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Notwithstanding the persistence of traditional attitudes regarding the role of women, Lebanese women enjoy equal civil rights and attend institutions of higher education in large numbers (for example, women constituted 41 percent of the student body at the American University of Beirut in 1983). Although women in Lebanon have their own ...
The Lebanese Druze constitute 5% [20] of the population and can be found primarily in Mount Lebanon and the Shouf District. Under the Lebanese political division (Parliament of Lebanon Seat Allocation) the Druze community is designated as one of the five Lebanese Muslim communities (Sunni, Shia, Druze, Alawi, and Ismaili).
Gabriel was born on 21 October 1964 to a family of Maronite Christians in the Marjeyoun District of Lebanon. [7] During the Lebanese Civil War, Muslim militants launched an assault on a Lebanese military base near her family's house and destroyed her home.
Besides Lebanese citizens in Lebanon, a large proportion of people in the country are refugees, accounting for approximately 2 million people out of a bit over 6 million in 2017, which affects statistics. [2] The refugees, who mostly are of Syrian or Palestinian origin, are predominantly Sunni Muslim, but include Christians and Shia Muslims. [2]
Hence, Lebanese women have legal protection that varies depending on their religion. [33] In Muslim families, marriageable age can be as soon as the child reaches puberty and polygamy is allowed. Muslim women can legally marry Christian or Jewish men. For example, a Lebanese Catholic man may marry a Muslim woman on the condition of getting ...
The Lebanese Sunni Muslims initially opposed the creation of the Lebanese state separated from Syria, where the majority of the population was also Sunni Muslim, and wanted the territory of present-day Lebanon to be incorporated within the so-called Greater Syria. [14] Sunni Muslims and Alawites have been in conflict with each other for centuries.
Arab women are under-represented in parliaments in Arab states, although they are gaining more equal representation as Arab states liberalise their political systems. In 2005, the International Parliamentary Union said that 6.5 per cent of MPs in the Arabic-speaking world were women, up from 3.5 per cent in 2000.
Sabah, (Arabic: صباح , Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [sˤɑˈbɑːħ], lit. ' morning ') born Jeanette Georges Feghali, (Arabic: جانيت جرجس فغالي , Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʒaːˈneːt ˈʒerʒes feˈɣaːli]) was a Lebanese vocalist and actress.