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    The document provides an overview of Lebanon's history from Ottoman domination through independence in 1943 to modern times. It notes that Lebanon has a diverse religious population including Christians, Shiite Muslims, Sunni Muslims, and Druze. After independence, Lebanon experienced a "Golden Age" economically and touristcally before civil war broke out from 1975-1989 along religious and political lines. Since the civil war, Lebanon has had periods of peace and prosperity but also economic decline and wars with Israel in 2006.

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    The document provides an overview of Lebanon's history from Ottoman domination through independence in 1943 to modern times. It notes that Lebanon has a diverse religious population including Christians, Shiite Muslims, Sunni Muslims, and Druze. After independence, Lebanon experienced a "Golden Age" economically and touristcally before civil war broke out from 1975-1989 along religious and political lines. Since the civil war, Lebanon has had periods of peace and prosperity but also economic decline and wars with Israel in 2006.

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    LEBANON

    Before the independence

    From the independence to the civil war

    From the civil war to nowadays


    MIDDLE EAST

    SYRIA AND ISRAEL

    BEIRUT

    RELIGIONS
    ● 40% CHRISTIANS
    ● 20% SHIITE
    ● 35% SUNNI
    ● 5% DRUZE
    BEFORE THE INDEPENDENCE

    ● Ottoman domination fro IV centuries


    ● 1850: “Balad el Sham” and the mandate
    Ibrahim Pash
    THE INDEPENDENCE

    ● French domination of the Region


    ● 1920: Great Lebanon
    ● 1926: Republic of Lebanon
    ● 1926-43: Bshemum revolution guided by El Kouri
    ● 21 September 1943: declaration of independence
    “GOLDEN AGE”

    Political reasons
    ● Religion
    ● Open system
    “GOLDEN AGE”

    Economic reasons
    ● New bank system
    ● Lebanese lira has always been stable
    “GOLDEN AGE”

    Turistic reasons
    ● Geographical position
    ● Clime
    ● Size
    ● “Masary” https://youtu.be/WyPr5h9TbAU
    CIVIL WAR (1975-1989)

    ● 1948 “al nakba”: the great delusion


    ● Casus belli: Maaruf Saad and the massacre
    of the bus
    CIVIL WAR

    ● Christians against Muslims


    ● Christians against Christians
    + Syrian and Palestinian interventions
    CIVIL WAR

    ● 1982: Israel conquest the South and arrived


    almost to Beirut
    ● Blocked by Hezbollah’s army
    ● 1989: Al taif agreement
    https://youtu.be/3rake2J1OOY
    “THE GOOD” OF THE WAR

    ● How lebanese react to the war?


    ● Students
    ● Casino du Liban (1954)
    AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

    ● Time of peace and prosperity


    ● It was coming back to the golden age
    ● Reconstructions and modernization
    DECLINE

    ● Hariri was the middleman between the


    Hezbollah and its opposers
    ● 2005: Hariri assassination
    WAR OF 2006

    ● 32 days war (12 July-14 August)


    ● Israel bombed the communication routes to
    block importation of weapons
    ● UN: end of the war
    https://youtu.be/QLbQSc8IEXo
    “Lebanon: the country where everybody
    wants a piece but we want peace”

    -SANDRA CHAMI KASSIS

    https://youtu.be/Zc1nii8oEuc
    Thank you for the attention

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