Bio
Al-Numan Gharios El Chemor, born Ahnume Guerios (the Portuguese transliteration of "Al-Nu'Man Gharios") on September 29, 1973, in Brazil, is the Sovereign Prince of the Arab Dynasty of the Ghassanids. Beyond his dynastic standing, he is an internationally recognized scholar, public intellectual, writer, humanitarian leader, artist, and master of martial arts. His work is distinguished not only by cultural and historical depth but by its intellectual originality and systematic construction of new philosophical paradigms that bridge ancient wisdom, contemporary science, and civilizational ethics.
Lineage, Legitimacy, and Historical Continuity
Prince Gharios El Chemor is globally acknowledged as the legitimate heir of the ancient Ghassanid Dynasty, whose lineage descends from Christian Arab kings of Yemen, Byzantine imperial heritage, and the Lebanese Sheiks Chemor. The Ghassanid sovereignty continued in Lebanon until 1747 CE, with dynastic legitimacy historically recognized by the Ottoman Empire until 1924 and by the Lebanese Republic today. The family’s status has been preserved for centuries by the Maronite Church under the authority of the Holy See. In 2014, the Lebanese Government News Agency reaffirmed this legacy, validating previously documented historical evidence. The Prince is the direct responsible for the United Nations accreditation of the Royal House of Ghassan in 2016, and the official recognition by the Lebanese Government in 2019 (Presidential Decree 5800/2019).
Legal Recognition and International Standing
His formal legal title is His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Gharios El Chemor of Ghassan Al-Nu’man VIII. His dynastic rights were legally upheld by International Arbitration Award number 0413/2011, which holds the force of federal law under Brazilian Federal Law 9307/96 and is enforceable in 172 nations through the 1958 New York Convention UNCITRAL. The decision achieved res judicata status in Brazil and was enforced by the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2012 (Case BS-135337). In 2013, senior Brazilian jurists further confirmed the legal legitimacy of his rights and titles.
Education, Scholarship, and Groundbreaking Intellectual Contributions
Educated for a decade at the Bom Jesus Franciscan Catholic School, Prince Gharios cultivated early and profound intellectual curiosity, delivering lectures worldwide on culture, consciousness, philosophy, anthropology, and comparative religion. He later served as a visiting professor at leading academic institutions and has received multiple honorary doctorates.
He pursued studies in marketing and propaganda at FATEC International / IBEPEX and went on to author over sixty influential books and dozens of academic papers, including Middle East — The Secret History and Possible Solutions, awarded in Italy in 2014.
Yet his most remarkable scholarly impact transcends individual publications:
Prince Gharios is the architect of one of the most ambitious and coherent intellectual ecosystems of the 21st century.
Where most great thinkers throughout history dedicate their entire lives to formulating a single philosophical or scientific framework, he has developed more than twelve fully structured, original meta-frameworks — each standing independently as a substantial intellectual contribution, yet harmoniously integrated into a unified civilizational vision. These frameworks engage questions of consciousness, ethics, governance, physics, human development, law, culture, social design, and the future of humanity. His work is not merely interpretive; it is constructive, innovative, and boldly creative in its synthesis of philosophy, science, spirituality, and practical governance.
Religious and Philosophical Engagement
Although a Roman Catholic (his office being the only historical secular Middle Eastern Christian leader), he deeply studied Buddhism beginning in the 1980s, progressing from Zen to Tibetan Buddhism under the Nyingma-pa tradition. He regards His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche as a formative teacher and interprets Buddhism as a profound philosophical system rather than a formal religion, integrating its insights into his broader intellectual architecture.
Grand Master of Martial Arts
Prince Gharios has over four decades of experience in martial arts (over 35 years as a master), holding an 8th-degree black belt in Aikibudo and the title of Dai Shihan (Grand Master) from the Japan Budo International Federation, a 5th-degree black belt in Aikido by the Aikikai Foundation (Japan), and black belts in Karate and Kobudo. He is also the Soke (founder and headmaster) of the Shinken-Ryu Aikibudo system, an original martial tradition synthesizing classical technique with modern philosophical depth. His training also includes Judo, Kung Fu, Jiu-Jitsu, fencing, and Silat — disciplines reflecting his lifelong pursuit of discipline, harmony, strength, and philosophical embodiment.
