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This website is created by some of those "Mughtaribeen" to:
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Excerpt from Shweir.com Bulletin Baord
| Author | Topic: Sixteen months in the making |
| George
Matar Administrator |
posted
10-26-2001 09:08 PM
Mother Shweir, ah the sound of it makes your imagination drift to that magical time and place where you really want to be at this moment. The memory is planted in the forefront of your memory bank and can’t seem to be able to erase it. We have traveled the globe and settled in so many different places, found new homes and good futures and at one time or another told ourselves we will never return, but who are we kidding, but our own selves. Lets face it we can’t seem to detach ourselves from Shweir or the love we have for her. Yet to many of us we can’t afford to be where we really want to be, In Shweir. Here comes Shweir.com to reunite all of the Shweirieh, old and young alike. It has broken all barriers that could keep us separated, distance and time, religion, and politics. In all honesty this is reunification at its purest form. On this Web page, Shweir is paramount; everything else is secondary. For those of us that cannot make it to Shweir, Shweir.com brought the village to you. Brought you friends and relatives that you never knew, or possibly forgotten they existed. Now communicating with them is just few clicks away. It introduced you to some of our very talented Shweirieh and there is
plethora of them. There are artists, poets, beauty queens, dancer,
singers, and musicians. Or organizers, Masters of Ceremonies (that are
beauty queens themselves) volunteers, politicians, environmentalist,
humanitarians, and athletes, lord the list is so long and it is growing. In its year and 4 months of operation shweir.com achieved so many goals. Here is a partial list: · Have located Shweirieh that registered in our guest books from the
following Countries: I can tell you without any reservation that the uniqueness of Shweir.com is unmatched. And I am not talking on a local level, but rather on a global one. We (you included) made it happen. Shweir and its dot com is there anything that compares? So where do we go from here? In all honesty we really don’t know, the only thing we do know is: “The Road is long” and “We’ve only just begun” two verses from two beautiful songs but fit our mission pretty well. What’s next? We really would like to find all the Shweirieh around the globe and have more active participants. Maybe collectively we can help make Shweir a better and more balanced village to live in. For many of us a place we can enjoy its beauty and feel at home when we visit. In the mean time, Ya Habayeb enjoy your hometown web page and one more time “welcome to our growing Shweir.com family” and if you feel like me, be proud of being a Shweiry that have made a difference. Sounding off with all my love from Aruba George Matar |
| Webmaster Administrator |
posted
10-27-2001 02:10 PM
Ya Mukhtar, This is great summary that with your permission, I would like to post it as part of the welcome message for Shweir.com. Also, I would like to add to your list of Shweir.com achievements some important ones such as: * Formation of Shweir Foundation, a non profit corporation... * Providing schools in Shweir with their first computers, ten so far... * Providing Shweir community with 10 wheelchairs... * Building Family trees to better document our heritage... * Talk about trees... improving environment by adopting a plan to plant thousands of trees... * Planting the seed for a new public library by hand carrying from Al Mahjar over a hundred books to get started. The key is to find the proper location, staffing and funds to make it an ongoing operation. Stay tuned for more achievements in the making... Anwar |
-----Original
Message-----
From: Matar, George [mailto:gematar@sbec.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: Christmas 2001
Marhaba
Ya Habayeb
Reflecting on the past 12 months I can't help but get into an debate with
myself,
was the past year good or was it bad. There is no doubt in anyone's
mind
that the year was mixed but wow what a mix. In my case the swings
between
peaks and valleys were so sharp. I don't mind saying that the highs
were
spectacular and the lows, well I pray I forget soon. But through this
Helter
Skelter you were there for me to share my inner feelings and yes you
responded
when I needed to hear from somebody. Not all of you did but a
sufficient
number.
But let us concentrate on the "Stuff" related to our Shweir, The year
has
been
nothing short of spectacular, you can see for yourself. www.shweir.com
<http://www.shweir.com>
is where it's all at. There are reports, stories
and pictures, of you, your families, your
friends, or even the place where you
were born, got baptized, played, got educated, danced, possibly met your
better half , or even where you got married.
But most of all we are bringing
you the latest updates on the place where you might go next summer,
or better yet where you might retire.....
Shweir, where the heart is.
This year I have met so many wonderful people through the Shweir.com that I
wouldn't even try to imagine how else I would
have done it. I got reacquainted
with old friends and relatives after more than 30 years and I
got to spend some terrific evening with The
Class of 62 (eight years my elders)
yet I felt as close to them as anybody I know. Next Summer the Class
of 62 will be having their 40th Anniversary Reunion (SSS) and
believe me they
are getting ready for it.......
The Milky Way is much closer to Dhour Shweir. The stars are millions of
light years away but on a clear night you could
almost pick them with your hand.
In My Childhood I used to think that they are watching over us, Vain
Huh? This year they seem to
have drifted away, why? Is it because they
don't like us anymore? Maybe they are
wondering what Happened to this beautiful village, or maybe they are giving up hope that the village will
not regain its past glory. Well,
let me tell you, Shweir has so many brilliant
stars of its own scattered around the globe as well as in Shweir
itself that collectively can do miracles.
Have you figured who they are?
Of course you know them.... But I wish every now and then they send us a
note just to make sure they are still around
It is time to make your wishes for Christmas and resolutions for the New
year. One of which should be a trip to
Shweir this year. Try to be
specific and make it the first weekend in August to celebrate the 40th
Anniversary of Eid Al Mughtaribeen, your
Festival.
