Beit Awkar is a village in Zgharta District, in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 15 km to the east of Tripoli ,10 km from Zgharta. It has a beautiful nature and a strategic view over Tripoli, Zgharta, Koura, and part of Dunnieh and Bsharreh mountains. It is well-known for having a high level of educated people and priests. Amongst notable people from the city, there is Marie-Rose Okar, a 27-year-old congressman and a fighter for Arabic rights in the United States.
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