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Demián Bichir – Mexican-American film actor of Lebanese heritage; Dan Jbara – television and film producer; Danny Thomas – actor; David Yazbek – musician and composer famous for the Broadway musical The Full Monty; Diane Rehm – host and executive producer of The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio
Anthony Atala – American Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Edma Abouchdid – physician; first Lebanese woman to obtain a doctorate of medicine; Sami Ibrahim Haddad – physician, surgeon and writer; Michael Debakey – renowned Lebanese-American Cardiovascular Surgeon who pioneered many surgical techniques and ...
Lebanese Americans comprise 0.79% of the American population, as of the American Community Survey estimations for year 2007, and 32.4% of all Americans who originate from the Middle East. [2] Lebanese Americans have had significant participation in American politics and involvement in both social and political activism. The diversity within the ...
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]
The culture of Lebanon and the Lebanese people emerged from Phoenicia and through various civilizations over thousands of years. It was home to the Phoenicians and was subsequently conquered and occupied by the Assyrians , the Greeks , the Romans , the Persians , the Arabs , the Crusaders , the Ottomans and the French .
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There are more people of Lebanese origin living outside Lebanon than within the country (4.6 million citizens). The diaspora population consists of Christians , Muslims , Druze , and Jews . The Christians trace their origin to several waves of emigration , starting with the exodus that followed the 1860 Lebanon conflict in Ottoman Empire.