Lebanon

Lebanon is a great country; it is the land of milk and honey as written in the bible. Beirut is the capital of the Lebanon which was they called it Paris of the East. Famous people have come from there like Shakira the famous singer who is half Lebanese. It is surrounding by five countries Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Palestine and Cyprus.
Between 1943 and 1948 the tensions increased between Muslims and Christians because when the Lebanon gained independence from France, Christians held balance of power and Muslims had little say in the running of their country. The tensions boiled over in 1975 when a group of Christians attacked and killed a bus full of Palestinians in downtown Beirut. The results of that tension were revenge killings that followed and violence began to spiral out of country. In 1982, the Israeli army invaded the city with the aim of removing the Palestinian Liberation Organization. In 1982, the peace deal was reached but the human and economic of costs of the conflict is 300000 wounded and 150000 to 200000 killed and quarter of the population left the country.

After the civil war finish, there was a social and economic recovery in Beirut like the building of highways to carry high-speed traffic. Building cranes are everywhere, and US-style shopping malls have sprouted up across the city. Some current problems in the country are too much money being made in the hand of a few and unemployment remains very high.



Bibliography:
"Eye on Labanon." Global Eye. 25 Spring 2006. Royal Geographic Society. 8 Apr. 2008 .