Syro-Lebanese in Egypt Omar Sharif (born Michel Chalhoub) and Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine. The relations between Egypt and the Levant go back to ancient times. However, the earliest instance of modern Levantine migration to Egypt happened after 1724, when a schism in the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch resulted in a separate branch of Levantine Christians attached to Rome known as the Melkite Greek Catholics. Once the Syrian and Lebanese Greek Orthodox community was split, a migratory flow resulted in which Melkite Greek Catholics began leaving cities such as Damascus, Aleppo, Zahle, and Sidon to move to Egypt. Regarding an early Maronite
Aida Chalhoub Aida Chalhoub Aida Chalhoub Ziade (in Arabic عايده شلهوب زيادة) (born 1951) is a Lebanese singer. She is the Dean of Oriental Singing at the "Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music" (LNHCM), since 1997. She is also the head of the oriental division at a music school of Lebanon which is the Faculty of Music at the "Université Saint-Esprit Kaslik" (USEK), where she also teaches Oriental singing. The Lebanese singer Elissa reproduced a song by Aida Chalhoub entitled "Law Fiyeh", and it became a success. However, some dispute did arise due to renewing this song, since the management office behind