Elias Nicolas El Hachem (Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 الياس نقولا الهاشم; also Elias El Hachem) (1944-present) a painter and sculptor from Jal-el-Dib, Lebanon

Career

He created the first stone wedding card. He established Phoenician Arts Center in Bsaleem, Lebanon.

He has made sculptors of former Lebanese President Suleiman Frangieh

Suleiman Frangieh

Suleiman Kabalan Frangieh, last name also spelled Frangié, Franjieh, or Franjiyeh , was President of Lebanon from 1970 to 1976...

, former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and of Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI

Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...

entitled sculpture of "Servant of God" (Papa Paulus Sextus).

External links

• Hachem League website/ (in Arabic)