese-French Rock/Blues songwriter and singer
* [[Paul Anka]] - Pop singer
* [[Paul Jabara]] - Oscar-winning composer for [[Last Dance]] from ''[[Thank God It's Friday]]''
* [[René Angélil]] - Music composer and manager. Husband of [[Celine Dion]]
* [[Sammy Hagar]] - former lead vocalist for the rock band [[Van Halen]].
* [[Sarbel]] - Greek singer, born in London to a Lebanese mother.
* [[Shakira]] - Colombian singer/songwriter, born Shakira Mebarak Chedid (Lebanese father from Zahle, Colombian mother of Spanish descent).
* [[Soraya (musician)|Soraya]] - American-Colombian-Lebanese singer/songwriter (Lebanese mother)
* [[Setrak Setrakian]] - composer and pianist (Armenian ethnicity)
* [[Serj Tankian]] - [[System of a Down]] vocalist, guitarist, political activist (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
* [[Steve Perry]] - Introduced Lebanon to MC Mario, Eiffel 65, and the ''[[Men in Black]]'' soundtrack
* [[Tony Hajjar]] - [[At the Drive-In]] and [[Sparta (band)|Sparta]] drummer
* [[Tiffany]] - The first teenage singer to have her first two singles both hit number one in the [[U.S.A]]
* [[Yfrah Neaman]] - Violinist


==Deluxe Edition CD/DVD==
==Painters and Sculptors==
A Deluxe Edition of ''Portable Sounds'' was released on [[October 23]], [[2007]]. The Deluxe Edition includes the original CD, plus a DVD containing all five music videos and behind-the-scenes footage.
* [[Krikor Agopian]] - Painter
==References==
* [[Paul Guiragossian]] - Painter
{{reflist}}
* [[Youssef Howayek]] - Painter and sculptor
* [[Nabil Kanso]] - Painter
===Painters and Sculptors of Lebanese Descent===
==Photographers==
* [[Paul Zgheib]] - Photographer


