Claim: Youssef Saadallah Howayek was a musician and the grandson of  Saadallah Howayek, Councillor for the Ottoman Mutasarref's (Governor) Administrative Council who travelled to Rome to study various forms of art then in 1930 his work, Les Pleureuses was placed on Martyr's Square in Beirut .
Evidence: visual artist Youssef Howayek's father, Saadallah Howayek, was a Councillor elected into the Ottoman Mutasarref's (Governor) Administrative Council. His grandfather was the village priest and his uncle was the Patriarch Howayek. 
Youssef Saadallah Howayek (Arabic: يوسف حويك‎; also Yusuf Huwayyik, Hoyek, Hoayek, Hawayek) (1883–1962) a painter and sculptor from Helta, in modern-day Lebanon. Youssef Howayek's father, Saadallah Howayek, was a Councillor elected into the Ottoman Mutasarref's (Governor) Administrative Council. His grandfather was the village priest and his uncle was the Patriarch Howayek. 
Youssef Howayek's father, Saadallah Howayek, was a Councillor elected into the Ottoman Mutasarref's (Governor) Administrative Council.