Lebanon, with Beirut as its capital, covers a total surface area 0f 10,452 square kilometers. It is located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea between latitude 33 and 35 N and longitude 35 and 36 E. It is bordered on the north and east by Syria and on ...
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Political parties
The most prominent political parties in Lebanon that are represented in the parliament are: Amal Movement- Free Patriotic Movement- Future Movement- Hezbollah- El Marada Party- Lebanese Phalange Party (Kataeb)- Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)- Lebanese Forces- Lebanese Democratic Party- Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag)- Syrian Social Nationalist Party- Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party- The Islamic Group…
Read More »Historical Overview
Monuments discovered in Lebanon indicate that it is one of the oldest human settlements in the world, with over 5,000 years of recorded history. The Phoenicians, who invented the alphabet, were the early inhabitants of the country. They rose to fame on the shores of Lebanon where they engaged in ...
Read More »Political System and Authorities
Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic based on respect for public liberties, especially the freedom of opinion and belief and respect for social justice and equality of rights and duties among all citizens without discrimination. The constitution guarantees the freedom of expression, orally or writing, freedom of assembly, and freedom ...
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Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic based on respect for public liberties, especially the freedom of opinion and belief and respect for social justice and equality of rights and duties among all citizens without discrimination. The constitution guarantees the freedom of expression, orally or writing, freedom of assembly, and freedom ...
Read More »Lebanese National Anthem
All of us! For our Country, for our Glory and Flag! Our valor and our writings are the envy of the ages. Our mountain and our valley, they bring forth stalwart men. And to Perfection we devote our words and labor. All of us! For our Country, for our Glory ...
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Read More »Will Merkel Pay for Doing the Right Thing?
A former German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, recently called Angela Merkel’s decision to open the door to an unlimited number of refugees a “mistake” and offered this verdict: Merkel had a “heart, but no plan.” This view of the German leader, who is beloved but now begrudged, is gaining ground as ...
Read More »Zika Virus Not to Blame; Doctors Cite Man-Made Cause For Birth Defect Epidemic
The Zika virus has been blamed for thousands of cases of the birth defect microcephaly, a condition in which babies are born with severely shrunken heads and brain damage. But now a medical organization is challenging that connection, saying that the chemical larvicide Pyriproxyfen is instead to blame. The Argentine ...
Read More »The Media Market and the Graduates
Dr. Antoine Matta The link between the employment market and the university is not new or strange to the higher education in its various specializations and programs. It is effective in all the universities of the world and is part of the academic “globalization” of hiring due to the relation ...
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