Fāris, ʻIṣām, 1937-

فارس، عصام، 1937-

found: Taḥyīd Lubnān ʻan al-ṣirāʻāt al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Islāmīyah, 2014:title page (Dawlat al-Raʼīs ʻIṣām Fāris = دولة الرئيس عصام فارس)

found: Isam Fares WWW site, September 29, 2014:Curriculum vitae (Issam M. Fares [in rom.]; was born in Bayno, Akkar, North Lebanon in 1937; he worked in the Arabian Gulf and rose rapidly in the realm of investment and international business; Lebanese statesman; was a Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Lebanon; was a member of the Lebanese Parliament) - http://www.issamfares.com/en/Default.aspx?pageid=2

found: Business.com WWW site, September 29, 2014:(Issam Michael Fares, self-made billionaire; intrested in philanthropy and education; he has endowed prominent universities and sponsored Lebanese students to study abroad)