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    Said Akl (Arabic: سعيد عقل, Saʿīd ʿAql, also transliterated Saïd Akl, Said Aql and Saeed Akl; 4 July 1911 – 28 November 2014) was a Lebanese poet, philosopher...
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    /θ/ sound is replaced with /t/ for both words. Lebanese literary figure Said Akl led a movement to recognize the "Lebanese language" as a distinct prestigious...
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  • painter Said Akl (1911–2014), also Said Aql, Saeed Akl, Lebanese writer Selim Akl (born 1948), computing academic at Queen's University, Canada AKL (disambiguation)...
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    Greater Lebanon, this ideology has been endorsed by figures such as poet Said Akl, and political groups such as the Lebanese Renewal Party and its successor...
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    Arabic, Syrian Arabic, or Levantine as a whole. Lebanese literary figure Said Akl led a movement to recognize the "Lebanese language" as a distinct prestigious...
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  • Lebanese singer Fairuz, composed by the Rahbani brothers and written by Said Akl. A somber musical response to the Naksa, its lyrics extol the city of Jerusalem...
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    quoted Said Akl, a famous Lebanese poet and philosopher, as saying; "I would cut off my right hand, and not associate myself to an Arab." Akl believes...
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    Arabic, Syrian Arabic, or Levantine as a whole. Lebanese literary figure Said Akl led a movement to recognize the "Lebanese language" as a prestigious language...
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    (I'm dreaming of you, Lebanon) with collaboration with the Lebanese poet Said Akl and musician Elias Rahbani. The song, released at the outbreak of the Lebanese...
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    movement to Romanize the script was a Zionist plan to dominate Lebanon. Said Akl created a Latin-based alphabet for Lebanese and used it in a newspaper...
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