== External links ==
==Politicians==
* [http://www.tobymac.com tobyMac.com]
''See also'': [[Politics of Lebanon]]
* [http://www.portablesounds.tv/ ''Portable Sounds'' webpage]
* [[Michel Aoun]] - former military commander, leader of FPM
* [http://www.myspace.com/tobymac tobyMac's MySpace, where songs are posted]
* [[Farid Abboud]] - Lebanese Ambassador to Tunisia; [http://www.faridabboud.com] Farid Abboud <ref>http://www.faridabboud.com/farid_abboud_speeches.html</ref>
*Mir [[Magid Arslan]] - Lebanese politician
**Mir [[Talal Arslan]] - Lebanese member of parliament
* [[Nabih Berri]] - Parliament Speaker; current leader of [[Amal Movement]]
* [[Camille Chamoun]] - [[List of Presidents of Lebanon|President]] (1952-8), founder of [[National Liberal Party (Lebanon)|National Liberal Party]]
** [[Dany Chamoun]] - former leader of ''National Liberal Party'', son of Camille Chamoun, assassinated on Oct. 21, 1990 [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-21-lebanon_x.htm?csp=34]
** [[Dory Chamoun]] - current leader of ''National Liberal Party'', brother of Dory Chamoun and son of Camille Chamoun
* [[Fouad Chehab]] - President (1958-64), general
* [[Emile Edde]] - President (1936-41,1943), founder of the [[Lebanese National Bloc]]
** [[Raymond Eddé]] - Statesman, son of Emile Eddé, former leader of the [[Lebanese National Bloc]]
*** [[Carlos Eddé]] - Raymond Eddé's nephew, now leading the [[Lebanese National Bloc]]
* [[Abdel Latif El Zein]] - Member of Parliament since 1964 and ex-Agriculture Minister
* [[Suleiman Frangieh]] - President (1970-6)
** [[Tony Frangieh]] - son of President Suleiman Frangieh; assassinated on [[June 13]], [[1978]]
*** [[Suleiman Frangieh]] - son of Tony Frangieh, politician, ex-minister, and leader of the [[Marada Brigade]]
* [[Samir Geagea]] - leader of the [[Lebanese Forces]]; jailed for 11 years
** [[Sitrida Geagea]] - Lebanese Deputy (Legislator or Member of Parliament) and wife of Samir Geagea
* [[Pierre Gemayel]] - founder of [[Kataeb Party (Lebanon)|Kataeb Party]]
** [[Bachir Gemayel]] - former President-Elect, founder of [[Lebanese Forces]], son of Pierre Gemayel; assassinated on Sept. 14, 1982 [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-21-lebanon_x.htm].
*** [[Solange Gemayel]] - Lebanese Deputy and wife of the assassinated President-Elect Bashir Gemayel
** [[Amine Gemayel]] - President (1982-8), son of Pierre Gemayel
*** [[Joyce Gemayel]] - Wife of Amin Gemayel and mother of the assassinated Minister Pierre Gemayel<ref>[http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2006/11/lebanon_wont_gi.php Lebanon won't give in to pro-Syrian threats | Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from Beirut<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/utenriks/1.1370549 Hundretusener tok avskjed - Utenriks - NRK Nyheter<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.annaharonline.com/htd/SEYA070219-7.HTM جريدة النهار<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.alanwar.com/ar/article.php?id=16942</ref>
*** [[Pierre Amine Gemayel]] - legislator, son of Amin Gemayel; assassinated on [[November 21]], [[2006]][http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_minister_shot]
* [[Saad Haddad]] - founder of the South Lebanon army.
*[[Marwan Hamadeh]] - Lebanese minister and member of Parliament
* [[Rafik Hariri]] - Ex-Prime Minister. Assassinated on [[February 14]], [[2005]][http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/16/beirut.explosion/]
** [[Saad Hariri]] - Legislator (2005-), son of Rafik Hariri
** [[Bahia Hariri]] - politician & [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador]]
* [[Saadallah Howayek]] - politian elected to the first administrative council
* [[William Hawi]] - former chief of the [[Kataeb]] Security Council, predecessor of President [[Bashir Gemayel]] in the Kataeb party who, following William's death, was appointed his replacement as president of the Military Council, a faction of which (the ''BG'' brigade) later became the [[Lebanese Forces]] Militia.
* [[Charles Helou]] - President (1964-70)
* [[Elie Hobeika]] - militia commander, politician; assassinated on [[January 24]], [[2002]]
* [[Selim al-Hoss]] - former Prime Minister
* [[Elias Hrawi]] - Former president (1989-1998), died at the age of 80 on [[July 7]], [[2006]]
* [[Hussein el-Husseini]] - Parliament Speaker (1984-1992) ended [[Lebanese Civil War]]; co-founder of [[Amal Movement]]; survived assassination attempt by the [[PLO]] [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/syria/presence.html]
* [[Kamal Jumblatt]] - founder of [[Progressive Socialist Party (Lebanon)|Progressive Socialist Party]]; assassinated on [[March 16]], [[1977]] [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-21-lebanon_x.htm].
** [[Walid Jumblatt]] - leader of ''Progressive Socialist Party'', son of Kamal Jumblatt, escaped assassination attempt
* [[Omar Karami]] - former Prime Minister - brother of Rashid Karami
* [[Rashid Karami]] - former Prime Minister - assassinated
* [[Hassan Khaled]] - former Grand Mufti of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community; assassinated on [[May 16]], [[1989]]
* [[Bechara El Khoury]] - President (1943-52) who declared the independence of the Republic of Lebanon from the French mandate that had started in 1919 after [[World War I]]
* [[Riad as-Solh]] - Prime Minister (1943-45 and 46-51) who played a very important role in the independence of Lebanon alongside President El Khoury and other prominent Lebanese politicians of that era
* [[Antoine Lahad]] - former Commander of the South Lebanon army who escaped assassination attempt by [[Souha Bechara]]
* Charles Malek - Foreign Minister and Philosopher
* [[René Moawad]] - President (1989), assassinated
** [[Nayla Moawad]] - female legislator (1991-), widow of René Moawad
* [[Michel Murr]] - former Minister of the Interior
** [[Elias Murr]] - former Deputy Prime Minister and current Defense Minister - escaped assassination attempt on [[July 12]], [[2005]] [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-21-lebanon_x.htm?csp=34]
* [[Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah]] - General secretary of the militant organization Hizbullah.
* [[Karim Pakradouni]] - leader of [[Kataeb party]].
* [[Hagop Pakradounian]] - politician of Armenian decent; leader of the Lebanese branch of the [[Armenian Revolutionary Federation]]
* [[Antun Saadeh]] - late leader of the [[Syrian Social Nationalist Party]]; executed on [[July 8]], [[1949]]
* [[Musa al-Sadr]] - prominent Shi'ite religious leader who spent many years of his life in Lebanon; abducted in August 1978
* [[Saeb Salam]] - former Prime Minister
* [[Étienne Saqr]] - founder of [[Guardians of the Cedars]]
* [[Elias Sarkis]] - President (1976-82)
* [http://lebdruze.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=106 Mir Majid Arsalan] - Legendary Druze Leader
* [[Fouad Seniora]] - current Prime Minister of Lebanon, and ex-minister of Finance in the Hariri government

