حياة اللورد يوسف اغناطيوس المدور

Habib Medawar

December 17, 2012 ·

أعطيت المؤسسة اللبنانية للارسال هذا الوثائقي من قبل السيد حبيب نقولا باخوس المدور وقد بثته من خلال برنامج عظماء من لبنان في تاريخ 10 أبلول 2006

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صغير السن كنت( بشارة نقولا صالح المدور), وعملت في (النجارة) تحت اشراف والدي. كنت اعود متعبا ً من العمل وانتظر وقت المساء بفارغ الصبر كي ابدأ بمطالعة بعض كتبي التاريخية والادبية.

وفي ليلة من ليالي الشتاء العاصفة والمثلجة واثناء انسجامي في القراءة, دق باب بيتنا وإذا بامرأة تتشح بالسواد, هي (ماري المدور ابنة ابراهيم ابن حنا وابنة عم نعمة الله المدور) تعيش مع اختها ( عفيفة ابنة ابراهيم ابن حنا وزوجة عبود خويري, مختار عجلتون ووكيل الوقف في ذلك الوقت. وكانوا يملكون منزل فكتور مراد الحالي. ) المريضة بداء الربو. وكان ابن اختها المرحوم طانيوس القسيس قد أمّن جميع احتياجاتهم قبل نزوله الى العاصمة بيروت, ولكن شاء القدر ان تدق بابنا أثناء الليل لطلب المساعدة بعد ان اخبرتنا ان اختها مريضة جداً, فأرسلني والدي لمساعدتهم وتبين انها منزعجة من رائحة المازوت العابقة في ارجاء المنزل, فقمت بإعادة اشعال (الصوبيا- أي المدفأة), وكانوا يستعملون المازوت في ذلك الوقت, فطلبت مني الجلوس وبدأت تقص عليّ حياة اللورد يوسف اغناطيوس المدور فجاء ما يلي:

ولد يوسف اغناطيوس المدور في قريته في عجلتون سنة 1857 من والدين طبيبين.

كانت العائلات في ذلك الوقت تعتاش من الماشية والزراعة وكان يوسف يحب المطالعة والعلم من تلقاء نفسه ومرة أوكله أباه اغناطيوس برعاية الماشية ولكنه كان مشغولا ً بالقراءة فنزلت الماشية الى الحقل واتلفته فما ان رأى والده الحقل حتى قام بضربه ضربا ً مبرحا ً على اثره قام بالهرب من منزله في عجلتون وبحوزته ساعة والده الذهبية وجنيه استرليني واحد. تابع سيره من عجلتون مرورا بالناقورة وصولا ً الى فلسطين ومنها الى عريش مصر, وكانت في ذلك الوقت معارك طاحنة بين جيش الانكليزي وجيش المهدي في السودان أيام حكم الخديوي اسماعيل أواخر القرن الثامن عشر فدخل مع الجيش الانكليزي ليعمل لديهم ويساعدهم في بعض الامور فعاش لفترة معهم وتعلم الانكليزية وكان ذكيا ً فعمل كمترجم لديهم, واتضح له في ذلك الوقت ان بعض القادة كانوا يرتشون وكانت كل فرق الجيش الانكليزي بعيدة عن بعضها 500 كلم من الخرطوم وكانت دائما” تلقى حتفها.

وكان جيش المهدي يقومون بتجهيز كمين مدبّر قي كل مرة وكان الانكليز بذلك يخسرون الحرب فتدارك يوسف الامر وعلم بالمخطط المتبع فطلب فورا ً مقابلة الجنرال الانكليزي غوردن القائد العام وهو ذو نسب عريق وقد أرسل لانهاء التمرد ، ولكنه منع من الدخول. سمع الجنرال غوردن بالامر فأرسل بطلبه وسمح له بالدخول فطلب منه صرف الحراس ليتكلم معه على انفراد وبالسر فامر الجنرال غوردن بذلك. سرد يوسف ما استنتجه من شكوك وحقائق وطلب من الجنرال غوردن اخذ الحذر ونصحه بتغيير خطة الهجوم المتبعة للتمكن من القضاء على العدو. فأعجب الجنرال غوردون به وعمل بنصيحته وبذلك انتصروا على جيش المهدي.

