To my Family and Friends: Every human hopes when they leave this world for the mansion in the heavens, not built by hands, that they might be remembered in some way and for some thing by the following generations. This book "Goodbye My Lebanon" is my feeble but heartfelt attempt to bring generations together, to know, remember and understand each other. Unknown and long forgotten are ancestors four or five generations back. I hope this book will keep Michael, Seeda, Abdulla, Kamala and others in the memory of Aboussie's relatives and friends for generations to come.