===Politicians of Lebanese Descent===
* [[Gerald Ford]]- Ex U.S. president.The first American of Lebanese descent to be elected President. Originally from the village of "Abou Daasseh" in Lebanon (Ford Aboudaasseh)
* [[James Abourezk]] - [[U.S. Senator]] from [[South Dakota]] from 1973 to 1979, the first American of Lebanese descent to be elected to the US Senate
* [[Spencer Abraham]] - [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Michigan]] (1995-2001), [[United States Secretary of Energy|US Secretary of Energy]] (2001-2005)
* [[Anthony Alexander Alam]] - political leader, member of the [[Australian Labor Party]]<ref>ALHS website - [http://www.alhs.org.au/alam.htm]</ref>
* [[Julio César Turbay Ayala]] - [[President of Colombia]] (1978-1982)
* [[John Baldacci]] - [[U.S. Representative]] from Maine (1995-2003), [[Governor of Maine]] (2003- )
* [[Marie Bashir]] - Governor of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] (2001-)
* [[Abdalá Bucaram]] - [[President of Ecuador]] (1996-1997)
* [[Steve Bracks]] - Premier of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]] (1999-2007)
* [[Emily de Jongh-Elhage]], Prime Minister of the [[Netherlands Antilles]]
* [[Eddie Francis]] - Mayor of [[Windsor, ON]]
* [[Joe Ghiz]] - Premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada from 1986 to 1993
* [[Robert Ghiz]] - Premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada 2007 - currently
* [[Philip Habib]], Ronald Reagan's envoy to the ME
* [[Mac Harb]], member of the Canadian Senate
* [[Darrell Issa]] - U.S. Representative from California
* [[George Joseph]] - ex-Lord Mayors Adelaide<ref>ALHS website - [http://www.alhs.org.au/alam.htm]</ref>
* [[Gilberto Kassab]] - congressist & mayor of [[São Paulo]]
* [[Bob Katter]] - right-wing [[Australia]]n politician<ref>Famous People, [http://www.flaym.org/famous_people.htm]</ref>''
* [[Assad Kotaite]] - [[ICAO]] Council President (1976-)
* [[Ray LaHood]] - [[U.S. Representative]] from [[Illinois]] (1995- ), grandson of Lebanese immigrants
* [[Jamil Mahuad]] - President of Ecuador (1998-2000)
* [[Paulo Maluf]] - mayor & governor of [[São Paulo]]
* [[George J. Mitchell]] - Former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Maine]] (1980-1995) & peace activist (Lebanese mother)
* [[Maria Mourani]] - Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament [[Canada]]
* [[Ralph Nader]] - Presidential candidate on the American Green Party ticket.
* [[Jeanine Pirro]] - [[District Attorney]], [[Westchester County, New York]](1993-), Candidate for New York state [[Attorney General]]
* [[Edward Seaga]] - [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] (1980-1989)
* [[Donna Shalala]] - [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|US Secretary of Health]] (1993-2001)
* Sir [[Nicholas Shehadie]] - ex-Lord Mayor of Sydney<ref>ALHS website - [http://www.alhs.org.au/alam.htm]</ref>
* [[John E. Sununu]] - [[U.S. Senator]] from [[New Hampshire]] (2003- )
* [[John H. Sununu]] - [[White House Chief of Staff]] (1989-1991)