غمرت السعادة الجنرال غوردون وعلمت الملكة بالانتصار الذي تحقق على يد لبناني من الشرق فطلبت الاستفسار عن كافة تفاصيل حياته, وكان القائم في ذلك الوقت على معرفة ببعض الشخصيات فطلب من الباشا عبد الله صفير في مصر تزويده ببعض المعلومات عن يوسف ابن اغناطيوس حنا المدور والباشا صفير كان على معرفة باحد البطاركة اللبنانيين في ذلك الوقت فتمكن البطرك من الحصول على المعلومات المطلوبة من خوري الرعية في كنيسة مار زخيا – عجلتون وقام بإرسالها الى القائم الذي ارسلها بدوره الى الملكة التي ارسلت على الفور بطلبه لمقابلتها وقررت مكافأته, فطلب منها اتمام دراسته فأرسلته الى لندن ومنحته وسام الشرف (صليب الملكي فكتوريا) والجنسية الانكليزية وهناك تخصص في السياسة والخزينة والمالية في أعلى المعاهد البريطانية وبالنسبة لجوزف أخذ يتقدم أكثر فأكثر وكان موثوقا به لحل كافة المشاكل المهمة في المملكة البريطانية والجوار والشرق الاوسط . وبفضل قيادته تم العديد من المهمات بنجاح ومن تلك المهمات الاكثر شهرة مع غاندي .وعلى طريق الشهرة أرسل جوزيف بطلب اخوته الاصغر منه سنا” وهم شكري وعبدالله وسعد الله,ونعمة الله,ورزق الله ومريم ورجوم الى لندن ووضعهم في مدرسة لتعلم الانكليزية ونالوا الجنسية البريطانية, واخوته الاكبر سنا” عبدالله وشكري سافرا حول العالم وقد اصبح عبد الله فيلسوف معروف في فرنسا بإسم ((Samaritan of the Orient

وقد حاز اللورد يوسف المدور على عدة أوسمة وأصبح لورد سنة 7 أيلول 1897. وفي نفس السنة تزوج من أحدى بنات اللوردات . وبعدها بمدة قصيرة توفي مسموما.(تجدون صورة في ندوة الامبراطورية في لندن في أيلول 1897)

Happy anniversary Abed and Lisa Medawar – July 10

Congratulations to Abed and Lisa Medawar on their 22nd marriage anniversary! 22 years of marriage and 2 kids to be proud of, Alexandria and Trevor James.

Here’s to the Happy Couple:

Abed and Lisa

Abed and Lisa

Medawar Ajaltoun and Medawar Beirut Iftar @ Habib Medawar

With the kind hospitality of Habib Nicolas Medawar,  the Medawar family and the Medawar and relatives family associations held the first combined iftar.

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20-year anniversiry of Imad and Suha Medawar

Congratulations to Imad and Suha Medawar – 20 years of marriage and 2 boys to be proud of, Bilal and Tarik.

Some Pictures from the Wedding, 20 years ago:

Imad and Suha

Imad and Suha

Top left to right: Rima and Siba Bottom left to right: Khalil, Majed, and Mohamad

Top left to right: Rima and Siba
Bottom left to right: Khalil, Majed, and Mohamad

Left to right: Khalil, Mohamad, and Adel

Left to right: Khalil, Mohamad, and Adel

My Life (Book) – Mohamad Kamal Medawar

Mohamad Kamal Medawar, Born in 1928, has led a full life and is a great grandfather. The true legacy of Mohamad is his story. His wife Margret Medawar, and son, Bassem Medawar, took it upon themselves to help him put together his most interesting and inspiring life stories into one book in the form of an autobiography.

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Here’s a synopsis of the book published on Amazon:

This book is the life story of a self made successful businessman and freight forwarder, Mohammad Kamal Medawar. The narrative starts in early childhood, at a time when the author’s country of birth, Lebanon, was going through its formation as a modern nation. Each episode of the Mohammad’s life is covered by a chapter: early childhood, going to work, the turning point that changed Mohammad’s professional life from a barber to a successful and trusted businessman, early days as a freight forwarder and first travels. The narrative then takes the reader through the ups and downs of the 1973 wars, oil boom period, then Lebanese civil war, reestablishing business in Saudi Arabia, and the experience of establish business in the United States. The story ends with the newest generation of great grand kids.

The book is available on create space: https://www.createspace.com/5283563

and Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Mohamad-Kamal-Medawar/dp/1507815808

Artificial Intelligence in clinical use (Paper) – Mohamad Musbah R. Almedawar

Mohamad Musbah R. Almedawar, current PhD student in Dresden Germany, and former research fellow at the American University of Beirut Medical Center has published 2 papers on the use of Artificial neural network modeling in prediction of nutritional behavior of high cardiovascular risk patients  on July 2015 and in prediction of accurate dosage for anticoagulation medication on March 2014

Abstract of 2015 paper:

