Beirut is the capital of Lebanon; it is nicknamed as "Paris of the Middle East" because of the French occupation and the effects of language and style of building. It has been known in as the land of milk and honey. In the following, I will write about Lebanon in past and nowadays.
In 1943, there was an increase in tensions between Muslims and Christians. At that time, Christians held the balance of power and Lebanon Muslims had little say in the running of the country. But in 1948 after the Arab-Israeli war, Muslims refugees left for Lebanon from Palestine. In 1975, the tensions reached their peak because the Phalange a Christian group attacked and killed a bus of Palestinians in downtown Beirut. In addition, troops went to live on different side in the country. In 1982, the Israeli army invaded the city with the aim of removing the Palestine Liberation Organization. In 1989 a peace deal was reached. There were a lot of human and economic costs to this conflict. Between 150-200 thousand were killed, 300,000 were wounded and the economy was paralyzed.
Nowadays, 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.
In conclusion, Lebanon now is one of the beautiful countries in the world, also its attractive place for tourism, because Lebanon had many nice views and areas of archaeological.
Works Cited
"Eye on Lebanon." Global eye primary, secondry. Ed. Royal Geographical Society. 25 May 2009
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