==Scientists, Doctors==
===Scientists, Doctors of Lebanese Descent===

* [[Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah]] - seen as being the father of the solar cell.
* Sir [[Michael Atiyah]] - (Lebanese British father) - mathematician, Fields Medal (1966), Abel Prize (2004)
* [[Elias J. Corey]] - Chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1990)
* [[Michael Ellis DeBakey]] - is a pioneering cardiovascular surgeon and researcher.
* [[Charles Elachi|Charles El Achi]] - (born and raised in Lebanon) is now the director of the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] and vice president of the [[California Institute of Technology]]
* [[George Hatem]] - (Chinese name: Ma Haide) Lebanese-American physician who became Mao-Zedung's main doctor
* [[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]] - Philosopher of randomness, researcher, and veteran practitioner of financial mathematics<ref>[http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Home Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Winston George Tannis]] - Multi-disciplinary juridical scientist and Founding President of [[The Beacon Institute For Advanced Studies]] and Founding President and Contributing Editor of [[The Queen's Annual Business Law Symposium]] at [[Queen's University]], Canada - Formerly associated with [[Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg]] and now conducting a clinical research practice and as Managing Director of Tannis & Associates (International) - also listed as an advocate and activist - [http://beacon.ncf.ca] and [http://winstontannistm.spaces.live.com]
* [[Peter Medawar]] - [[Nobel Prize in Physiology]] /Medicine 1960 for immune system. Brazilian born. Lebanese father British mother.
* [[Habib Zughbi]] - Pioneering researcher and former Professor of Chemical Engineering at [[King Fahd University]], [[UNSW]]. Published in [[Journal of the American Chemical Society]] and a member of [[AICHE]]
* [[Tony (Antoine) Issa]] - [[Order of Australia]] First Liberal and First Lebanese Lord Mayor in NSW Australia. Born in Lebanon

==Sports Personalities==
* [[Chirine Njeim]] - Lebanese Ski Champion with international track record
* [[Fadi El Khatib]] - Lebanese basketball Player
* [[Roda Antar]] - Lebanese national soccer team player. Plays for FC Köln in Germany.
* [[Youssef Mohamad]] - Lebanese national soccer team player. Plays for FC Köln in Germany
* [[Zakaria Chibab]] - First Lebanese Olympic medal winner. He received the silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight during Helsinki 1952 Olympics. Father of Abdul-Fattah Chihab, former national football team captain.