Great things are beginning to happen in Shweir, it is time for you to join
the parade and have an impact, believe me it is
more fun and you just have been
watching it a little too long. Volunteer for something, pleeeaasse.
Finally On Behalf of the Shweir.com family I wish you all the Best ever
Christmas and a New Year full of good health,
wealth and prosperity. May your
investments Quadruple and all your dreams come true. And I pray that
all that success will not go to your head and
make you forget that you are just
like the rest of us tied in one way or another to a beautiful place
called Shweir.
Milad Majeed wa Kil Sineh wo into Salmeen
Mukhtar Bil Mahjar
George Matar
Ps There is a debate on the Bulletin Board in regards to the election of
the Baladieh, What are your thoughts on the
subject? You can voice your opinion
there..... Get Active, now that should be a good resolution for you
for the coming year.
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July 2000 Marhaba Bil Shweirieh. This year has been absolutely wonderful, it is the beginning of a new decade, a new century, and a new Millennium. The facts that South Lebanon is finally free after 18 years of Isreali occupation, Lebanon is the current Asia’s Basketball Champions and Shweir has it’s own Web site. Add them all and you have an unbeatable year regardless of what happens next. Aren’t we the lucky ones to witness this? A couple of years ago, few of us got together and successfully planned a reunion for the Shweirieh in Texas on the Gulf of Mexico we called it, for obvious reasons “Shweir on the Beach”. The attendance was overwhelming. The shared emotions and memories were so wonderful. The reunion grew over the next two years to include Shweirieh from across the North American Continent. Have you ever experienced seeing a friend or a relative after 30-40 years? That is really priceless, yet insufficient. Isn’t a darn shame we lost those irreplaceable years? WELL, NO MORE. This web site is intended to provide all the Shweirieh an easy way to communicate with each other over the Internet. You will notice that this first release is heavily geared towards the Shweirieh in Texas, think of this as the fuse that will trigger much bigger events. We are hoping and praying that you will get on the bandwagon and don’t let those Shweirieh Texans out do you. We would love to see you feature unique and impressive web pages of Shweirieh in your part of the world that would raise the standards and set examples for others to follow. We have initialized this Site but it’s up to you to make it successful. We NEED YOU to be a pro-active Shweiry, a reporter for Shweir.com. Share with us information or events about your corner of the world. We need interesting books, news articles, touching stories and photos of or about Shweir and its people. We look forward to your participation. With best wishes, George Matar shweir.com in summary - First Six monthsPosted by George Matar on January 03, 2001 at 09:29:59: Kil aam Wo Into B’kheir. Remembering the Good things about the Year 2000. These are some the accomplishments that we as Shweirieh can Claim. We started the Year with no resolutions and no commitment, here’s a look back at some the good things that Happened. For more details see www.shweir.com May - Shweir on the Beach 2000 Picnic, the most successful
yet. July – Shweir.com was created Thanks to Anwar George Shaya
Kenicer, my Nominee for “Shweiri Of the The Year” . The site is the
most progressive and interactive site for a Lebanese Village, possible
world wide, on the WEB. We had approximately 400 Bulletin Board Entries discussing a
rainbow of subjects. Memory lane to Environmental to New projects to
benefit the town. All had good messages, some were constructive criticism,
some offered new solution. But regardless of the subject all were done in
good taste. Books: All and all it has been a terrific year for all of us and hopefully next year will be even better…WITH YOUR HELP, OF COURSE. Okay so it took 4 minutes, Aamilooleh Kaffain!!!! |
THE
POWER OF AN IDEA:
In 1998,
A few Shweirieh including:
George Matar, Nabil Matar, Alfred Moujaes and Elie Boukheir thought that there are a
lot of Shweirieh in the Houston, Texas area and came up with the IDEA to
host the first Shweirieh reunion at Alfred's Beach house along the Gulf of
Mexico calling it "Shweir on the Beach". Last May,
the third reunion: "Shweir on the Beach 2000" had close to 100
people. There were T-shirts with a custom Shweir logo, games
music, beach, volleyball and delicious Lebanese and Cajun food... (Click
here for full story and see photos) During the most recent
gathering, the idea to feature a web site took momentum and here we
are.
THE
POWER OF A TEAM
There is an old saying that goes something like this: "Two heads together are better than three separate heads".
It is in that spirit that this team of Shweirieh have come along so far in
such a short time. We welcome all Shweirieh to join us and become
part of this team. Let us achieve meaningful and exciting things
together that can be a model and an inspiration to others. We welcome your
comments and invite you to
Communicate with us and Other Shweirieh on
Shweir Bulletin Board
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We wish to acknowledge the extra ordinary effort of one particular
Shweiry who, if it were not for him, we would not be where we are today. George
Matar has been our inspiration, cheer leader and guiding light.
He worked tirelessly and has been the catalyst to connect with and unite so many
Shweirieh. He is multi talented, persistent, a team player, a
consensus builder and has a great sense of humor. No wonder that we, al
Mughtaribeen, affectionately call George al Mukhtaar bil Mahjar.
Anwar George Kenicer, Webmaster
Shweir.com eMails
Co-Founder & Al Mukhtaar Bil Mahjar: George
Matar George.Matar (at) bp . com
Co-Founder & Webmaster: Anwar George Kenicer anwar2
(at) shweir . com
Shweir.com Tech Guru Ghassan Zghaib
ghassanzghaib (at) hotmail . com
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