Dr Elie Dannaoui is an Associate professor at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies (IOHANES) and Director of the Digital Humanities Centre at the University of Balamand He holds a PhD in Eastern ecclesiastical sciences - Church History from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome He achieved postgraduate studies in Computer Sciences at École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique (ISAE-ENSMA) - France and a Masters degree in Multimedia Engineering for Education from the University of Poitiers in France; His research interests focus on Arabic Christian Manuscripts, Arabic Translations of the Gospels, Computational Linguistics for Arabic Language and Digital Cultural Heritage