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The Damour massacre took place on 20 January 1976, during the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. Damour, a Maronite Christian town on the main highway south of Beirut, was attacked by left-wing militants of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and as-Sa'iqa.
However, Lebanon's Muslims comprised a large minority and the influx of thousands of Palestinians—first in 1948 and again in 1967—contributed to Lebanon's demographic shift towards an eventual Muslim majority. Lebanon's Christian-dominated government had been facing increasing opposition from Muslims, pan-Arabists, and left-wing groups.
In April 1975, a young Lebanese boy named Tarek witnesses a massacre of Palestinians by the Phalangists. Shortly thereafter, the civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a line separating the Muslim-Christian mixed West Beirut from the quasi-Christian East Beirut. After the line was created, Tarek is now considered to live in West ...
Journalist Georg Laschen is sent to Beirut to report on the Lebanese civil war. [3] His feelings about this mission are influenced by the dysfunctionality of his marriage to the unfaithful Greta, who resents his frequent absences for war reporting and remains in Germany with their young children, [3] and his lack of understanding of the conflict.
Classmates’ love of movies is far-reaching and eclectic to say the least, spanning over 75 different titles and ranging from classics like Dr. Zhivago and Casablanca to Benny and Joon and Fury.
'Saturday Night' is in theaters Oct. 11, exactly 49 years after 'Saturday Night Live' first aired on NBC
Jocelyne Saab (30 April 1948 – 7 January 2019 [1]) was a Lebanese journalist and film director.She is recognized as one of the pioneers of Lebanese cinema. [2] A reporter, photographer, scriptwriter, producer, director, artist and founder of the Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon, Saab focused on the deprived and disadvantaged – from displaced peoples to exiled ...