Naïla Kettaneh Kunigk
Project Director

Graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, SciencesPo - Paris. Founder and Director of the Galerie Tanit in Munich and Beirut. She called upon the members of the working committee whose generosity and professionalism led to the creation of the museum.

e-mail : nkunigk@gmail.com

Jean Marc Bonfils
Architect

Studied the dilapidated house from top to bottom and rehabilitated it to its original state. He then adapts it to serve as the Ecomuseum by adding a museum shop and garden. Sadly, Jean Marc died on August 4, 2020 during the explosion of the port of Beirut. He leaves a great void in our lives and in the world of architects.

A documentary in homage to Jean Marc Bonfils
on the earthen house Ecomuseum in Terbol – Bekaa is forthcoming.

Mado et Jean Louis Mellerio
Scenographers and exhibition designers

Take charge of the scenography of the Museum and the exhibitions as well as their organization. Additionally they oversee updates or new projects to come.

Tel (Jean-Louis) : 00961500743 - 0033611084049
Tel (Mado) : 009613184701 - 0033611084048
e-mail : madlou@wanadoo.fr
www.madlou.net

Nour Majdalany
Ethnoarchaeologist

Nour selected the artifacts, objects, tools and utensils from Nehmé Saghbini collection with the help of Nicole Maillard Machnouk. She takes care of the research and writing of the texts. She produces the 17mn documentary entitled "FODDA".

Following the basketry exhibition, she publishes the book:
Basketry - Tribute to the Craftsmen of Lebanon
(on sale at the museum store)
e-mail: nour.n.majdalany@gmail.com

Houda Kassatly
Anthropologist and photographer

Houda made it possible to exhibit all the photos taken during numerous hikes and research in the earthen villages of the Bekaa and published in the book "Terres de Bekaa".

Publication of a book published by Geuthner
on the traditional houses of the Bekaa.
(on sale in bookstores and at the museum store).
Terres de Békaa (French version)
Dwellings in the Bekaa (English version)
e-mail : hoda.kassatly@arcenciel.org

Nicole Machnouk Maillard
Project Coordinator

Text editor

Isabel Kunigk
Landscape architect

For the plant selection, Isabel drew from species traditionally grown in the Bekaa Valley to showcase food plants arranged in a vegetable garden and an orchard as well as other functional plants such as a local variety of poplars planted around the perimeter of the museum.

e-mail : isabelkunigk@gmail.com

Ghazi Ziade
Civil Engineer, MSc

Trained as a Civil Engineer in Los Angeles, California. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and specific skills in Façade Engineering. Ghazi brought his expertise to enable the successful completion of the construction portion of the project.

Nagib Sader
Engineer ESTP, Paris – B79

Najib oversees an architecture office and contracting business. His expertise which spans single-family dwellings, residential and office buildings, more than 22 bank branches, showrooms, traditional Lebanese houses, city hall and a senior’s residence provided valuable support for the reconstruction project.

Nicolas Choueri
Electromechanical Engineer, USJ – ESIB

Nicolas worked for 10 years with F.A. Kettaneh as an engineer in charge of technical equipment sales for EDL and various industries in the Lebanon. In 1983, he founded his own company of Electromechanical Enterprise which has since executed important projects for EDL and the industrial sector, and for hospitals, hotels, schools, commercial and residential centers and private residences, in Lebanon and other countries of the region. He has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Beirut since 1985 and has held various positions of responsibility in the club.

Jean Jabbour

Jean is the last of the Rami-Jabbour family to have lived in this house. He was born and grew up in the house with his two brothers and his sister. He is a farmer and responsible for the family's land. During the restoration of the house, he was present every day on the construction site. He found the workers and supervised the work. Call him on the phone number listed at the door of the museum and he will be there shortly to open the door for you. Jean is the ideal guide to take you on a tour of the Ecomuseum and explain every detail about the house, its architecture and all the instruments, tools and their function

Tel : 961 3 28 38 50

Fodda

Fodda is a Syrian peasant woman who works in the fields of Terbol. She offered her services and her knowledge inherited from the women of her family. She restored parts of the museum with the mixture of earth and straw and decorated the grain silos, walls, niches, mirrors and the museum shop.

Zeinab Jaber

Zeinab is responsible for project and store accounting, administrative contacts and coordination.