Àcaf

 It is a Christian and Jewish male forename. It is a Hebrew word which means the mosque. It was used
 in the Old Testament for Àcaf the son of Brakhya Allawy. Daoud made Brakhya the greatest singer
 in the temple. He was surnamed by the predictor and twelve psalms were attributed to him.

 In Lebanon, Àcaf is a family name derived from the Shabaks’ who were in Bikfaya before Keserwan’s
 destruction. When the Mamelouks have occupied the region in 1307 A.D., those who survived from this
 family went to Tripoli, and then they liberated those who were captured, so they were named
 the liberated and each individual was named the liberated.

 One of the captured Shabaks’ lived after his liberation in Al Majdal (Al Aakoura) then he gets married
 with a girl from this village. During elderly, he was telling his sons histories about his family. Then his
 grandsons got these histories. His grandsons immigrated from Al Majdal to Aramoun (Keserwan).
 There, the Àcafs’ were derived from one of them called Al Khoury Àcaf, while in Al Gina, there is another
 group of this family.

 Those who are famous in this region:

 - The lawyer Youssef Hammm Àcaf (1859-1938 A.D.) who worked in the service of judicature, law
 and history as an inventor, a lawyer, a journalist and a translator.

 - Khalil Bek Àcaf: the manager of the district of Zouk.

 - Gebrail Àcaf: He was executed by Jamal Basha.

 Those famous in Aramoun are:

 - Abas Àcaf

 - Michael Àcaf