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The American University of Beirut was founded 155 years ago by the American priest Daniel Bliss, and its name was the Syrian Protestant College before it changed to the current one 100 years ago. Although the name and background of its founder was missionary work, it was always a secular institution. The teaching curriculum in its first year included Arabic, English, and French, Turkish, Latin, mathematics, ancient Arab history and the history of religions, including Judaism.
A year later, pharmacy and medicine became part of its curricula in which many elite graduated, some of whom became enlightened politicians. The university also contributed to making Beirut a publishing center in the region when it transferred its printing press from Malta. The university also followed high educational standards and values and a strict American curriculum, and was the first in the region to rely on the principles of critical thinking and open and diverse dis
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