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Lebanon

Lebanon one of the most important country in the Middle East. It is surrounded by 5 countries Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Cyprus and Palestine. In the bible it is called the land of milk and honey. Moreover it is capital Beirut is called Paris of the east. The famous singer “Shakira” is half Lebanese but somebody doesn’t know this information.

Now I will turn to describe the circumstances that affected Lebanon. There was big disagreement between Muslims and Christians due to 1948 Arab_ Israel war when 100000 Palestinians were evicted to Lebanon and Lebanon Christian were resentment. In addition in 1975 members of a radical Christian group attacked and killed a bus full of Palestinians in downtown Beirut. The result of the tensions is that the revenge killings followed and violence began to spiral out of control. In 1989, a peace deal was signed between Lebanese leaders and this deal make the situation more comfortable between Muslims and Christians. Between 150,000-200,000 people died due to civil war. Moreover many populations left their country to the Arabian countries and Beirut’s economy suffered and had many problems.

On the other hand, I will discuss about Lebanon nowadays. Living in Beirut is too expensive and the electricity and phone pill is very high. Beirut has lots of traffic because of high number of vehicles that it has. Also Beirut suffers from air pollution and governments try to make more ways to avoid this problem. The tourism in Beirut is very good in both winter and summer because the weather encourage tourists to come. The government wants to turn Beirut into a global financial centre to rival New York, Tokyo and London. I think Lebanon is different than other Arab countries so people say Beirut is Paris of the east.