American University of Beirut

The American University of Beirut (AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is the first American university to be built in Beirut, Lebanon. Its old name was the Syrian Protestant College, and it was built in the year 1866. The name was changed to American University of Beirut on November 18, 1920.

American University Of Beirut Media

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  Daniel L. Bliss, who helped found Syrian Protestant College (American University of Beirut) and was its first president

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  Buildings of American University, Beirut, between 1898 and 1914

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  Plaque at the university's main gate

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  New buildings on the campus

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  Part of the upper campus as seen from Penrose dormitory

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  Football field at AUB lower campus

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  Looking northwest across the campus towards the Mediterranean Sea

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  Angela Jurdak Khoury, Lebanon's First Woman Diplomat