===Sports Personalities of Lebanese Descent===
* [[David Azzi]] - Pro Football Player
* [[Alberto Tomba]] - Famous ski champion from Lebanese descent. His Father, Charbel Tombeh married to Saydé Succar from Becharré , emigrated to the Dolomites as a ski instructor.
* [[Abbas Saad]] - is an Australian former international soccer player
* [[Ahmed Al-Tarabilsi]] - former Kuwaiti National team goalkeeper who played during the 1982 World Cup
* [[Ahmad Elrich]] - an Australian soccer national player who is currently playing for the Wellington Phoenix in the A-league
* [[Baha Laham]] - Boxer
* [[Bill George]] - NFL Hall of Famer
* [[Brian Habib]] - former NFL player
* [[Branco]] - Cláudio Ibraim Vaz Leal or Branco is a member of the Brazil 1994 World Cup winner team. He retired his career in 1998, during which he played 72 caps, scoring 9 goals. He also played for a lot of famous clubs in the European and the American continent.
* [[Bobby Rahal]] - Winner of the Indianapolis 500
* [[Darren Flutie]] - former [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] player
* [[Doug Flutie]] - former NFL and CFL player
* [[Ed Hatoum]] - former NHL player
* [[Eddie Elias]] - founder of the Bowling Association of America
* [[Faryd Aly Mondragón]] - Colombian goalkeeper with Lebanese descent, born (Faryd Aly Camillo Mondragón)
* [[Frank Skaff]] - former manager of the Detroit Tigers (MLB)
* [[Fred Saigh]] - former owner of the St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)
* [[Fuad Reveiz]] - former NFL player
* [[George Mourad]] - Famous soccer player in Sweden (IFK Göteborg)
* [[George Farah]] - 19th Mr Olympia 2002
* [[George J. Maloof, Sr.]] - Former owner of the Houston Rockets (NBA)
* [[Hazem El Masri]] - NRL player
* [[Jim Harrick]] - Head Coach / University of Georgia Bull Dogs
* [[Joseph Robbie|Joe Robbie]] - former owner of the Miami Dolphins (NFL)
* [[John Elway]] - Super Bowl MVP and Hall of Fame Quarterback
* [[Jeff George]] - former NFL player
* [[Jennifer Shahade]] - won the 2002 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.
* [[Joe Lahoud]] - former Major League Baseball player
* [[John Jaha]] - former MLB player
* [[Khalil Taha]] - Bronze Olympic medal winner for Lebanon in Men's Greco-Roman welterweight during Helsinki 1052 summer Olympics. He also coached the American youth wrestling team when he was 23, and was member in the American wrestling team several times.
* [[Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo]] - Brazilian football Manager and former player. He won the world cup twice as a player(1958, 1962), once as a manager (1970), and once as assistant Manager (World Cup 1994), His real family name is Zakkour.
* [[Marcos Baghdatis]] - a Cypriot (Cyprus) professional tennis player. His father is Lebanese while his mother is Cypriot.
* [[Philip Wright]] - Mr Olympia 1983, Legend of the Arab world, Graphic Designer married to Anna Kournikova, aka Abdulla.
* [[Pierre Issa]] - a South Africa former football national
* [[Rudy Haddad]] - French footballer
* [[Rich Kotite]] - former NFL coach
* [[Rony Seikaly]], Lebanese American, former NBA basketball player
* [[Sharbel Touma]] - a Famous Swedish soccer national team player, plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany
* [[Sargon Simonsson]] - a Swedish soccer player from Lebanse origins. Plays in Assyriska FF in Sweden
* [[Sammy Farha]] - Professional Poker Player, 2-time WSOP bracelet winner
* [[Steve Kerr]] - former NBA star (Lebanese-born)
* [[Thaer Bawab]] - Jordanian national soccer player of Palestinian/Lebanese descent. He currently plays for CE L'Hospitalet in Spain
* [[Tarek Elrich]] - Younger brother of [[Ahmad Elrich]]. Currently plays for A-League club Newcastle United Jets.

==Writers & Journalists==
* [[Samir Kassir]] - journalist of [[An-Nahar]] newspaper and writer; assassinated
* [[Elias Khoury (writer)|Elias Khoury]] - novelist
* [[Muhammad Jaber]] - writer and historian
* [[Gebran Tueni]] - former editor and publisher of [[An-Nahar]] newspaper - legislator, assassinated
* [[Ghassan Tueni]] - father of Gebran Tueni and editor in chief of [[An-Nahar]] newspaper, legislator
* [[Wadih Saadeh]] - Journalist, poet & writer
* [[May Ziade]] - writer