Background: High dietary salt intake is directly linked to hypertension and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Predicting behaviors regarding salt intake habits is vital to guide interventions and increase their effectiveness. We aim to compare the accuracy of an artificial neural network (ANN) based tool that predicts behavior from key knowledge questions along with clinical data in a high cardiovascular risk cohort relative to the least square models (LSM) method.
Methods: We collected knowledge, attitude and behavior data on 115 patients. A behavior score was calculated to classify patients’ behavior towards reducing salt intake. Accuracy comparison between ANN and regression analysis was calculated using the bootstrap technique with 200 iterations.
Results: Starting from a 69-item questionnaire, a reduced model was developed and included eight knowledge items found to result in the highest accuracy of 62% CI (58-67%). The best prediction accuracy in the full and reduced models was attained by ANN at 66% and 62%, respectively, compared to full and reduced LSM at 40% and 34%, respectively. The average relative increase in accuracy over all in the full and reduced models is 82% and 102%, respectively.
Conclusions: Using ANN modeling, we can predict salt reduction behaviors with 66% accuracy. The statistical model has been implemented in an online calculator and can be used in clinics to estimate the patient’s behavior. This will help implementation in future research to further prove clinical utility of this tool to guide therapeutic salt reduction interventions in high cardiovascular risk individuals.

The full text can be read here.

Abstract of 2014 paper:

The unpredictability of acenocoumarol dose needed to achieve target blood thinning level remains a challenge. We aimed to apply and compare a pharmacogenetic least-squares model (LSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) models for predictions of acenocoumarol dosing.
LSM and ANN models were used to analyze previously collected data on 174 participants (mean age: 67.45 SD 13.49 years) on acenocoumarol maintenance therapy. The models were based on demographics, lifestyle habits, concomitant diseases, medication intake, target INR, and genotyping results for CYP2C9 and VKORC1. LSM versus ANN performance comparisons were done by two methods: by randomly splitting the data as 50 % derivation and 50 % validation cohort followed by a bootstrap of 200 iterations, and by a 10-fold leave-one-out cross-validation technique.
The ANN-based pharmacogenetic model provided higher accuracy and larger R value than all other LSM-based models. The accuracy percentage improvement ranged between 5 % and 24 % for the derivation cohort and between 12 % and 25 % for the validation cohort. The increase in R value ranged between 6 % and 31 % for the derivation cohort and between 2 % and 31 % for the validation cohort. ANN increased the percentage of accurately dosed subjects (mean absolute error ≤1 mg/week) by 14.1 %, reduced the percentage of mis-dosed subjects (mean absolute error 2-3 mg/week) by 7.04 %, and reduced the percentage of grossly mis-dosed subjects (mean absolute error ≥4 mg/week) by 24 %.
ANN-based pharmacogenetic guidance of acenocoumarol dosing reduces the error in dosing to achieve target INR. These results need to be ascertained in a prospective study.
The full text can be read here.

Salt intake in Lebanon (Paper) – Mohamad Musbah R. Almedawar

Mohamad Musbah R. Almedawar, current PhD student in Dresden Germany, and former research fellow at the American University of Beirut Medical Center has published a paper as a first author on consumption of salt in Lebanon, it’s sources and adverse health effects, and a narrative of the Lebanese Action on Sodium and Health campaign. A few months earlier, a report of all the research that has been done on the Lebanese society by the campaign leaderes, including Mohamad, in the Nutrients Journal.

Here’s an abstract of the paper:

Sodium intake reduction efforts in Lebanon are quite recent and have just started to take effect on the national level. Starting out from an academic institution, the Lebanese Action on Sodium and Health (LASH) campaign was established to counter the increasing prevalence of hypertension and associated adverse health effects. The campaign’s strategy was based on four pillars: research, health communication, advocacy, and monitoring. The LASH group set out with determining: baseline sodium intake of the population, main sources of sodium intake, and the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) of the population as a situation analysis that prompts for action. This gave LASH tangible evidence of the magnitude of the problem and the need for the government, the food industry, and the consumers, to be mobilized to take part in devising a solution. Currently, Lebanon is at a stage of technically working to reduce the sodium content in the major sources of sodium, namely local bread and bread-like products. The next steps will include implementation of a plan for monitoring industry compliance, while studying other food targets, including dairy products and processed meat. Meanwhile, the health communication plan is ongoing and the Salt Awareness Week is celebrated every year with media appearances of LASH researchers to raise the issue to the public eye.

You can read the full text here.

