Lebanon - Art, Music, Poetry

Lebanon

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Introduction & Quick Facts
Land
- Relief
- Drainage
- Soils
- Climate
- Plant and animal life
People
- Ethnic and linguistic composition
- Religion
- Settlement patterns
- Demographic trends
Economy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
- Resources and power
- Manufacturing
- Finance
- Trade
- Services
- Labour and taxation
- Transportation
Government and society
- Constitutional framework
- Local government
- Justice
- Political process
- Security
- Health and welfare
- Housing
- Education
- Social and economic division
Cultural life
- Cultural milieu
- Daily life and social customs
- The arts
- Cultural institutions
- Sports and recreation
- Media and publishing
History
- Phoenicia
  - Origins and relations with Egypt
  - Phoenicia as a colonial and commercial power
    - Colonies
    - Commerce
    - Navigation and seafaring
  - Assyrian and Babylonian domination of Phoenicia
  - Persian period
  - Greek and Roman periods
- Lebanon in the Middle Ages
- Ottoman period
- French mandate
- Lebanon after independence
  - Khuri regime, 1943–52
  - Chamoun regime and the 1958 crisis
  - Chehabism: from Chehab to Hélou, 1958–76
  - Civil war
  - Lebanon’s Second Republic (1990– )
    - Politics and reconstruction in post-civil war Lebanon
      Rebuilding the political and economic infrastructure
      Resistance to the ongoing Israeli and Syrian presence in Lebanon
    - Factional wrangling over Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon
    - Regional impacts on Lebanon during and after the Arab Spring
    - Debt crisis
      2018 election and the formation of a national unity government
      Government mismanagement, anti-corruption protests, and the 2020 Beirut explosions

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Lebanon’s antiquities and ruins have provided not only inspiration for artists but also magnificent backdrops for annual music festivals, most notably the Baalbek International Festival. At one time, international opera, ballet, symphony, and drama companies of nearly all nationalities competed to enrich the cultural life of Beirut. Following the end of the civil war in 1990, Lebanon’s cultural life gradually began to reemerge, though that revival remained subject to interruption by periods of violence in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Lebanon has produced a number of gifted young artists who have shown a refreshing readiness to experiment with ...(100 of 17994 words)

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