Boustani

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(For the United States representative from Louisiana, see Charles Boustany.)

Boustani is a prominent and well known family in Lebanon.

See Boustani Congress

It can refer to the following names:

1. Boutros al-Boustani- Lebanese intellectual poet, writer, encyclopaedist and pioneer of the Arabic literary renaissance.
2. Suleyman al-Boustani- (Effendi)(1856-1925) Nephew of Boutros al-Boustani, Translator of Homer's Iliad into Arabic and Minister of Commerce and Agriculture in the last Ottoman Government.
3. Wadi' al-Bustani- Lebanese poet (1886-1954).
4. Emile Bustani- Lebanese entrepreneur, and member of the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies.
5. Mirna Bustani- Daughter of Emile Bustani, and first female in the Lebanese Parliament.
6. Fouad Frem al-Boustani - Poet, intellectual and Former president of the Lebanese University
7. General Emile Bustani- Former Commander in Chief of the Lebanese Army.
8. José Maurício Bustani- Brazilian Ambassador to the Court of St James's (United Kingdom) and former director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
9. Charles Boustany - Congressman from Louisiana, United States of America.