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Bethany Kehdy – Miss World Lebanon 2001; Nadine Wilson Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2007; Nadine Nassib Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2004; Gabrielle Bou Rached – Miss Lebanon 2005; Daniella Rahme – Miss International Lebanon 2010; Maya Reaidy – Miss Lebanon 2018; Georgina Rizk – Miss Lebanon 1970/Miss Universe 1971; Pamela Saadé – Miss Earth ...
Lebanon was one of the first countries in the Arabic-speaking world to introduce internet. Beirut's newspapers were the first in the region to provide readers with web versions of their newspapers. By 1986, three newspapers from Lebanon were online, Al Anwar, Annahar, and Assafir, and by 2000, more than 200 websites provided news out of Lebanon ...
A map of Mount Lebanon c. AD 1180. One of the most lasting effects of the Crusades in this region was the contact between the crusaders (mainly French) and the Maronites. Unlike most other Christian communities in the region, who swore allegiance to Constantinople or other local patriarchs, the Maronites proclaimed allegiance to the Pope in ...
The Lebanese identity is rooted in a shared history and culture. Their rich cultural heritage includes food, music, literature, and art, which is also shaped by the country's location at the crossroads of the Eastern Mediterranean. This has allowed it to be a meeting point for different cultures and traditions. [82] [83] [84]
Lebanon, [c] officially the Republic of Lebanon, [d] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, [13] it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline ...
Two of Rome's most famous jurists, Papinian and Ulpian, both natives of Canaan, taught at the law school under the Severan emperors. Furthermore, The city of Heliopolis was made a colonia by Septimius Severus in 193 AD, having been part of the territory of Berytus on the Canaanite coast since 15 BC.
Israeli attacks on the Hezbollah group in Lebanon have killed more than 1,000 people and wounded 6,000 in the past two weeks, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Around a million people ...
The location of Lebanon An enlargeable relief map of the Lebanese Republic. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Lebanon: . Lebanon – sovereign country located along the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia and the Middle East. [1]