===Writers & Journalists of Lebanese Descent===
* [[Rabih Alameddine]] - painter, novelist
* [[Fouad Ajami]] - writer, professor
* [[Michael Karam]] - English-born Lebanese writer and journalist; author of [[Wines of Lebanon (book)]]
* [[Edward Atiyah]] - writer
* [[William Peter Blatty]] - writer, "[[The Exorcist (book)|The Exorcist]]"
* [[Andree Chedid]] - poet
* [[May Chidiac]] - journalist, nearly killed by an assassination attempt
* [[Neal Conan]] - [[radio]] [[journalist]] (Lebanese-born)
* [[Gibran Khalil Gibran]] - poet and writer, "[[The Prophet (book)|The Prophet]]"
* [[Philip Khuri Hitti]]
* [[Amin Maalouf]] - writer, [[Prix Goncourt]] (1993)
* [[Ann-Marie MacDonald]] - writer (Lebanese mother)
* [[David Malouf]] - Australian author (Lebanese father, English-Sephardic Jewish mother of Portuguese descent)
* [[Helen Thomas]] - [[White House]] correspondent and Dean of the White House Press Corps, covered eight US Presidents starting with [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1961

==References==
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Portable Sounds is the third full-length studio album, from Christian artist tobyMac. It was released on February 20, 2007. The album contains the singles "Made to Love", "Boomin'", "I'm for You", and "One World (featuring Siti Monroe)". This album took a slightly different direction than tobyMac's previous hip hop efforts, having more of a pop sound. When the album was released on iTunes, users were able to download a behind-the-scenes making of the album video, a digital booklet, and an acoustic version of "Made to Love."

Track listing

  1. "One World" (Featuring Siti Monroe) – 3:50
  2. "Made to Love" – 3:50
  3. "Boomin'/Opera Trip Interlude" – 4:02
  4. "I'm for You" – 3:47
  5. "Face of the Earth/Chuck @ Artist Development Interlude" – 4:38
  6. "No Ordinary Love" (Featuring Nirva) – 3:16
  7. "Ignition" – 3:53
  8. "Hype Man (truDog '07) [feat. truDog]" – 1:41
  9. "Suddenly" – 3:40
  10. "All In (Letting Go)/Mr. Talkbox Interlude" – 4:33
  11. "Feelin' So Fly" – 3:49
  12. "No Signal" – 1:11
  13. "Lose My Soul" (Featuring Kirk Franklin And Mandisa/Time Warp) – 6:17

Charts

The album debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200, tobyMac's highest chart position as a solo artist, selling 51,000 copies in its first week.[1] In its second week on the Billboard 200, Portable Sounds fell to #38, in its third week to #47, and in its fourth week it fell to #63. As of December 2007, it has sold 300,000+ copies.[citation needed]

Album Chart

Chart Peak Position
U.S. Billboard 200 #10
Billboard's Top Christian Albums #1

Song Chart

Song Chart Peak Position
Made to Love Billboard Hot Christian Songs #1
Boomin' Billboard Hot Christian Songs -
I'm For You Billboard Hot Christian Songs #2
One World Billboard Hot Christian Songs #10
Lose My Soul Billboard Hot Christian Songs #7

Singles

  • "Made To Love" reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. It was also was #1 for 9 consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio (CHR) Chart and was the seccond most played song on Christian CHR radio stations in 2007.[2] It reached #3 on R&R's Christian AC Chart.
  • "Boomin" was an underground single. It is the only single to get an official music video. This video won a GMA Dove award. On radio it charted only on the lower half of R&R's Christian Rock Radio Chart.
  • "I'm For You" reached #2 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. It also was #1 for 8 consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio Chart and was the third most played song on Christian CHR radio stations in 2007.[2] It reached #10 on R&R's Christian AC Chart.
  • "One World" reached #10 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. It was also #1 for 3 non consecutive weeks on R&R's Christian Hit Radio Chart.
  • "Lose My Soul" reached #7 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. The single has not yet peaked.

Deluxe Edition CD/DVD

A Deluxe Edition of Portable Sounds was released on October 23, 2007. The Deluxe Edition includes the original CD, plus a DVD containing all five music videos and behind-the-scenes footage.

References

  1. ^ Katie Hasty, "Norah Stays Tight At No. 1 Amidst Slow Sales Week", Billboard.com, February 28, 2007.
  2. ^ a b 2007 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs, R&R magazine, Retrieved January 6 2008

External links

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