Lebanon: A Beautiful Country with a Sad History

Introduction

Lebanon is considered now one of the most beautiful countries in the world with its beautiful nature life and modern life style. Lebanon lies on the south-west of Asia. With this location, Lebanon is the link between Asia and Europe. It is surrounded by many countries. From Asia, there are Jordan, Syria, and Israel. From Europe, there are Turkey and Cyprus. Lebanon had suffered a lot threw out the history.


Modern History

Between 1943 and 1948, a lot of dramatic and catastrophic events had happened in Lebanon. In 1943, Lebanon had gotten its freedom from the France but there was a catch. Christians ruled the country or most of it and the Muslims that lived there had little power which was the spark that led to increase the tension between the Muslims and Christians. Another factor was the refugees that came from Palestine due to the Israeli war. The tension reached its peak in 1975 when the Christians killed a bus that was full of Palestinians refugees. As a result of that, the tension escalated between those two groups, there was absolute chaos. Massacres had happened and trust between the Muslims and Christians had collapsed. In addition, the Israeli army invaded Beirut killing nearly 20,000 people and that was in 1982. At last, in 1989, a peace deal reached. The wars and the massacres had cost the country a lot. Nearly 200,000 people had died, 3000,000 were wounded, and nearly a quarter left the country. As for the economic, it was paralyzed. Now days, Lebanon is the one of the tourism targets in the Middle East.

Lebanon Now

There are several good signs that indicate the recovery of the social and economic life. The nights are filled with fun again for both the youth and the elders. Restaurants and several shopping malls have been built. The most important indication is that nowadays, Muslims and Christians are living in harmony which a very good thing is considering that it started the chaos. Tourists come from nearly all the world to see Lebanon's culture and sights. Despite having all those good things, there is an "ugly" side for it. Living there is considered very expensive. Plus, Lebanon has one of the highest numbers of cars in the world. That led to an "awful" traffic problems. Another problem is the air pollution.

In conclusion, Lebanon is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It is true that it suffered a lot threw out the history, but the most important thing is that, Lebanon is still on its feet and will be forever.