Fakiha

Bearing a name appropriate to the usage of a significant amount of its land, Al-Fakiha is a village in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. The village is separated into three neighborhoods: Jdaydi, Zaytoun and Fakiha, the grouping adopting the name of the third one.Fakiha neighbourhoodThe Fakiha sub-village is mostly suburbia with houses built very close to each other if not on top of each other or connected in some other way. As a result, a close-knit community has developed in the village, despite two major religions being present: Sunnite Muslim and Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The most authentic families in Fakiha zaytoun and jdeideh like bayt Aoun and Kibar as they are have lived in this domain much longer than all the other families. The village is mainly Sunni.ZaytounZaytoun is a much more spaced section. The houses are built more modernly and spaciously, each boasting a large block of land . The land is used to its full potential, with the agriculture including an abundance of olive groves, orchards of apricot and fig trees as well as a variety of other fruits and vegetables depending on the whim of the farmer and his intention of use of the crops.Within Zaytoun is a branch of the Omar El-Mokhtar educational facilities called Al-Qayrawaan. It is one of the few in the area that supports a K-9 English/Arabic curriculum with highly qualified staff. The sciences, mathematics and a language subject is taught in English, whereas the humanities and a language subject are taught in Arabic. Moreover, extra-curriculum subjects are available. The community present in Zaytoun shares the closeness of that of Fakiha despite the more spaced housing. However, its population is completely of the Sunni Muslim faith.