Lebanon

Lebanon is one of the most beautiful Arab countries in the Middle East and it was called in the bible "the land of milk and honey". Its capital Beirut is also called "Paris of the east". Beside, the very strategic location which is between five countries and they are Cyprus, Syria, Palestine and Jordan, also it has a very wonderful coast on the Mediterranean Sea. Shakira one of the most famous singers around the world is half Lebanese.

Lebanon, even with all this wonderfulness has faced many hard times and crises. Starting with the tensions between the Muslims and the Christians that has started to heat up around 1943. In 1976 the tensions boiled over when members of a radical Christian group "The Phalange" attacked and killed a bus full Palestinians. Many people lost their lives in that horrible civil war. Making it worse many other countries interfered with the flaming situation in Lebanon, until the peace deal was signed between the Lebanese leaders in 1989. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people died from all the groups and about 300,000 were wounded.

Nowadays Lebanon has started to recover from her wounds. Now you can see the smile back to the Lebanese again and after the night fall you can see the fun around. The buildings have started to be rebuilt like restaurants and shopping malls. But still the life there is expensive and the traffic jams are still there.