Here’s an abstract of the report:

Sodium intake is high in Lebanon, a country of the Middle East region where rates of cardiovascular diseases are amongst the highest in the world. This study examines salt-related knowledge, attitude and self-reported behaviors amongst adult Lebanese consumers and investigates the association of socio-demographic factors, knowledge and attitudes with salt-related behaviors. Using a multicomponent questionnaire, a cross-sectional study was conducted in nine supermarkets in Beirut, based on systematic random sampling (n = 442). Factors associated with salt-related behaviors were examined by multivariate regression analysis. Specific knowledge and attitude gaps were documented with only 22.6% of participants identifying processed foods as the main source of salt, 55.6% discerning the relationship between salt and sodium, 32.4% recognizing the daily limit of salt intake and 44.7% reporting being concerned about the amount of salt in their diet. The majority of participants reported behavioral practices that increase salt intake with only 38.3% checking for salt label content, 43.7% reporting that their food purchases are influenced by salt content and 38.6% trying to buy low-salt foods. Knowledge, attitudes and older age were found to significantly predict salt-related behaviors. Findings offer valuable insight on salt-related knowledge, attitude and behaviors in a sample of Lebanese consumers and provide key information that could spur the development of evidence-based salt-reduction interventions specific to the Middle East.

You can read the full text here.

Happy Anniversiry Riyad and Bassima Medawar! – May 11

Today, May 11, 2015, marks the 35th marriage anniversary of Riyad and Bassima Medawar! Riad and Bassima have 4 children, Rima, Siba, Mohamad, and Majed, and 1 grandchild,  Ramez, son of Rima and Tarek Mansour.

Family of Riyad and Bassima Medawar

Family of Riyad and Bassima Medawar

 

Congratulations Hiba Medawar – Married to Ahmad Houssamy – March 20, 2015

Hiba Medawar, daughter of Ibrahim Medawar and Wissam (Hounainy) Medawar, has tied the knot with Ahmad Houssamy on March 20, 2015.

Hiba is a Haigazian University graduate and currently works as a mobile App developer at Born Interactive , while Ahmad is bank employee in Bank Med.

Here are some pictures from the wedding took place in Ramada Hotel, Beirut.

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Waterpipe (arguile) smoking causes heart disease (Paper) – Mohamad Musbah R. Almedawar

Mohamad Musbah R. Almedawar, current PhD student in Dresden Germany, and former research fellow at the American University of Beirut Medical Center has published a paper on the effect of Waterpipe (arguile) smoking on heart disease. Here’s an abstract of the paper:

Globally, waterpipe (WP) smoking is becoming a more prevalent form of tobacco consumption. Whilst research so far has demonstrated a significant link between WP use and a number of health outcomes, little is known of its association with heart disease. We examine in this study the association of WP smoking with angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods
A total of 1210 patients, aged 40 years and over and free from smoking-associated illnesses or history of cardiovascular procedures, admitted for coronary angiography at four major hospitals in Lebanon, were included. The extent of CAD was summarized in two ways, firstly as diseased (≥50% and ≥70% occlusion in at least one main coronary artery) versus non-diseased (entirely normal coronaries), and secondly, as CAD cumulative score based on Duke CAD Prognostic Index. A score of WP-years, capturing intensity and lifetime duration of exposure, was estimated for each individual.

Results
Lifetime exposure exceeding 40 WP-years was associated with a threefold significant increase in the odds of having severe stenosis (≥70%) compared to non-smokers (OR = 2.94, 95% CI 1.04 to 8.33) as well as with the CAD Index (β =7.835, p-value = 0.027), net of the effect of socio-demographic characteristics, health behaviors and co-morbidity. A dose-response relationship between WP-years and percent stenosis was also established. WP smoking status (never, past and current) did not associate with CAD.

Conclusions
Cumulative exposure to WP smoking is significantly associated with severe CAD. There is a need to monitor WP use among cardiac patients and include this information in their medical charts in the same manner cigarettes smoking is documented. This is likely to increase awareness of the hazards of WP smoking and prompt physicians to target WP tobacco control by providing advice to their patients on WP smoking cessation

You can read the full text here.

David Medawar – One World

On 25 May, David Medawar, Senior Programme Manager, Dubai Centre, will begin a World Record attempt to become the fastest person to travel to all 195 countries in the world.

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This global challenge will involve the delivery of a One World flag to each nation David visits in exchange for a rock from within its borders.  An ambassador will accept the flag on behalf of the nation and offer the rock as a symbol of commitment to the One World Vision.  Once the expedition is complete, the rocks will form part of display, upon which a One World tree will be planted.

David will commence his Expedition on 25 May by presenting Sir Andrew Likierman with the first of many One World flags.

Links:

Medawar Postal Covers

Madame T. Medawar, Alger, April 9, 1943

France Libre censorship

P. A. Medawar, August 2, 1950

P. A. Medawar, August 7, 1950