Honors, Recognition, and Global Influence
He has served as a Board Member of the Monaco Film Festival (2013) and was appointed to the Honorary Committee of the Asian World Film Festival (2015). His humanitarian leadership has earned prestigious recognitions including two U.S. Special Congressional Recognitions (2014, 2017), Papal Knighthood in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher, and the U.S. Presidential Volunteer Service Award (2017). He was named Arkansas Traveler and in 2019 the Lebanese Government formally recognized the Royal House of Ghassan through Presidential Decree.
In 2020, the Global Imams Council, the world’s largest independent assembly of Muslim clerics, officially recognized his titles — a historically significant interfaith acknowledgment.
Business and Personal Life
He is the founder and CEO of Tyche-Fortuna Enterprises, specializing in entertainment and marketing. Polyglot, he speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian, with basic proficiency in French, Arabic, and Japanese.
In 2022, he married Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Consort Cristin.
Message to the Lebanese people
SAR Prince Gharios El Chemor, chef de la maison Royale de Ghassan, parle au peuple libanais
The Christian Kings of the Middle East
Documentary by HIRH Prince Gharios El Chemor
About the Royal House of Ghassan
Documentary by HIRH Prince Gharios El Chemor
THE HONORARY FOUNDER OF THE MODERN ROYAL HOUSE OF GHASSAN
One of the Forefathers of the modern Ghassanids
Born in 1910, Sheikh Antonios El Chemor spent his early years between Kferhata, his hometown, and his boarding school at the prestigious Aintoura, one of the best schools of that time in Lebanon.
Once school finished, he was sent to Marseille, France, to continue his education. Meeting with other Lebanese Fellows and discussing business in Africa, he decided to move to Lagos, Nigeria, and start his career in trading and commerce. He spent around 15 years successfully trading meat and clothes for the army.
Back in Lebanon in the mid-forties, he became involved in the political and social life in Beirut and Kferhata. The north was impoverished and lacked water, electricity, roads, and hospitals. The first project he invested in was creating a potable water grid for the region. He made a mega project with his money and distributed water to 48 villages, which is still used today. He invested in roads for several villages, helped finance churches, mosques, hospitals, etc… and all these projects on a personal level. Cheikh Antonios had a perfect relationship with all political and business people in Lebanon and worldwide.
He married HRH Shariffa Laudy Chehab in 1953. HRH Princess Laudy Chehab Al-Chemor was a Princess and a Shariffa in her own right, descending from HRH Prince Bashir Chehab II "the Great," the Emir (or Prince) of Mount Lebanon from 1788 till 1840. She also descends from the Quraysh, related to the Hashemite Royal Family of Jordan and the Alouite Royal Family of Morrocco. Therefore, the Al-Chemor Family (Prince Gharios') is related by marriage to some of the more critical Arab Royal Families.
The current Royal Sheikhs El Chemor of Kferhata, sons of HIRH Sheikh Antonios and HRH Shariffa Laudy Chehab:
HIRH Sheikh Selim El Chemor (1954)
HIRH Sheikh Michel El Chemor (1956)
HIRH Sheikh Khalil El Chemor (1960)
As for social life, his wife, Princess Laudy, made a big difference in the North as she was directly involved in many humanitarian and tourism projects such as helping the Red Cross acquire different vaccines for the children, the Ehden Festivals as president, Tripoli old city as president of tourism in the North and she was the one how brought the Nazareth sisters school to Kferzaina for girls. All these projects were executed with the help and blessing of her late husband.
The family is known in Lebanon for the El Chemor palace in Kferhata, a landmark in northern Lebanon.
Sheikh Antonios spent most of his life helping the poor, the unprivileged, and the people in need at all levels, creating small businesses for them or helping them find work in Lebanon and abroad in the private and governmental sectors.
Unfortunately, life was not fair to him as he died at a young age in 1971, leaving behind a long and lasting legacy that is still remembered to this day.
He is revered and recognized as the Honorary Founder of the modern Royal House of Ghassan for his unprecedented humanitarian legacy and dedication to studying and promoting the Royal family's heritage. His oldest son, HIRH Prince Sheikh Selim El Chemor, is the current Honorary Head of the Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Ghassan.
