Chyah

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Chiyah (in Arabic الشياح pronounced Ach-Chayyah, meaning the blackberries trees that are used for silk production) is situated in the west region of the Lebanese capital of Beirut. It is a maronite christian city surrounded by what constitute the muslim shia south-west suburbs of the capital (Haret-Hreik and Ghobeiry) and by other christian cities like Hadeth, Hazmieh and Furn-el-chebbak. The city was once covered with citrus orchards and extending to the Mediterranean Sea, today, it is a full part of the demographically huge Beirut outskirts. In Chiyah, resides the Gharios family, one of the most socially and economically prominent families in Lebanon rooting back their ancestries to the everfamous Sheiks Chemor of Kfarhata (former christian rulers of Aaqoura and Zgharta).

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