Georges Ghanem (1932 - 1992), one of the Abdallah Ghanem sons, got his first studies in Baskinta then after he moved to Beirut, where he followed studies in different schools ending up by having a masters in Political and economical science. He was the cofounder and president of many Lebanese cultural associations like the: Souraya and House of the Lebanese Artist. Many of his writings were translated into foreign languages.