Introduction
Lebanon is one of the most beautiful countries in the world because it combines between the natural areas with big and modern cities like Beirut. From geographic map Lebanon is surrounded by many countries. From the south Israel and Jordon, from the west Cyprus, from the north Turkey and from the east Syria. Lebanon is the link between Asia and Africa. Lebanon has suffered from many wars.
Modern History
From1943 to 1948, a lot of events and catastrophic events had happened in Lebanon. In 1943, Lebanon had gotten its freedom from its invader country, the France but something was wrong. Christians ruled most of the country and the Muslims that lived there had little power which was the spark that led to increase the tension between the Muslims and Christians. Anoth
er factor was the refugees that came from Palestine due to the Israeli war. The tension reached its peak in 1975 when the Christians killed a bus that was full of Palestinians refugees. As a result of that, the tension escalated between those two groups, there was absolute chaos. Massacres had happened and trust between the Muslims and Christians had collapsed. In addition, the Israeli army invaded Beirut killing nearly 20,000 people and that was in 1982. At last, in 1989, a peace deal reached. The wars and the massacres had cost the country a lot. Nearly 200,000 people had died, and nearly a quarter left the country. As for the economic, it was paralyzed. Now days, Lebanon is the one of the tourism targets in the Middle East.
Lebanon Now
There are several good signs that indicate the recovery of the social and economic life. The nights are filled with fun again for both the youth and the elders. Restaurants and several shopping malls have been built. The most important indication is that nowadays, Muslims and Christians are living in harmony which a very good thing is considering that it started the chaos. Tourists come from nearly all the world to see Lebanon's culture and sights. Despite having all those good things, there is an "ugly" side for it. Living there is considered very expensive. Plus, Lebanon has one of the highest numbers of cars in the world. That led to an "awful" traffic problems. Another problem is the air pollution
Lebanon is one of the most beautiful countries in the world because it combines between the natural areas with big and modern cities like Beirut. From geographic map Lebanon is surrounded by many countries. From the south Israel and Jordon, from the west Cyprus, from the north Turkey and from the east Syria. Lebanon is the link between Asia and Africa. Lebanon has suffered from many wars.
Modern History
From1943 to 1948, a lot of events and catastrophic events had happened in Lebanon. In 1943, Lebanon had gotten its freedom from its invader country, the France but something was wrong. Christians ruled most of the country and the Muslims that lived there had little power which was the spark that led to increase the tension between the Muslims and Christians. Anoth
er factor was the refugees that came from Palestine due to the Israeli war. The tension reached its peak in 1975 when the Christians killed a bus that was full of Palestinians refugees. As a result of that, the tension escalated between those two groups, there was absolute chaos. Massacres had happened and trust between the Muslims and Christians had collapsed. In addition, the Israeli army invaded Beirut killing nearly 20,000 people and that was in 1982. At last, in 1989, a peace deal reached. The wars and the massacres had cost the country a lot. Nearly 200,000 people had died, and nearly a quarter left the country. As for the economic, it was paralyzed. Now days, Lebanon is the one of the tourism targets in the Middle East.Lebanon Now
There are several good signs that indicate the recovery of the social and economic life. The nights are filled with fun again for both the youth and the elders. Restaurants and several shopping malls have been built. The most important indication is that nowadays, Muslims and Christians are living in harmony which a very good thing is considering that it started the chaos. Tourists come from nearly all the world to see Lebanon's culture and sights. Despite having all those good things, there is an "ugly" side for it. Living there is considered very expensive. Plus, Lebanon has one of the highest numbers of cars in the world. That led to an "awful" traffic problems. Another problem is the air pollution
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