Poets & Artists

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William Peter Blatty, Author. Best known for his best-selling book and Academy Award-winning screenplay The Exorcist. Vance Bourjaily, Novelist. Known for his nonfiction articles about outdoor activities, some of which have been published in collections like his 1997 book Fishing by Mail: An Outdoor Life of a Father and son. Most Reverend Bishop Stephen H. Doueihi, of St. Maron of Brooklyn for the Maronites and Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Hussam A. Fadhi,  Award-winning sculptor whose work is displayed around the world, including the Bush Presidential Library. Gibran Khalil Gibran: Highly respected poet/thinker. Born and bred in Lebanon. Moved to Boston in later years. His book "The Prophet" has been translated to tens of languages. Has a park built in his honor in downtown Boston where he lived most of the later years of his life. The park is symbolically situated between a library and a church. Raymond Kayal Sr., National Chairman of the Order of St. Nicholas, member of the Melkite Eparchial Finance Council and Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Sam Maloof, Woodworker whose quality work is in great demand. Has had creations appear in the White House, Smithsonian Institution, the Vatican and other renowned exhibit halls. Ameen Rihani, Writer, Philosopher, Political Thinker Metropolitan Philip Saliba, Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Archbishop Francis M. Zayek, Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.