Khoury's ascension to the upper echelons of Syrian politics is remarkable, in light of the fact that he was Christian.
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Khoury graduated from Damascus University with a bachelor's degree in French literature and she received a diploma from the school of literature in Beirut.
While use of dialect in dialogue is relatively common in modern Arabic literature (for example, in the work of Yusuf Idris), Khoury introduces it into the main narrative, an unusual step although one clearly associated with the narrative technique of his works.
Naxos has also recorded the music of contemporary composers, including Leonardo Balada, Bechara El-Khoury, Laurent Petitgirard and Alla Pavlova.
Khoury has been awarded fellowships from the Fulbright-Hays Foundation, Social Science Research Council, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, and Thomas J. Watson Foundation.
Khoury returned to Lebanon after his graduation from Rye Country Day high school to attend the American University of Beirut and study architecture.
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In 1996, Khoury optioned the rights to the Melvyn Bragg novel The Maid of Buttermere and wrote the screenplay adaptation of it.
Said has sponsored the establishment of the Said Khoury IT Center of Excellence (SKITCE) at Al-Quds University.
Professor Adel Theodor Khoury (Arabic: عادل خوري) (born March 26, 1930 in Tebnine, Lebanon) is a Catholic theologian.
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Prof. Khoury has also translated several dialogues between Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and an ""educated Persian" (presumably one who spoke Greek) in 1966.